Director of Continuous Improvement

We are searching for a Director of Continuous Improvement to will lead us on our CI journey. We have laid a solid foundation of operational excellence, problem solving, visual management, and 5S. Now, we are taking this to the next level (and beyond)!

Responsibilities include, but not limited to the following:

• Oversee the continuous improvement program in 21 fulfillment centers in the US and Canada
• Lead a team of CI managers in the field coaching the fulfillment teams
• Develop a structured deployment roadmap for quarterly and annual improvements to our CI cultural maturity index
• Deploy leading edge training, tools, and methodologies to enable the operational teams to expose problems and then be empowered and engaged to solve those problems
• Implement a common operating model within the Radial fulfillment services. Create a structure to implement best practices network-wide
• Coach leaders at all levels of the organization on lean philosophies
• Create sustainable organizational capability for problem solving and process improvement
• Guide hoshin goal deployment
• Engage clients in full value stream map assessments
• Be an advocate for CI within the entire Radial enterprise

Requirements:

• 7+ years of demonstrated Continuous Improvement Leadership leading a team with 3+ years multi-site organization related to supply chain/distribution or manufacturing
• Progressive experience that has led to a minimum of 2+ years Continuous Improvement Driector
• Hands-on experience using wide range of lean/six sigma management tools (value stream mapping, fish bone diagram, pareto diagram, 5S, visual management, Kanban, Standard Work, Hoshin planning/X-matrix)
• Demonstrated results in building a sustained CI culture with resulting improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, & Cost
• Ability to engage and motivate people of all levels and backgrounds
• Strong talent developer
• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills; credible with internal stakeholders and external audiences; comfortable meeting with/presenting to executives and senior management
• Bachelor’s degree required. Master's Degree preferred
• Able to travel up to 50%