Continuous Improvement Administrator
Job in
Marion, Marion County, Ohio, 43305, USA
Listed on 2025-12-17
Listing for:
Cornerstone Building Brands
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-12-17
Job specializations:
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Manufacturing / Production
Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Manufacturing Engineer -
Engineering
Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Manufacturing Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description
To lead bold change through the Lean Manufacturing initiative at the site to ensure continuous, systematic and sustainable elimination of waste through developing a fully engaged culture of continuous improvement (zero waste mindset), execution of Kaizen Events linked to site Vision, annual Strategy Deployment and building of foundational capability for long term sustainment. Create a vision that directs change effort at the site and develops strategies / action plans to achieve the vision.
Eliminate barriers to change and modify systems / processes as required in support of Lean Methodologies.
- Be the change agent – drive and accelerate change in culture, attitude, and capability
- Annual planning of Kaizen Event activities to support Site Strategy Deployment based on Value Stream Mapping and Waste Analysis
- Quarterly priority setting of Kaizen Events to deliver step change in results (60 – 90-day outlook) at the target pace for the site
- Approval of Kaizen events & close-out and sustainment plans
- Ensure Lean tool capability is developed across the site
- Drive employee engagement by ensuring a high percentage of new members on Kaizen Events
- Approval of standards, systems, and processes to support sustainable execution
- Approval of site standards as related to Lean methodologies and implementation
- Develop, modify, and improve standard processes to continuously improve efficiency of Coalition related to the above responsibilities
- Instill a standard, disciplined, rigorous, process focused approach to problem solving across the organization
- Actively develop, and deploy Business Unit standards for Lean tools, principles, and methodologies as well as standard business processes
- Identify and lead training in accordance with the needs defined by the Plant, Site Strategy Deployment, and personal observation (daily coaching and walk throughs). Ensure proper understanding of these tools / techniques and ownership of deployment.
- Drive the site to model a Learn by Doing approach
- Organize / facilitate Kaizen Event-based and specific tool training for all monthly Kaizen Event teams
- Coordinate Preparation, Execution, and Follow-Up stages of the Kaizen Event process through weekly interaction with Leaders / Co-Leaders to ensure team is on pace with the guidelines / expectations of Kaizen Methodology.
- For Kaizen Teams that go beyond the desired 30-day close-out window, work with Team Leaders / Co-Leaders and Business Owner to close all open follow-up items and execute countermeasures to close gaps against desired deliverables / results
- Develop personal mastery in the Lean principles and tools to allow broad facilitation (Kaizen events, lean workshops, and daily coaching) in Production Departments and Functions. This shall include a mastery of training modules such as Waste Elimination, 5S, Root Cause Problem Solving, Standard Work, SMED, PM, Plan-Do-Check-Act, and other lean tolls defined in our production system.
- Coordinate Kaizen event Training process to ensure the site has broad base capability in all primary Lean tools to be self-sufficient for monthly and on-demand training requirements
- Lead training sessions and Kaizen Events within the site as required.
- Develop and facilitate Lean Manufacturing Annual Plans within the site the ensure best practices are shared and reapplied efficiently to accelerate results
- Actively participate in the CBB CI Steering Committee meetings – share successful improvements with the network for potential reapplication to accelerate Company results and be open to learning from other site to reapply successful, sustained improvements
- Actively participate in Benchmarking visits and audits as required at CBB sites. The expected output from any such visit is a potential list of potential reapplications to be reviewed and inserted into the Idea Sharing read Across.
- Provide support to the CI Steering Committee in their implementation of actions, sharing his knowledge and practical experience in handling lean tools as required
- Ensure…
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