Continuous Improvement Manager

Capstone Search Advisors are currently searching for a Continuous Improvement Manager for an industry leading food manufacturing company.

Location: Garland, Texas

Title: Continuous Improvement Manager

Compensation: $ 90,000 - $ 110,000

Shift: First Shift

Benefits: Full time benefits, medical, dental, vision, paid holidays, PTO 401k w/match

Position Summary:

Develop and successfully execute performance and reliability improvements across the facility. Serving as a key technical and operations resource, deliver improved, sustainable line performance through enhancing production and maintenance operating systems and margin improvement/cost savings on operational projects.

Manage the continuous improvement program and all operational and workplace organization standards

Utilize TPM and lean flow methodologies to optimize asset and employee effectiveness along with workplace organization to ensure ideal production rates, parameters, and formulas are established and met

Develop and manage reliability improvement plans for employees and assets

Lead and facilitate mindset training programs to support reliability improvement plans

Lead testing and startup for packaging materials and equipment; assist startup lead for all new projects

Provide technical operations support for capital projects to ensure effective early management/vertical startup

Manage new product commercialization initiatives for operations

Serve as technical liaison between functional groups including production/maintenance employees, leadership, marketing, sales, R&D, and other facilities

Lead cost improvement efforts, ensuring annual cost target achievement is met, specifically focused on manufacturing/operations

Support plant leadership in annual operating and capital plan development

Facilitate training to leadership and associates for key problem solving/continuous improvement methodology tools

Assist team in creating and sustaining an environment of continuous improvement and fact-based decision making

Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in industrial or mechanical engineering, business, or finance or equivalent experience

5+ years of experience in manufacturing or engineering, preferably with food packaging (film, corrugate, etc.), and related manufacturing systems/processes

Ability to lead and support multiple projects and strategic initiatives concurrently and independently

Complex problem solving and critical thinking skills, leveraging process-driven and root cause mentality