CI Manager; Middletown, DE

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In billions of syringes and in every second car worldwide, Datwyler components make an important contribution to the safety of patients and drivers. The high-tech company focuses on high-quality, system-critical elastomer components and holds leading positions in attractive global markets such as healthcare, mobility, connectivity, general industry and food & beverage. With over 25 production sites on four continents, sales in more than 100 countries and over 8,000 employees, the company, headquartered in Switzerland, generates annual sales of more than CHF 1,000 million.

Our employees are the heart of Datwyler - we treat each other with respect, trust and appreciation. We have strong roots and values that have been well established in our 100-year corporate history. Become part of our great team as a...

The Site Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for deploying, adapting, and sustaining the Datwyler Pharma Solutions’ Operational Excellence strategy to drive sustainable improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity. Reporting to Operations, this role builds and leads the continuous improvement capability across manufacturing operations, establishing standardized processes, lean operating systems, and data-driven performance management. This role is critical to enabling reliable supply from Datwyler’s Middletown and Pennsauken sites.

The leader partners with cross-functional teams to optimize production processes, improve operational stability, and enable scalable growth through Lean methodologies, industrial engineering principles, and digital manufacturing initiatives.

In addition to strategic leadership, this role maintains a strong hands-on presence on the shopfloor, directly supporting the design and improvement of production systems, internal logistics flows, and material handling processes to ensure materials are available at the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity. The role plays a key part in strengthening the culture of continuous improvement by embedding structured problem solving, standardized work, visual management, and lean material flow principles across two manufacturing sites.

• Establish and govern a structured site CI portfolio, ensuring clear prioritization, ROI evaluation, resource alignment, and sustainability of improvement initiatives across both sites.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead CI initiatives focused on productivity improvement, cost reduction, cycle time optimization, and changeover reduction.
• Deploy Lean tools and methodologies including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, line balancing, standard work, visual management, Kanban, and waste elimination.
• Conduct shopfloor analysis and data-driven assessments to identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions.
• Lead structured problem solving and root cause analysis to eliminate process variation and improve operational performance.

• Support manufacturing operations with manufacturing fundamentals including line design, workstation optimization and standard work.
• Improve process flow and line balancing to increase throughput, stability, and efficiency.
• Standardize processes and best practices across value streams to ensure consistent operational performance.
• Support new product introductions and process transfers by ensuring process readiness, standard work, training plans, and production ramp-up stability.

• Design and continuously improve in-plant material flow systems to ensure efficient and reliable movement of materials from receiving through production…