**Continuous Improvement Manager**
Company: Rieke de Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L.de C.V.
Primary Location: Calle Circuito Corral de Piedras, Manzana 1, Lote 16, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 37888 MEX
Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time
Function: Manufacturing Production / Distribution
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
**Main Duties & Responsibilities**
Main functions:
Facilitate and integrate the philosophy of Lean Production System (LPS) into the culture of the business.
Support operations to ensure production of a quality product, deliver against our committed customer service goals, and optimize efficiency/productivity.
Motivate, coach, and instill good management skills in all employees engaged in the CI learning process.
Establish a strong presence on the manufacturing floor (Gemba) to set and communicate expectations, standards, and evaluate results so all employees understand expectations.
Promote the use of leader standard work and world class 5S in all aspects of the business.
Use problem solving skills to identify gaps in processes, capabilities, and culture and identify/suggest countermeasures to close those gaps.
Lead project selection workshops to identify the highest cost take out projects and coordinate the various project teams assigned to ensure proper resourcing to drive completion of these projects.
Drive policy deployment strategies so all employees have a clear understanding of goals and objectives for a successful fiscal year.
Lead Kaizen events in all aspects of the organization to improve business results.
Extract useful data from a variety of systems to facilitate identification of improvement opportunities.
Coordinate the work necessary to improve our overall CI results as measured by regularly scheduled audits.
Assist in establishment metrics, generating reporting tools and progress reporting for CI.
Manage the communication process to present (report out) the status of CI implementation.
Identify material or process flow abnormalities and use unique methods to streamline the process.
Identify opportunities for automation, in conjunction with Engineering, to remove/lesson ergonomic strains or repetitive actions.
Demonstrate the ability to absorb new technologies and management techniques
Utilize an approachable and participative style in motivating people to achieve higher standards and performance levels
Quantify results, identify new opportunities, adapt to change, and interface with all levels of management on a continual basis.
Possess qualities of self-motivation, confidence, organization, tact, persistence, common sense and a high energy level.
**Qualifications**
Analytical capacity
Problem solving, Focus on results
Team effectiveness
Assertive Communication
Impact and Influence
Analysis and data processing
Systemic approach, Lean Manufacturing tools, 6 sigma tools, problem solving tools, process mapping, kaizen event facilitation.
Certified Lean/Six Sigma
Critical thinking and conflict resolution
Strategic mindset