Continuous Improvement Manager

Continuous Improvement Manager

Cornerstone Building Brands, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, is the largest manufacturer of external building products in North America with over $6 billion in annual revenue and an expansive North American footprint that includes almost 20,000 employees, operating in +70 manufacturing facilities, supported by a network of +80 distribution and branch office facilities. We have a broad product offering with a well-regarded brand portfolio including the #1 position in windows, vinyl siding, metal accessories, and metal roofing and wall systems. We believe every building we create, and every part of that building, positively contributes to communities where people live, work and play.

The Continuous Improvement Manager will lead bold change through the Lean Manufacturing initiatives at the site to ensure continuous, systemic, and sustainable elimination of waste through developing a fully engaged culture of continuous improvement (zero waste mindset), execution of Kaizen Events linked to the site Vision and annual Strategy Deployment and building of foundational capability for long term sustainment. Create a vision that directs change efforts at the site and develops strategies / action plans to achieve the vision. Eliminate barriers to change and modify systems / processes as required in support of Lean and Consumption Driven Supply principles (on demand, defect free, one by one, at lowest cost).

Responsibilities :

Lead Site Guiding Coalition

• Be the change agent drive and accelerate change in culture, attitude, and capability
• Annual planning of Kaizen Event activities to support Site Strategy Deployment based on Value Stream Mapping and Waste Analysis
• Quarterly priority setting of Kaizen Events to deliver step change in results (60 90-day outlook) at the target pace for the site
• Approval of Kaizen events & close-out and sustainment plans
• Ensure Lean tool capability is developed across the site
• Drive employee engagement by ensuring a high percentage of new members on Kaizen Events
• Approval of standards, systems, and processes to support sustainable execution
• Approval of site standards as related to Lean methodologies and implementation
• Develop, modify, and improve standard processes to continuously improve efficiency of Coalition related to the above responsibilities
• Instill a standard, disciplined, rigorous, process focused approach to problem solving across the organization
• Actively participate in the CI Steering Committee to share, develop, and deploy Business Unit standards for Lean tools, principles, and methodologies as well as standard business processes

Daily / Active Waste Elimination Coaching

Kaizen Event Facilitation

Lean Tool Capability

Reapplication / Benchmarking

Strategy Deployment

Responsible for personal safety as well as the promotion of, involvement in, and enforcement of all Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) efforts at this facility. This includes complying with all EHS policies or regulations set forth by Simonton and / or various governmental agencies.

Provides strong leadership skills in a one-on-one environment and in a team atmosphere.

Qualifications

Why work for Cornerstone Building Brands?

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