Provisur Technologies

Continuous Improvement Manager

Provisur Technologies$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or 4-6 years of relevant experience
  • 3-5 years in a manufacturing process role (assembly/machine shop)
  • Experience in Continuous Improvement with strong business leadership
  • Expertise in lean principles, flow, and change management
  • Strong ownership mindset focused on SQCDE
  • Ability to interpret technical drawings and collaborate across teams
  • Skilled in data-driven communication and presenting to executives.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Value Stream leaders to implement Continuous Improvement initiatives
  • Act as a Lean resource and train teams in methodologies like 5S and Kaizen
  • Support teams in enhancing safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement
  • Identify inefficiencies and drive sustainable productivity improvements
  • Facilitate root cause problem-solving and implement corrective actions
  • Track and enhance KPIs related to operations efficiency
  • Collaborate to standardize best practices across functions.

Benefits

  • Career advancement opportunities and ongoing skill development
  • Comprehensive health insurance and holiday pay
  • Employee referral bonuses
  • 401k retirement savings plan
  • Hybrid work policy with generous paid time off
  • Support for continuing education programs
  • Community involvement through company charitable contributions.
Full Job Description
The Continuous Improvement Manager leads the organization's lean manufacturing efforts, streamlining workflows, optimizing workspaces, and making the most of resources. They identify inefficiencies and apply proven lean principles to enhance operations, while tracking progress and ensuring improvements support cost efficiency, quality, and delivery goals. What You'll Do: • Partner with Value Stream leaders to drive Continuous Improvement initiatives that enhance flow and meet business goals. • Act as a Lean resource and trainer, building team capability in tools like 5S, Kaizen, and Kanban. • Support teams in improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement (SQCDE). • Identify inefficiencies and implement sustainable improvements to boost productivity and reduce waste. • Facilitate problem-solving to address root causes and drive corrective actions. • Track and improve KPIs such as OEE, yield, inventory, and productivity. • Collaborate cross-functionally to standardize best practices and ensure consistent performance. What You Won't Do: • Suffer from boredom - you will always be doing something different and coming up with innovative ideas and solutions. • Sit behind a desk - you'll partner closely with team members and supervisors on our shop floors as well as our facilities around the world. Who You Are: • A creative thinker and do-er who enjoys solving problems and implementing solutions. • A lifelong learner with a passion for advancing your career and raising your hand when opportunities arise. What You'll Need: • Bachelor's Degree in related field (i.e., Business, Engineering); or 4-6 years of relevant experience • 3-5 years manufacturing process experience (assembly and/or machine shop) • Progressive Continuous Improvement experience with strong business acumen and results-driven leadership • Lean expertise in flow, pull systems, and transformation/change management • Owner mindset focused on driving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and profitable growth • Ability to read technical drawings and collaborate across engineering, production, and quality teams • Strong prioritization skills with ability to set time standards and support manufacturing needs • Skilled in data-driven communication and presenting to all levels of leadership What You'll Enjoy: • Environment where we promote from within, cross-train and provide ongoing skill development. • Robust benefits package including great health insurance, holiday pay, and employee referral bonuses! • Safe, clean, air-conditioned facility • Retirement savings (401k) opportunities • A hybrid work policy and ample paid time off (PTO) • Continuing education assistance • A company dedicated to the local community that gives back through charitable contributions Pay Range: The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full-time employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location, and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, and certifications. $110,000 - $130,000 per year. This position is eligible for a bonus incentive plan, based on company and/or individual performance.

About Provisur Technologies

50 Years of Innovation Provisur’s brands have been leading the way in manufacturing industrial food processing equipment for over 50 years. Our highly experienced team of food scientists, product specialists and engineers thrive on delivering innovation. Our revolutionary designs are used around the world and represent over 350 global patents — part of an extensive portfolio of the industry’s most trusted, high-performing brands. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, our company has a global network of sales and service locations to provide local support. We take the time to fully support our customers and invest in progressive solutions that solve their challenges. In fact, many of our most unique innovations are born from hearing what our customers need to perfect their taste and quality, increase throughput and compete in new and evolving markets. Innovative Industrial Food Processing Equipment At Provisur, we pride ourselves in providing customer-driven innovations and solutions that satisfy a wide variety of industrial food processing needs: Industrial defrosting equipment Marinating, tenderizing & injecting Separation Food forming equipment Frying, cooking & smoking Meat sizing Form pressing Slicing Freezing A Legacy of Industry-Leading Brands Provisur’s legacy brands have been around for decades. We offer only the most reliable, highly regarded and innovative brands such as Weiler®, Formax®, Hoegger® and more. Our comprehensive portfolio has enabled us to offer system solutions for customers looking to establish an automated processing line. We push the boundaries of technology to ensure our customers gain the most value possible from their investment in our best-in-class equipment. Diverse Food Processing Applications Provisur helps customers deliver value through new product applications, higher performance, advanced hygiene design, labor-saving automation and more. Our key solution areas include: Ground, formed & portioned products Sliced products, including our renowned bacon processing Whole muscle products Mechanically separated products Bone-in products Sausages Protein alternatives Pet food Bakery
Learn more about Provisur Technologies
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2008

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