Continuous Improvement Associate- Fordsville, KY – Fordsville, KY

Roles and Responsibilities:

(Include Safety and Environmental, Quality, and Job Specific Roles and Responsibilities)

• Lead or participate in continuous improvement (CI) events throughout the facility to help to improve processes.
• Help implement process improvement activities throughout the facility.
• Helps to identify potential CI events.
• Verification of effectiveness of process improvements.
• Participant in lean intern program.
• Support safety & environmental efforts to better serve our employees and community
• Ensure continuous communication occurs between employees, management, support staff, other KI divisions and customers as necessary.
• Identify and implement potential cost reductions.
• Supports and role models Vision and Guiding Principles.
• Support our Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Follows all safety guidelines and uses required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as necessary.
• Follow and support the Quality Systems

Skills to perform this role

Educational Requirements

• Previous manufacturing experience
• Successful completion of Lean Internship

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to give balanced feedback.
• Ability to maintain a sense of humor.
• Ability to exhibit patience and control emotions
• Self motivated.
• Maintain the highest degree of professionalism.
• Able to make decisions.
• Willingness to learn.
• Tactful
• Assertive
• Honest and ethical
• Flexible
• Positive Attitude
• Ability to build and sustain relationships

Ability to get things done through people

Skills to Perform This Role:

Technical Skills

• Good computer skills.
• Good follow up skills
• Good problem solving skills.
• Good understanding of production processes.
• Good understanding of lean manufacturing concepts.

• Able to work flexible hours.

• Prior experience working on continuous improvement efforts within a team
• Understanding of statistical techniques.
• Ability to safely operate and maneuver required tools and equipment during projects

Communication Skills

• Strong listening skills
• Good written and verbal communications
• Excellent presentation skills
• Can communicate technical and non-technical issues
• Ability to teach
• Ability to communicate at audience level.

Leadership Skills

• Needs to be self-managed and motivated
• Able to lead by example
• Able to coach and motivate team
• Has good facilitation skills
• Good relationship builder
• Able to facilitate win/win solutions
• Ability to work with multiple departments
• Ability to handle multiple projects
• Take initiative
• Ability to work in a team setting
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to be an effective coach
• Good team building skills
• Able to adapt to and manage change.

Business Skills

• Good time management
• Can handle multiple tasks
• Good planning skills
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Results focused
• Good recordkeeping skills

** RESUME REQUIRED

Qualifications:

• 2 + years of experience in a manufacturing environment focusing on continuous improvement (CI) initiatives.
• Enhanced troubleshooting and administrative skills.
• Leading improvement initiatives (Kaizen events) from conception through implementation. Oversee the success of the kaizen events, including:
  • Coordinate strategic and detailed plans
  • Planning of events with a dynamic funnel process tied to Policy Deployment/Model Value Stream and Daily Management.
  • Develop and implement improvement strategies and initiatives.
  • Event execution; and sustainment of kaizen event results
• Lead/facilitate the implementation/sustainment of lean tools (Visual Management, 6S, kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, plan-do-check-act, Lean processes, etc.)
• Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on continuous improvement concepts, tools, and techniques

Educational Requirements

• Previous manufacturing experience
• CI experience required

* RESUME REQUIRED

• *Please Note: This is an Hourly Associate position. Previous manufacturing and previous CI experience are both required for consideration. Please include detail of this experience in resume.