Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement Summary

Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement Job Opening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A top-of-the-line furniture manufacturer is currently seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Manager in greater Minneapolis to drive innovation and product development for for the Minneapolis plant. This Minneapolis company has a history of innovating and improving upon products year after year to anticipate customer preferences and would be a great opportunity of a creative, success-oriented individual. This Minneapolis company offers a great compensation package and a favorable job benefits package for the Senior Continuous Improvement Manager who will truly innovate processes at the Minneapolis, Minnesota plant.

Minneapolis Senior Manager of Continuos Improvement Overview: 

For this job, the Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement ensures that products are of a high quality and cost-effective through the life cycle from conception through retirement at the Minneapolis plant. The Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement is a major component of the Minneapolis product introduction process and shall lead a team that will work to ensure that products meet all development and launch deadlines while reaching or exciting quality, material costs, warranty, and productivity goals.

Minneapolis Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement Job Opening

• The Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement will create a set of requirement and bring expertise to the new product development team, especially concerning post launch quality, costs, warranty, Product Net promoter Score, and productivity goals.
• Collaborate with Service and Fulfillment throughout the launch process.
• The Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement must create, keep, revise, and complete continuous improvement tasks to make sure products meet goals (warranty rate, cost, nps) by launch.
• Foster and maintain strong professional relationships with members of other teams to drive the process of continuous improvement.
• Work with and train a team of engineers to encourage continuous improvement and change through teaching them improvement processes and new problem solving methods.
• The Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement will work with others to ensure that messages concerning defects, action plans, project milestones, and overall progress are communicated to all concerned parties.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in furniture improvement.
• The Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement will create a protocol, train all teams to that protocol, and create a system to maintain that protocol.

Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement (Minneapolis Area) Job Requirements:

• A four year degree in Engineering is required for this job.
• At least ten years of job experience in a role performing engineering, manufacturing, or quality functions.
• At least five years of leadership experience in progressive roles performing engineering, manufacturing, or quality functions.
• Exceptional leadership skills with others, both direct and other informal leadership skills.
• Able to influence partners in other teams without compromising their priorities completely.
• Capacity to manage and prioritize multiple objectives.
• Good decision making skills, as well as technical and analytical reasoning.
• Able to travel up to 20% outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota is required for this job.

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