Manager of Lean Excellence

Position Title: 

Manager of Lean Excellence

Pay Rate: 

$152,300 - $205,000

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift: 

Salaried Full-Time 

Physical Location: 

Remote 

or

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN

The Job You Will Perform: 

• Lead initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, and operational consistency across the organization

• Align strategy and tactics with the Corporate Lean Team and site-level operations leadership

• Report to members of the business leadership team on status of lean road maps and adoption within each facility

• Use data to identify gaps in performance versus best practices and work with the mill team to execute an improvement plan

• Document best practices and share improvements to leverage results

• Understand and apply financial drivers and key performance indicators

• Implement lean tools such as 5S, Kaizen, Standard Work, Visual Management, SMED and Value Stream Mapping

• Drive waste elimination, process flow optimization, and variation reduction

• Facilitate structured problem solving using A3, DMAIC, 5-Why, RCFA, and similar methodologies

• Deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost

• Implement and manage systems, including daily management, that will sustain improvement efforts

• Lead and coach kaizen events through hands-on participation

• Develop training materials and effectively deliver those materials in multiple formats to ensure team members throughout the organization are trained in CI / lean concepts and philosophy

• Evaluate and drive opportunities for appropriate CI and lean tool applications

• Provide overall support, assistance, direction and communication to the mill leadership teams regarding CI initiatives

The Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge You Will Bring: 

• Bachelor's degree preferred in business, engineering, operations management, or related field

• Significant operational and change management experience in a manufacturing environment

• Demonstrated success implementing lean manufacturing initiatives

• Strong analytical, facilitation, coaching, and change leadership skills

• Ability to influence without formal authority across multiple functions

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

• This position will require 50-75% travel