Continuous Improvement Lead - Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement Lead - Manufacturing

• Position Type:
  Full-Time

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.

This position is responsible for driving Continuous Improvement of processes and people at the Savage facility. Critical to success is identification of opportunities for improvement through physical observation, process expertise, collaboration, data mining, and statistical analysis. This role will lead cross-functional teams to formulate, execute, and validate improvement plans. A key output is development, monitoring, and analysis of Operations KPI’s, and using this to drive action.

• Follow and enforce safe working practices at all times
• Identify, present, resource and execute projects that fall into one or many of the following categories:
  • Cost reduction (Material yield, labor effectiveness, and other cost reduction)
  • Capacity generation
  • Efficiency and asset utilization maximization
  • Safety and Quality Improvement
• Track capabilities of the facility, monitor utilization of assets, present solutions for increasing total output
• Assist with Cap Ex Projects by identifying opportunities requiring investment with a strategic or financial impact and assist with ROI calculation
• Drive yield improvement. Identify areas of waste generation: propose and implement solutions to reduce the 8-wastes (defects, excess processing, overproduction, waiting, inventory, transportation, motion, non-utilized talent)
• Implement Lean, Six-Sigma, and TPM methodologies to achieve business objectives
• Interact at all levels of the business to cultivate and nurture a culture of Continuous Improvement
• Work with plant teams to develop and ensure adherence to standard practices
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events: formulate and implement improvement plans extracted from key learnings
• Become familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of Savage facility, drive operational synergies
• Drive improvement to Operations KPI’s
• Execute ad hoc projects as assigned

• Minimum education required: B.S. degree in Organizational Development, Process Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities required:
  • 3-5 years of direct experience successfully leading and implementing process improvement initiatives utilizing the following concepts and techniques
  • Lean manufacturing principles
  • Six Sigma tools
  • Visual factory/5S programs
  • Experience driving operational excellence and improving processes
  • Solid facilitation skills, with experience in training development and deployment
  • Ability to recruit, lead and work with resources from cross-functional teams to meet objectives
  • Must be proficient with MS Office Suite. Experience with ERP systems a plus.
  • Self-starter able to conceptualize and drive initiative forward
  • Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team
  • Willing…