THE COMPANY

Galvion designs, develops, and manufactures ballistic helmets and dynamic power and data management solutions for the modern battlefield. We are a passionate, global, and fast-paced team collaborating with several strategic partners and are committed to enhancing the overall agility and survivability of the modern warfighter and tactical operator.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Continuous Improvement Manager will lead CI and Operational Excellence initiatives across all Manufacturing Operations and Corporate Business processes while working to optimize manufacturing & quality processes across all Galvion sites. This position requires analytical ability, but is also very hands-on, working directly on the manufacturing floor daily. The majority of continuous improvement actions will occur with the largest manufacturing site, Tactical Head Solutions (THS) in Newport, Vermont with additional manufacturing in Marlborough, MA and Portsmouth, NH also to be supported as required.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

People:

• Collaborate with site Leaders in functional areas of operations, manufacturing, engineering, and quality to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.

• Ability to assemble resources provided by other functional areas to achieve obvious and measured continuous improvement results.

• Manage cross functional teams to achieve quantified improvement results with respect to financial savings, time savings, labor savings, material savings, scrap savings, and other kpi improvement.

• Drive actions at the project, PDCA, and Just-do-it levels of scope.

• Build and promote a culture of continuous improvement requiring participation and feedback from all levels of site staff.

Process:

• Plan and implement six sigma analysis techniques to achieve repeatability goals

• Plan and Implement Lean Visual Workplace techniques to achieve obvious and measurable improvements in flow, material identification, job status, inventory control, and work requirements.

• Work closely with manufacturing and engineering leadership to develop and implement improvement projects for existing operations processes and for new product releases.

• Develop and maintain a site staff training plan including green belt and other structured methods of achieving verifiable improvement results (e.g. kaizen, PDCA, JDI, safety, visual workplace, standard work, etc.).

• Complete improvements in a fast-acting, get-to-implementation, manner backed up by a structured plan that includes expected results and ongoing monitoring of the improvement.

• Also review and streamline the back-office processes (finance, HR, sales) specifically considering the cross-functional transactions across all of Galvion.

Performance:

• Successfully achieve quantified improvements in alignment with site, and corporate business goals.

• Maintain a mix of weekly improvement actions including project milestone completions, 5S improvements, PDCA actions, just-do-it actions, and visual workplace improvements to drive quick, visible change on the production floor.

• Show a positive view of continuous improvement and support of the site staff.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience and 5+ years managing company continuous improvement that includes leading and implementing the continuous improvement program in an manufacturing environment.

• Experience in using LEAN/WCM Manufacturing Methods to achieve positive measurable results

• Experience in six sigma techniques in a manufacturing environment to achieve positive measurable results.

• Proficient in computer skills Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook).

• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize in a dynamic environment.

• A positive can-do, customer-oriented attitude is necessary.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Motivated and creative problem solver.

• Green Belt or blackbelt certification is required.

Work environment (include physical requirements)

• Travel is required between Galvion facilities (Vermont, NH, Massachusetts and Montreal).

• Walking, standing, sitting for extended periods.

• Work in both office and manufacturing environments (eye and ear protection required).

• Ability to lift up to 50lbs.