Job Details

Summary/Objective

The primary role of the Director, Continuous Improvement is to drive operational excellence within Grand Rapids Foam Technologies. This individual will be responsible for coaching, leading, and managing the deployment of continuous improvement activities utilizing various tools and methodologies directed at improving business processes and financial performance of the organization.

This leader will have a strong understanding of value streams, management of constraints, material requirements planning, capacity management and operational flow systems. This role will partner with business leaders to establish a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, establishing robust business management processes to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Essential Functions

• Develops and drives continuous improvement maturity assessment and roadmaps.
• Partners with business leaders and functions to identify and capture process improvement opportunities.
• Provide expertise, leadership, and training on lean, 6 sigma, and other structured continuous improvement principles and tools to all employees across the organization.
• Develop Green Belt certification strategy.
• Properly engage and collaborate with all functions of the organization to ensure alignment of continuous improvement strategy and support of appropriate stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive improvement in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and culture.
• Facilitates continuous improvement events critical to fulfilling short and long-term strategic initiatives.
• Ensures follow up actions are addressed from continuous improvement events.
• Develops tools and platforms to drive transformation across the enterprise.
• Lead the development and implementation of standard processes.
• Model, lead, and coach people on the culture change necessary to support, drive, and sustain continuous improvement.
• Drive the Implementation of the OpEx Framework - Business Operating System.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

   

  Competencies

  Team Building	Technical Acumen
  Business Acumen	Communication Proficiency
  Problem Solving/Analysis	Project Management
  Collaboration Skills with multi-functional teams	Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook

   

  Work Environment

  
  This is a professional position with active involvement with manufacturing processes and presence within the facility.

  Physical Demands

  Being able to lift, push, pull 50 pounds when needed. Division of duties within production and office settings.

  GRFT is an equal opportunity employer