Regional Continuous Improvement Manager

**CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS**

The Area Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for supporting the facilities in the region in the creation and implementation of Sherwin Williams CI culture. The Area CI Manager works closely with various manufacturing or distribution sites to understand current state processes and improve on them to attain monetary, time, or moral benefits. This resource will be the main point of contact for coaching and training of CI strategies and needs for the facilities or operational areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES

**Major Tasks Performed**:

- Increase the transparency of Operations by ensuring robust measurement of losses for all areas of Operations e.g. generation of appropriate loss trees.
- Increase productivity within Operations by leading usage of the appropriate lean tools, six sigma methodology, etc. (e.g. value stream mapping, 5S, Kanban) to eliminate losses such as delay, duplication, unnecessary movement, unclear communication, incorrect inventory, and product defects.
- Coach the operational teams in continuous improvement techniques and help them cascade this approach to their teams to develop a proactive continuous improvement culture..
- Develop training programmes and undertake training in the use of continuous improvement tools.
- Assist facilities with the maintenance of their respective continuous improvement projects in the Onbase database.
- Reviews implementation requirements to understand site personnel or resource requirements and negotiate with the involved areas.
- Build and lead the implementation plans for each specific facility to maintain the 5 yr plans for Standard Work and other CI initiatives
- Creates reports for sites/regions as needed through the analytics tools like OBIEE or Business Objects.
- Audit sites for certification or sustainability of CI certifications.

**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Ensure effective communication and understanding of the CI goals and strategies.

QUALIFICATIONS

**FORMAL EDUCATION**
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering field or equivalent professional qualification
- Industrial Engineering Degree

**KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE**:

- Organized. Excellent communication skills. Goal oriented. Team player.
- Preferred: Project Management skills and Continuous Improvement Background (Six Sigma or Lean)

**TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS**:

- Project Experience of continuous improvement working using and coaching CI tools and techniques.
- Experience of using the TPM framework for improvement within a factory.
- Strong financial and commercial awareness, with a good understanding of all functional areas within the business.
- Demonstration of: strong leadership through influencing and coaching; ability to communicate to all levels; energetic passion for creative but appropriate improvement; enthusiasm and patience to develop others; objective analytical style; a strong team work ethic.
- 2 years manufacturing experience

**SYSTEM ACCESS**
- Excel
- Access
- Word
- Powerpoint
- MS Project
- MS Visio
- Oracle/eAM
- OBIEE
- Watson
- Minitab
- Business Objects

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EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION

Here, we believe there’s not one path to success, we believe in careers that grow with you. Whoever you are or wherever you come from in the world, there’s a place for you at Sherwin-Williams. We provide you with the opportunity to explore your curiosity and drive us forward. We’ll give you the space to share your strengths and we want you to show us what you can do. You can innovate, grow and discover in a place where you can thrive

Eligibility to Work

Equal Opportunity Employer

An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.