Continuous Improvement Leader

Job Details

Location:

Hickory, NC 28601
Position Type:
Full Time
Travel:
Negligible
Shift: Day

At Shurtape Technologies, we know how to make things stick. As a leading manufacturer and marketer of adhesive tape, we pride ourselves on creating innovative solutions for a variety of industries.

• A company that truly values your contributions
• A place where you can grow, make an impact, and be part of something meaningful
• A focus on excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring we deliver top-quality, reliable solutions to our customers
• An environment where employees are encouraged to bring their best ideas forward and adopt a growth mindset

In addition to being obsessed with our customers, Shurtape is committed to being socially and environmentally responsible. We recognize that our actions today affect our world tomorrow, and we are committed to responsible manufacturing processes that protect the communities in which we operate.

We are looking for passionate, innovative individuals who thrive in a dynamic environment to join the Shurtape team. If you’re looking to be part of a forward-thinking, fast-paced, and supportive team, we’d love to hear from you!

The main responsibility of the position is to support the leadership team in achieving cost, revenue, service, and quality objectives via progression towards world class levels; and developing a sustained Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement culture.

• Provides project leadership regarding cost savings, quality improvement, service improvement, and new product development projects.
• Collaborates with Plant Management, Quality Management, Product Management to identify, reduce, and eliminate chronic sources of customer complaints, raw material quality issues, waste/scrap, and resolve production deficiencies.
• Works closely with Executive and Plant Leadership to select appropriate projects.
• Leads and facilitates improvement projects, utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Conducts statistical assessments with appropriate follow-up work to reduce variability and/or achieve OEE targets.
• Provides summaries, conclusions, and presentations related to project completion and findings.
• Creates key process flows and/or value stream maps.
• Develops recommendations and implements improvements to support corporate and plant goals, requirements, and sustainment of improvements.
• Acts as a technical resource for key products and processes.
• Assists with the maintenance of our ISO system to the appropriate standard.
• Support for ISO quality systems at the corporate and/or plant level.
• Initiates and revises work instructions.
• Conducts customer complaint investigations.
• Refinement of our testing frequencies and methods based on customer needs and statistical analysis.
• Gages R&R studies.
• Promote use of Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools (DMAIC, Lean, Kaizen, Supplier, and Design for Six Sigma).

• Extensive knowledge and experience of working with Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement and problem-solving tools and techniques.
• Demonstrated success implementing and delivering results for cross functional Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement project teams.
• Ability to understand and constructively challenge current practices in the search for continuous improvement.
• Experience in coaching individuals and teams through change to deliver improvements.
• Self‑directed, yet team oriented work style; creative, problem solving, and assertive; keen ability to prioritize independently with minimal direction beyond initial direction and focus; possesses a high level of initiative and independent work ethic; detail‑oriented and comfortable in a result‑oriented environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; possesses an ability to proficiently communicate verbally and in writing with customers, suppliers, and at various levels in the organization.
• Analytical; strong mathematical aptitude; possesses a natural ability to translate, calculate, interpret, and communicate data; excellent numerical and measurement skills.
• Extensive spreadsheet and database management skills; advanced user of Excel…