Manager, Continuous Improvement

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you motivated by impactful work? Do you have a passion for excellent quality standards, driving business forward through improving efficiency, and possess strong stakeholder engagement skills?

This position has the potential to be a great fit for you if you are driven by impactful work and a passion for quality standards.

At STERIS we are a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. Our mission is to help our customers create a healthier and safer world. Working at STERIS, you GROW
, LEARN and MAKE A DIFFERENCE
.

This is a home based position which requires national and potentially international travel to support the allocated stakeholder base.

• Leads and drives lean transformation and change initiatives to create and sustain world-class, visually managed processes for instantaneous recognition of wastes in all areas.
• Implements CI/Lean methods to drive improvement in alignment with strategic goals and objectives.
• Facilitates and/or conducts lean training programs, Kaizen events, and other lean initiatives. Assesses, coaches, and provides constructive feedback to teams to strengthen lean competencies at the site.
• Serves as a change facilitator, develops and collaborates with site/area lean champions and/or business leaders and influences site leadership in the transformation to and in support of a continuous improvement culture.
• Develops and manages multiple processes, long and short-term, sustainable, lean-related visual action plans as well as assigned key projects.
• Monitors existing and new processes for improvement opportunities in safety, quality, delivery, and cost through lean problem solving methodology and takes appropriate follow-up action.
• Tracks, measures, and reports progress on improvements using standard, established KPI’s.
• Establishes and monitors core CI/lean systems such as SQDC, 5S, Standard Work, and Leader Standard Work for compliance to standards and effective utilization.
• Assists in the preparation of budgets, schedules, and other financial reports regarding the impact of sustaining CI/lean improvements, waste reduction, and ROI, as indicated by lean accounting principles.
• Supports organization and facilitation of site Lean Steering Committee meetings.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge through benchmarking world-class lean organizations and personal CI/Lean-related training.

• Bachelor's Degree in Continuous Improvement / Health related Science or 10+ years of demonstrated, qualified lean experience in a leadership role.
• Knowledge and demonstrated understanding of a variety of lean tools Toyota Production System and methodologies such as A3 Development and Management, Process Flow Mapping, Value Stream Mapping, 5S/Visual Factory, TPM, QCO-SMED, Standard Work, Process Problem Solving, Built In Quality, Just In Time, Kaizen/Continuous Improvement, Hoshin Kanri – SDP X Matrix, and Lean ROI.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to integrate safety, ergonomics and 5S requirements within CI/ lean practices.
• Ability to manage priorities for limited multi-site responsibility.
• Experience in working within a matrix environment reporting to Lean organization and taking local direction from Site Directors.
• Up to 60% travel, travel will vary week to week, must be flexible.
• Clean Driving Licence and Passport with no restrictions required.

• Experience implementing PFEP would be beneficial.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.