What are the responsibilities and job description for the Continuous Improvement Manager position at Medline?
Job Summary
This role plans, directs and coordinates lean initiatives for the division. It promotes and leads lean six-sigma competencies and acts as a facilitator for company-wide initiatives between functional groups/regions for opportunities to resolve gaps. The goal is to drive sustained improvements in core quality metrics of People, Compliance, Quality, and Cost.
Responsibilities:
This role plans, directs and coordinates lean initiatives for the division. It promotes and leads lean six-sigma competencies and acts as a facilitator for company-wide initiatives between functional groups/regions for opportunities to resolve gaps. The goal is to drive sustained improvements in core quality metrics of People, Compliance, Quality, and Cost.
Responsibilities:
- Drive sustained improvements in core quality metrics of People, Compliance, Quality, and Cost.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement by teaching, coaching, and fostering an organization of problem solvers.
- Lead and oversee comprehensive program management initiatives, ensuring the successful execution and continuous improvement of process enhancement projects, while aligning with organizational goals.
- Partner with key Quality leaders to implement sustainable process improvement initiatives utilizing a DMAIC approach and superior project management skills.
- Facilitate targeted workshops with Quality teams to rapidly address opportunities while boosting engagement.
- Develop program and project success metrics, analyze progress and applicable cost savings realization, and calculate ROI prior to recommending projects. Communicate results with management.
- Assertiveness, organized, team player, ability to influence and work self-directed.
- Experience with indirect management of team members, including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other members of a team.
- Skilled at identifying process issues and cost savings opportunities, recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
- Project and Program Management experience including planning, organizing, and managing resources to achieve project goals and objectives.
- Expertise in Root Cause Analysis Experience and experience with Microsoft Suite, MS Visio, MS Project, Minitab or data analysis.
- Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in continuous or process Improvement OR High school diploma and at least 9 years of experience in continuous or process improvement within a distribution, manufacturing or transportation environment.
- Certified in one of the following disciplines: Lean, Six Sigma Black Belt or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Prior history in a distribution, transportation or manufacturing environment with hands-on knowledge of relevant systems.
- Hands-on experience in Lean Six Sigma or TPM Leadership abilities; assertiveness, organized, team player, ability to influence and work self-directed.
- Experience with indirect management of team members, including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other members of a team.
- Skilled at identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
- Project Management experience (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
- Expertise in Root Cause Analysis.
- Experience with Microsoft Suite, MS Visio, MS Project, Minitab. ERP systems experience.
- Position requires travel up to 25% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering (or other Engineering subject area)
- Knowledge of Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Quality System Regulations (QSR), and International Organization of Standardization (ISO).
- Experience with SAP.
