Continuous Improvement Specialist

Overview & Responsibilities Purpose of the Job: Lead moderate-to-complex improvement initiatives across a site, region, or end-to-end value stream (manufacturing and/or service). Provide facilitation and coaching to cross-functional teams, standardize best practices, and drive sustained performance improvements. The position is to coordinate and lead a wide range of activities that are designed to improve on-time delivery, productivity, quality, cost, safety, and/or environmental performance. The position will assist in the evaluation process, justification of improvements, and with carrying out the implementation plan. Focus: deliver multi-functional results and mentor others in CI methods. Background and Experience: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field (or equivalent experience). Degrees or Advanced Degrees with an emphasis on Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence considered a plus. Experience: 5–8+ years delivering CI / process excellence results, including cross-functional projects, change adoption, and sustainment. Certifications: Lean / Six Sigma Black Belt preferred (or equivalent advanced certification). Skills: • Advanced facilitation (value stream mapping, rapid improvement events, daily management coaching). • Strong analytical capability (process capability, root cause analysis, basic statistics) and storytelling with data. • Coaching and influencing without authority; experience working with leaders and frontline teams. • Project and change management skills; ability to manage risk and stakeholder expectations. • Experience standardizing and replicating improvements across departments or sites. • Strong written and verbal communication; ability to work in cross-functional teams. • Comfortable working in shop floor, repair center, or field service environments as required. • Process and leadership-oriented mindset. • Meeting facilitation and training skills required. Nature of the Job: • Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives and value stream mapping across end-to-end processes. • Apply advanced Lean / Six Sigma methods to improve capability, quality, delivery, and cost. • Coach teams on problem-solving and CI tools; mentor junior CI practitioners. • Drive replication of best practices across sites/regions; establish control plans. • Partner with IT/Analytics to enable data-driven process improvements where applicable. • Aid deployment of business strategies throughout the organization ensuring alignment of improvement initiatives. Specific Job Responsibilities/Competencies: • Lead complex projects and value-stream improvements. • Coach cross-functional teams; mentor junior CI practitioners. • Establish control plans and measurement systems for sustainment. • Identify replication opportunities and deploy best practices. • Advanced Lean/Six Sigma; strong facilitation and influence. • Strategic thinking; ability to connect work to business outcomes. • Risk management; resilience in ambiguous environments. • Communicate in a professional, positive, courteous manner at all times with all levels of the business. To learn more about our Job Applicant Privacy Notice, please click here .