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Full-time
bachelor degree
Competitive Pay, Great Benefits
Posted 1d ago
Apply by Jul 26
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, quality, cost, and delivery. Facilitate Kaizen events and coach teams in Lean tools to build a sustainable culture of improvement.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, or Business and over 5 years of hands-on Lean experience in manufacturing. Proven success in leading shop-floor improvement activities and a coaching mindset are essential.
Full job description
Continuous Improvement Manager – kdc/one Columbus
Are you a hands-on Lean leader who loves rolling up your sleeves, solving problems, and helping teams win? kdc/one is looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager to lead improvement efforts on the floor, eliminate waste, and build a culture where continuous improvement is how we work—every day.
This role is all about action: coaching teams, running Kaizens, and turning data into real, sustainable results.
What You’ll Do
Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives that drive safety, quality, cost, delivery, and engagement.
Plan and facilitate Kaizen events, Rapid Improvement Events (RIEs), and problem-solving workshops.
Coach leaders and teams in Lean tools, loss analysis, and data-driven decision making.
Create and maintain visual management, standard work, and value stream maps.
Partner with site leadership to build and execute a CI roadmap aligned with business goals.
Support equipment reliability and efficiency through TPM and maintenance improvement efforts.
Drive employee engagement by making CI practical, visible, and fun.
Track results, celebrate wins, and make sure improvements stick.
What You Bring
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field.
5+ years of hands-on Continuous Improvement or Lean Manufacturing experience in a manufacturing environment.
Proven success leading Kaizens, RIEs, and shop-floor improvement activities.
Strong Lean toolkit (VSM, Standard Work, Visual Management, TPM, problem solving).
A coaching mindset with the ability to influence at all levels.
Lean certification is a plus.
Why kdc/one?
Real opportunity to make an impact within our organization.
A team that values action, learning, and continuous improvement.
Competitive pay, great benefits, and room to grow.
kdc/one is a global leader in custom formulation, package design and manufacturing solutions for beauty, personal care and home care brands. We deliver high-touch innovation, operational excellence and speed to market to the world’s greatest brands.
Every year, with the support of our 15,000 employees, we develop products for brands sold in countries all over the world, launch an average of 3,000 products and co-develop products for more than 1,000 brands.
Offices: 250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 1000, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663, US · Longueuil, QC J4H4A6, CA
Contract ManufacturingHot Filling & CoolingAlcohol FillingSurfactantsInnovationFragranceEmulsionsTrendsR&Dand World Class Laboratories
kdc/one is a global leader in custom formulation, package design and manufacturing solutions for beauty, personal care and home care brands. We deliver high-touch innovation, operational excellence and speed to market to the world’s greatest brands.
Every year, with the support of our 15,000 employees, we develop products for brands sold in countries all over the world, launch an average of 3,000 products and co-develop products for more than 1,000 brands.
Offices: 250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 1000, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663, US · Longueuil, QC J4H4A6, CA
Contract ManufacturingHot Filling & CoolingAlcohol FillingSurfactantsInnovationFragranceEmulsionsTrendsR&Dand World Class Laboratories