Continuous Improvement Manager

🔥 12 hours ago

🏈 Ohio, Pennsylvania, +2 more states – Remote

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💵 $110k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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Ryder System, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1933

🚗 Transport

🛍️ eCommerce

Transport • eCommerce • Logistics

Ryder System, Inc. is a leading provider of supply chain, transportation, and fleet management solutions in North America. The company offers an extensive range of services, including logistics, e-commerce fulfillment, last-mile delivery, leasing and maintenance of commercial vehicles, and used truck sales. With a focus on optimizing supply chains and enhancing operational efficiencies, Ryder combines technology and data analytics to provide customized solutions for various industries such as automotive, consumer packaged goods, and healthcare. Ryder is committed to providing a seamless end-to-end experience for its customers, from warehousing and distribution to transportation and delivery.

📋 Description

• Supervise a team of continuous improvement engineering and quality professionals. • Lead employment decisions (hire, promote, coach, development) and manage performance. • Manages multiple and complex Supply Chain projects. • Regularly interacts with Senior Management and/or customer(s). • Lead the development and execution of strategy, scorecarding and key performance indicator action plans. • Work with Operational leadership to conduct assessments of critical site and business needs. • Ensure the development of a thorough, effective and timely continuous improvement plan to address the top business needs at Ryder sites. • Ensure process improvement activities are driven to achieve dramatic improvement in key business metrics. • Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against performance and business objectives. • Provide training, coaching, and mentoring: must be able to translate all Ryder Business System concepts to local situations and help individuals, teams, and managers develop understanding and application of tools for sustainable business improvements. • Coach business owners to use Engineering, Data Analysis and Lean methods to achieve operational excellence. • Support start-ups, retrofits and expansions including pricing inputs, go-live and steady state certifications. • Develop advanced competency in a wide range of engineering methods, data analysis, Lean tools, and quality standards and coach employees in their use. • Ensures methodologies/tools such as product slotting, labor standards (time studies), layouts, optimization of flow, data profiling and analysis, automation, data analytics, and resource modeling are utilized to improve distribution and/or transportation operations. • Effective facilitation and execution of Value Stream Maps & Kaizen Events through all stages (A3 charter creation, pre-work identification and completion, delivery of results, regular follow up and follow through on sustainment). • Independently identifies process gaps and recommends and leads CI Team to implement process improvement. • Manage, track, and report the progress and value of the transformational activities and projects across customer accounts. • Direct the assessment, development, implementation, and continuous improvement activities related to the implementation of lean processes across accounts.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required • Nine (9) years or more in the Distribution, Warehousing and/or Manufacturing, Transportation, Supply Chain Logistics industry required • Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint & Visio. expert required • Data visualization (PowerBI, Tableau) and database programming (SQL, DAX, etc.) intermediate preferred • Expertise in developing and managing: Leader Standard Work, Visual Management Systems and Management Accountability Systems, Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA), Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, 5S/Workplace Organization advanced required • Understanding and experience in core engineering and data analysis functions (slotting, utilization, labor planning, layouts, metrics, etc.) expert required • Warehouse design tools such as CAD (e.g. AutoCAD); slotting (e.g. Slot3D), Predetermined Motion and Time Systems and methods (e.g. MOST); Warehouse Management Systems (e.g. Manhattan Scale), and Labor Mgt. Systems. expert preferred • Knowledge of Warehouse Management operations, data analytics, Industrial Engineering, warehouse types (ambient, temp control, warehouse layout/ design and Lean methods. • Knowledge of material handling solutions and automation types such as: powered industrial truck (PIT) applications; racking and other storage solution designs, packaging equipment; conveyor and sortation equipment; and other automation solutions (e.g. AS/RS). expert preferred • Knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks. • Knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment. • Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie; Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie; Tableau. expert preferred • Knowledge working with HRM systems (e.g. Workday) and associated HR processes. • Knowledge on team member hiring/on-boarding. • Knowledge of goal setting and performance management/resolution intermediate preferred • Lean Six Sigma, required • cPMP, ISO/QMS, preferred • American Production Inventory Control Society (APICS) and/or Supply Chain Logistics Certification, preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits start at 30 Days • 401 (K) Savings Plan with a company match • Discounted employee stock purchase options • Quality employee discounts that actually save you money on tools, cars, appliances, travel and more • All major holidays paid and Paid time off within your first year • Up to 12 weeks paid maternity leave