Continuous Improvement Specialist

Continuous Improvement Specialist

Schumacher & Co., America’s leading name for home and interior design – for fabric, wallcovering, and rugs – is seeking a motivated, analytical, and hands‑on Continuous Improvement Specialist to support process improvement initiatives across our manufacturing and distribution operations.

This role will focus on improving how
materials, inventory, orders, people, and information move through the operation
—from receiving and inventory through manufacturing, fulfillment, shipping, and ultimately to the customer.

The Continuous Improvement Specialist will partner closely with operational leaders and cross‑functional teams to identify inefficiencies, analyze performance, implement solutions, and ensure improvements are sustained.

This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with 2–4 years of experience in Continuous Improvement, Lean, manufacturing, quality, process improvement, distribution, or a related field who is ready to take greater ownership of improvement projects and continue developing their CI expertise.

• Analyze operational processes to identify bottlenecks, waste, duplication, and inefficiencies
• Support and lead Continuous Improvement projects from identification through implementation
• Develop and implement standard work, best practices, and improved operating procedures
• Use Lean, Kaizen, 5S, root‑cause analysis, and other Continuous Improvement methodologies
• Create process maps, workflows, and standard work instructions
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, accuracy, safety, service levels, and operating costs
• Measure project results and ensure improvements are sustained
• Evaluate processes to support business growth, increased volume, and changing operational needs

• Identify opportunities to improve receiving, put‑away, replenishment, picking, packing, staging, and shipping
• Support improvements to warehouse layouts, storage locations, material flow, and space utilization
• Help improve order fulfillment speed and accuracy
• Analyze labor utilization, productivity, travel time, touches, and material handling
• Support initiatives to improve dock‑to‑stock time and overall shipment flow
• Assist with facility‑capacity and workflow planning

• Partner with Manufacturing leadership to improve material and workflow through production
• Identify operational constraints and bottlenecks
• Improve handoffs between Manufacturing, Inventory, Receiving, and Distribution
• Support efforts to reduce downtime, rework, scrap, errors, and material shortages
• Improve coordination between production schedules and downstream operations
• Help develop processes that support new products, increased SKU volume, and changing customer demand

• Support initiatives to improve inventory and location accuracy
• Analyze inventory discrepancies and assist with root‑cause investigations
• Improve labeling, scanning, inventory transactions, and cycle‑count processes
• Identify opportunities to reduce damaged, excess, obsolete, or slow‑moving inventory
• Partner with Operations and Quality teams to reduce errors, defects, rework, and waste
• Develop sustainable inventory‑control and accountability processes

• Identify opportunities to improve ERP, WMS, and other operational system processes
• Partner with Operations and IT on system and workflow improvements
• Support opportunities involving barcode scanning, RF technology, automation, and other operational tools
• Analyze system transactions and data to identify process gaps
• Participate in system testing, implementations, upgrades, and process validation

• Analyze operational data to identify trends…