Continuous Improvement Manager (72717)

As a Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager, you will lead our lean manufacturing journey as we create transformational change. You will develop solutions for process improvement to optimize material flow, minimize waste, and implement accountability and escalation systems. You will provide education and mentoring to employees on Lean principles and techniques. The responsibilities include facilitating and leading the continuous improvement process by identifying training needs and leading trainings following the Learn-Do-Teach model in problem solving methodologies, lead Kaizen events, and be a champion of 5S. You will drive the team to understand waste through Value Stream Mapping, create a succinct vision for future state, and facilitate transformation review cadences to clearly communicate and monitor progress across the organization with clear milestone and KPI tracking.

As a key member of the Leadership Team, you will promote a plant culture of Continuous Improvement, Lean and Quality to drive change. This includes supporting the creation and implementation of Eaton Lean Six Sigma strategies, which will lead to improvements in areas such as employee safety, quality performance, factory margins, product delivery performance and reductions in product/process variation. You will engage your peers in lean tool application as you speak clearly and persuasively in challenging situations. Furthermore, the role encompasses managing the Eaton OpA (Operational Excellence Program), facilitating leading and lagging indicators, and deploying goals and objectives to drive accountability through the tier system to build organizational problem-solving abilities. This role will provide day-to-day operational support and work with our corporate CI leader.

Drive the Operational Excellence (OPEX) strategic vision and roadmaps for the Reno, NV facility.

Provide expertise for Eaton Business System (EBS) tools and training including Strategy Deployment, Eaton Operational Assessment (OpA), EBS Assessment, and other tools.

Lead and facilitate Business Operation System (BOS) meetings and agenda to drive continuous improvement.