Corporate Continuous Improvement Manager

Overview

For more than 75 years, Hoffmaster has been the trusted leader in premium single-use tableware and entertaining solutions. Our mission is simple: to elevate dining, entertaining, and baking experiences with convenient and sustainable solutions. Our portfolio includes napkins, paper plates, baking supplies, paper straws, and party decor. Hoffmaster products are designed to make moments easier, more convenient, and more memorable. Headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Hoffmaster has six locations across the U.S. and Canada, giving us the scale and reach to serve diverse customers.

At Hoffmaster, our people are the heart of our success. We foster a culture built on collaboration, innovation, and respect—where employees are encouraged to share ideas, grow their careers, and make a meaningful impact. We are proud to offer a supportive workplace that values teamwork, creativity, a strong customer focus, and drives continuous improvement. When you join Hoffmaster, you become part of a company with a long-standing tradition of excellence and a forward-looking commitment to sustainability and innovation.

Together, we’re shaping the future of dining and entertaining experiences.

This position works in partnership with plant management to lead performance improvement through lean initiatives, effective problem-solving techniques, design and management of key metrics and continuous improvement activities, and the training and coaching of plant personnel to accomplish the same. The Lean/CI Manager serves as a coach to operating managers and frontline employees on methods to effectively integrate performance improvement activities into their daily workload.

• Develop lean vision and strategy that aligns with company initiatives and serve as champion of facility initiatives that deliver continuous improvement, culture transformation, waste reduction and/or cost savings
• Work directly with the CI Director, operations manager, and other plant functional leaders to coordinate and lead improvement initiatives resulting in quality, throughput, cost, and profit opportunities
• Facilitate and coordinate selected Kaizen blitz activities throughout the plant
• Track and report key metrics on lean activities throughout the plant
• Maintain suitable professional affiliations and participate in professional development activities that foster continuous learning and support lean position requirements
• Assist in the development of projects, writing of capital expenses and implementing changes where the project relates to Lean Thinking and specific machines, etc.
• Deploy the lean strategy, monitor results and report progress
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure employees are engaged during the Lean journey
• Provide lean employee training and facilitate correct use of lean tools
• Serve as a mentor and coach for the development of lean facilitators and leaders
• Follow and Maintain all Food Safety, GMP and HACCP Guidelines
• Perform other duties as assigned by management

• Excellent abilities to prioritize and handle multiple projects
• Ability to recognize improvement opportunities
• High level of interpersonal, written, verbal communication/influence skills, excellent presentation skills
• Ability to perform with minimal supervision and direction
• Ability to deliver effective presentations
• Organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well on a team
• Ability to develop a clear, long-term strategy for lean including vision, milestones and measurable results
• Proven skill in projecting confidence, working collaboratively and engendering trust
• Knowledge of paper converting industry, and/or understanding of manufacturing processes
• Good knowledge of accounting practices
• Proven change management skills

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At Hoffmaster, we believe every person deserves to feel successful. We provide a total rewards package designed to support our employees’ success – at work, at home, and in life. This includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances, tuition and student loan repayment assistance, physical and mental wellness programs, paid vacation and…