The Continuous Improvement Supervisor leads execution of plant-floor CI initiatives, embedding best practices, reinforcing a CI mindset, and streamlining non-value-added activities. This is a hands-on, floor-based role partnering with plant leadership and CI teams on kaizen events, metrics, and root cause problem solving.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to site CI strategy and deployment plans, driving action plans against plant KPIs.
- Deploy CI awareness training (5S, waste elimination) and promote best-practice sharing across shifts.
- Introduce and coach a Visual Performance Management System (VPMS) at the shift and department level.
- Own KPI charting/posting and lead performance reviews on a daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly cadence.
- Own a structured root-cause problem-solving tool, coaching teams on the right CI methodology per problem.
- Lead site-level CI projects and Kaizen events from scoping through execution, applying Lean and Six Sigma tools.
- Analyze operational data to identify improvement opportunities and simplify/automate data collection.
- Train teams on CI tools and support development of work standards and cost-savings tracking.
Qualifications
- 5+ years overall work experience, including experience in Continuous Improvement or a closely related operational role (Operations Specialist/Supervisor backgrounds strongly preferred).
- Experience in food manufacturing or a similar equipment-driven workplace strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of Statistical Process Control, root cause analysis, and other analytical methods.
- Strong communication, presentation, and diplomatic collaboration skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel).
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to completion despite obstacles.