Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Title: Continuous Improvement Manager

Work Location: 100 Thermon Dr. San Marcos, Texas (USA)

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Overview

The Continuous Improvement Manager role will be responsible for developing and executing a culture of continuous improvement across Thermon operations. This position will be the primary point of contact to lead and mentor teams through an effective change process to deliver continuous improvement in support of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Productivity performance.

This role will be a partner and work closely with The Leadership Management Team promoting positive culture, collaboration, and high-performance work environment though progressive Operational practices.

You will report to the Senior Vice President, Global Operations, your work location will be at 100 Thermon Dr. San Marcos, TX.

Who We Are - Thermon

Thermon is a diversified technology company and a global leader in industrial process heating, temperature maintenance, environmental monitoring and temporary power distribution solutions. We deliver engineered solutions that enhance operational awareness, safety, reliability and efficiency to deliver the lowest total cost of ownership.

Thermon offers over 250 products, software and services across multiple brands, providing a range of offerings from boilers, transportation heaters, and liquid load banks to tubing bundles and heat trace. We are the silent guardians of critical infrastructure. From the relentless demands of chemical plants and the intricate networks of rail and transit to the vital pulse of power generation, we innovate solutions that ensure optimal operation, protect critical assets, and maximize efficiency.

We care deeply about the success of our customers, the well-being of our people, and the reliability of every product we design. This drives our unwavering commitment to safety and integrity in everything we do. Through collaboration, we unite a rich legacy of expertise with a trusted global team, partnering side-by-side with our customers. We transfer the warmth needed to make life work.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities include:

• Deployment and training of continuous improvement methodologies such as lean business and manufacturing methods, advanced problem-solving techniques, and approaches to visual workplace management.
• Lead the outcomes for strategic initiatives by developing operation and business systems to implement and track goal progress.
• Develop long-term strategy through the development of a continuous improvement pipeline of kaizen activities. Provide technical and business support to the overall deployment of initiatives. Create a dashboard to report metrics.
• Identify gaps in performance against Best-in-Class Benchmarks, lead improvement initiatives that close gaps. Act as change agent to instill Lean culture throughout the organization.
• Influence the Value Stream to support and demonstrate expected behaviors and successfully deploy and sustain the Lean Production System
• Execute process improvement efforts through Kaizen activities, Value Stream Mapping, Process Control and SMED projects to positively impact customer and business metrics.
• Implement pull systems and/or material flow between manufacturing processes, distribution, and Supply Chain. Ensure sustainability and improvement to inventory turns.
• Regularly engage with all areas of the business, share best practices and benchmark with other businesses across the organization.
• Support new product introduction projects through product management and new process implementation techniques such as 3P implementation.
• Other as assigned by management.

Knowledge & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Engineering, Business, or similar technical discipline
• 10 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have demonstrated experience in leading a lean transformation process (Shingo, Model Site, etc.).
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Manufacturing software, Spreadsheets, Word Processing and Presentations.
• Formal certification as a Lean Expert and/or Lean Black Belt is required.

Reasoning and Analytical Skills:

• Ability to apply mathematical concepts and tools such as trend charts, Pareto's, and Standard Deviation.
• Strong financial understanding, able to analyze and characterize results in terms of financial benefit.
• Must be able to think strategically and develop and implement business strategies and can execute with tactical plans.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Requirements:

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Must be able to stand for long periods of time on hard surfaces. Must be able to walk long distances in and between work areas and building.
• Able and available to travel national and international.

Work Environment:

• In certain areas of the facility personal protective equipment (PPE) will be required, including safety glasses, steel-toed shoes, and ear plugs.