Are you ready to make your mark? If you're a Continuous Improvement Professional, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The Continuous Improvement Director is a key leadership role responsible for developing, managing, and executing the organization's continuous improvement strategy. This individual will drive operational excellence initiatives across the organization, fostering a culture of innovation, efficiency, and excellence. Utilizing their strong background in engineering, continuous improvement methodologies, and people leadership, the Continuous Improvement Director will identify opportunities for process optimization, lead cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable improvements in quality, productivity, and cost-effectiveness.

What You Will Be Doing

Production System Owner:

• Lead the deployment and maturity of the Woodward Production System for the site

Develop a Problem-Solving Culture:

• Serve as a role model and advocate for a culture where employees at all levels embrace problem-solving as a daily practice.

Develop Leaders as Coaches:

• Provide training, tools, and guidance to help leaders, within the site, become effective coaches who empower their teams while supporting their personal growth and development in efforts of building a pipeline of future leaders.

Strategic Partnership:

• Share ownership of overall performance with site leader to ensure alignment, accountability, and shared ownership in the execution of operational goals and objectives.

Align Goals Across the Organization:

• Ensure that business-level objectives are cascaded clearly and effectively through all departments, teams, and individuals, aligning efforts with strategic priorities.

What We Are Looking For

• Education:
  • Bachelor's degree (required)
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in continuous improvement, operational excellence, manufacturing leadership or process improvement roles.
  • Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale Lean/Six Sigma improvement initiatives in a manufacturing, engineering, or operations environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in people leadership and team development within a LEAN manufacturing environment.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).