Continuous Improvement Manager – Warehousing
Our client is a Global Player in Supply Chain Solutions and Industrial Packaging with 91 locations in 12 countries on 3 continents. Their hallmarks are customer focus, flexibility and a constant endeavor to create and refine successful solutions. Our client strives to understand their customer’s markets and needs to solve their toughest challenges. To meet the market and needs of customers, our client will design a unique mix of packaging services and products that are underpinned with technology, programming and automation.Continuous Improvement Manager - Warehousing
The Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager - Warehousing leads initiatives to optimize processes, reduce waste, and enhance productivity and quality across the organization. This role drives the development of a continuous improvement culture using methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable process enhancements.
Job Type: Full-time
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a company-wide continuous improvement roadmap aligned with business goals.
- Promote a CI culture through training, mentoring, and facilitation of improvement projects.
- Identify and prioritize process improvement opportunities across departments.
- Lead and manage Lean/Six Sigma.
- Coordinate Kaizen events, workshops, and cross-functional process reviews.
- Track project performance metrics (e.g., cost savings, cycle time, quality KPIs).
- Analyze operational data to identify bottlenecks, waste, and variation.
- Implement process changes that improve quality, reduce cost, and increase efficiency.
- Support digital transformation or automation initiatives where applicable.
- Partner with operations, quality, logistics, and other business units to drive improvements.
- Coach and develop team members on CI tools and techniques.
- Foster ownership of CI activities at all organizational levels.
- Define and monitor KPIs to measure the impact of CI initiatives.
- Report improvement outcomes and present findings to leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field.
- 5–8 years of experience in process improvement, operations, or quality management.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (required), Black Belt or equivalent are preferred certifications.
- Process Mapping & Workflow Optimization: Using tools like Visio, or similar.
- Project Management: Agile, Scrum, or PMP knowledge to manage improvement projects.
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Proficiency in Excel, Visio, Power BI
- Quality Management Systems (QMS): ISO standards (e.g., ISO 9001), audits, CAPA processes.
- Change-Management: Ability to lead and support change across different departments.
- Leadership Skills: Influencing teams without direct authority, coaching skills.
- Strong analytical mindset for identifying root causes and crafting solutions.
- Confident, professional presence and collaborative mindset.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office is required.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision while effectively managing time and priorities.
- Strong leadership skills with excellent written and verbal communication capabilities.
- High degree of creativity, visualization ability, and insight.
This position offers a competitive base salary.
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