Continuous Improvement Manager

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**** We’re Watts. Together, we’re reimagining the future of water.
**** We feel proud every day about what we do. We're all part of the same crucial mission, no matter what function we support -- it's to provide safe, clean water for the world, and to protect our planet's most valuable resource.
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* What we do:

** For 150 years, Watts has built best-in-class products that are trusted by customers in residential and commercial settings across the world. We are at the forefront of innovation, working with cutting-edge technology to provide smart and connected, sustainable water solutions for the future. Watts is a leading brand with a quality reputation — and we have a dynamic future ahead.
** Scope of Position
** The Continuous Improvement Manager has overall responsibility for leading and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) thinking and behaviors across an entire Watts site. This position enables lean transformation at all levels, and trains, coaches and directly applies lean principles and tools to all business functions within Watts value streams. This leader will work with site and platform/BU leadership and the Regional CI Director to achieve significant improvements to business processes that are linked to site strategy and focused on the customer, resulting in balanced scorecard improvements.

This position reports to a member of the Watts Applied Solutions Operations Leadership Team. This role is remote, based in Fort Worth, TX.
** Primary

Job Duties and Responsibilities
*** Act as a change agent, systematically driving a CI culture
* Lead and manage all standardized CI activities across the site, aligned with the Watts CI business system
* Facilitate strategy deployment and goal deployment across all site functions and multiple value streams
* Maintain a site-wide lean roadmap aimed at meeting site business goals and evolving CI culture, with an ongoing focus on improving productivity, quality, delivery and customer allegiance
* Champion, measure and report on site productivity savings to meet AOP goals
* Lead kaizen and lean workshops for site leaders and associates, effectively training on and employing techniques such as VSM, daily management, standard work, problem solving, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 5S and visual management
* Identify and prioritize business opportunities for improvement
* Identify internal and external best practices, and share across the site and Watts
* Lead site CI steering committee and facilitate the development and maintenance of an ongoing improvement project funnel, being filled from all areas of the business
* Facilitate the ongoing development of a healthy cross-functional group of qualified CI practitioners and lean leaders
* Ensure company policies are followed.
* Enforce company safety policies.
* Assume responsibility for other projects and duties as assigned by manager manager’s or Company management.
* Travel Requirements: 50%
** Required Qualifications
*** A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or related technical field.
* 5+ years of progressive manufacturing experience with a focus on hands-on lean kaizen, including VSM, daily management, standard work, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, Six Sigma, 3P/layout, 5S and visual management.
* Working knowledge of multiple business functions, including operations, quality, logistics, finance, sales, customer service, engineering, IT and human resources
* Experience leading strategy deployment and goal deployment, and developing a site-side lean roadmap with demonstrated results
* Demonstrated experience solving business problems utilizing lean principles.
* Proven leadership skills to coach and lead teams to fully deliver chartered objectives and projects.
* Experience as a front-line Supervisor is strongly desired.
* Advanced computer proficiency in Excel, Word and Power Point
* Must successfully establish employment eligibility and satisfactorily complete background checks, including [insert…