Job Description

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

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