Continuous Improvement Manager

Woodward's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Commitment

At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential. We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.

We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey. Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplaces for all.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

• Estimated annual base pay: $119,500.00 (min.) - $149,000.00 (mid.) - 179,000.00 (max) USD Annual

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity

• 401(k) match (4.5%)

• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)

• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members

• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays

• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire

• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability /Bereavement leave

• Paid parental leave

• Adoption Assistance

• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits

• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life

• Member referral bonus

• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent

• Care Flexible Spending

• Voluntary benefits, including:

• Home / Auto Insurance discounts

• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark? If you're a Continuous Improvement Manager, we have an exciting opportunity for you. This position provides leadership with a Lean/Six Sigma focus using the deployment of proven CI methods and tools resulting in measurable and sustained improvement of QDRC within a few related value streams.

What You Will Be Doing

• Acts as a liaison across the business segment with other functional areas (e.g. Production Engineering, Development Engineering, and Manufacturing)

• Accountable for the technical aspects of problem solving, systems implementation and validation for projects and services (e.g. Technical Quality or Continuous Improvement)

• Plan and manage resources to profit plan and capital plan.

• Utilizes the department to conceive and implement lean continuous improvement projects to enable the operability of the WLES process.

• Supports other cross functional departments with expertise and manpower to the extent possible when process improvement is required.

• Leads standard content management (content updates, content communication and content retention) for local production training programs.

• Provides guidance and recommendations to the management team for what is an appropriate level and type of training for production members.

What We Are Looking For

• U.S. - bachelor's degree in arts/sciences (BA/BS) Management/Technical Field required.

• U.S. master's degree in arts/sciences -management/technical field or international equivalent preferred.

• Greenbelt Certification and Blackbelt Certification required within 1 year required/

• 5+ years of Professional experience in a manufacturing environment or a branch of the military. Demonstrated success in implementing Lean/Six Sigma concepts required. Prior leadership experience in manufacturing environment preferred.

• Ability to act as a change agent and influence, both internal and external functional areas.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to lead and develop a vision and strategy for process improvement through lean/six sigma initiatives and gain active alignment support for that strategy by all organizational stakeholders.

• Understanding, supporting, and leading the implementation of LEAN Manufacturing techniques (waste elimination, parts flow and pull) and Six Sigma methodologies.

• SAP experience.

• Formal problem-solving skills such as Taguchi, DOE, 8D, etc.

• Significant understanding of lean manufacturing principles.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).   All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR and EAR or possess all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State Department and the U.S. Department of Commerce.   ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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