DHL Group

Continuous Improvement Manager

DHL Group$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required
  • Greenbelt Six Sigma or Lean experience required
  • 1+ years of continuous improvement experience required

Responsibilities

  • Identify and facilitate process improvement projects and workshops
  • Conduct root cause analysis for manufacturing and business issues
  • Implement cost reductions for continuous improvement programs
  • Collect and analyze data for process mapping
  • Partner with customers on production containment and quality improvement
  • Develop budgets and cost analysis to assess project feasibility
  • Drive value stream mapping to transition from current to future state
  • Conduct compliance audits and evaluations to ensure sustained results

Benefits

  • Business casual work environment
  • Focus on teamwork and associate development
  • Training and continuous improvement culture
  • Competitive wages
  • Comprehensive affordable insurance benefits including health, dental, vision, and life
  • 401K plan
  • Paid vacation and holidays
Full Job Description
Thursday - Sunday or Friday - Monday

12:00 pm-11:00 pm

Individualized Tasks
  • PA Gemba: Weekly Review of a Process area in the building.
  • Hour by Hour Monitoring: With the roll-out of new Hour by Hour boards in Gate 1, NLS manager will be the Tier 0 as part of the layered audit. Tracking and reporting based on feedback from the Tier 1 and Tier 2 audits.
  • Area Audit: All zones (final TBD) within the building will be audited at a standard cadence. Review focused on Safety, 5S, and Muda.
  • 5S Audit: Daily 5S audit of areas within building. This would also include non-production areas.
  • PAO Audit: Review of existing PAO board for process adherence and report to OMs.
  • Team Building Exercise: Work with supervisors and OMs to identify opportunities for morale improvement with an additional focus on identifying underutilized talent in the workforce.
  • Business Analyst Check-in: Daily check in with supporting BA for issues or needs.
  • Training Team Workshop: Weekly Session to get needs from Weekend Training team for gaps and opportunities for improvement.


Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Description

The Continuous Improvement Manager leads the vision, strategy, and execution plan for the organization by building capability that establishes a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. The Manager leads site level adherence to the principles of Lean and OMS (Operation Management System) strategic plans.

Responsibilities
  • Identify and facilitate process improvement projects, training, and workshops to drive cultural change.
  • Conduct root cause analysis to determine metrics, troubleshoot manufacturing/business and assembly issues, material flow, project plans, production capacity, facility design and create process documentation.
  • Identifies and implements cost reductions in pursuit of continuous improvement programs
  • Carry out data collection and analysis for process mapping.
  • Partners with the customer on containment actions in production, and corrective actions to improve outgoing product quality.
  • Develop budgets and cost analysis to determine project feasibility.
  • Drive value stream mapping to define current state and transition to future state.
  • Develop and conduct compliance audits, program evaluations, and reviews to drive results with the fortitude to ensure change is permanent.
  • Manage multiple areas with multiple priorities and multiple stakeholders daily.
  • Guide the direction for the facility, as an internal expert and consultant in continuous improvement best practices
  • Build and foster relationships with the customer and work with them to deliver Lean and OMS principles and deliverables.
  • Support employees at all levels by mentoring and training in Lean and OMS methodologies.


Required Education and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, required
  • Greenbelt Six Sigma or Lean experience, required
  • 1+ years experience of continuous improvement experience required


Our Organization has a business casual environment and focuses on teamwork, associate development, training, and continuous improvement. We offer competitive wages, excellent affordable insurance benefits (including health, dental, vision and life), 401K plan, paid vacation and holidays.

About DHL Group

DHL Group is a German multinational package delivery and supply chain management company. It is part of the larger Deutsche Post DHL Group. DHL operates in over 220 countries and territories worldwide, making it the most international company in the world. With a workforce exceeding 550,000 employees, DHL is one of the largest employers in the world.
Learn more about DHL Group
Size
550,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1969

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