Continuous Improvement Manager (Manufacturing)

Location: Belvidere, Illinois, United States; onsite manufacturing role with occasional travel.

Salary: $99,500–$149,200 USD annually, plus eligibility for short-term and long-term variable incentives.

Company

hirify.global develops solutions that protect homes, strengthen businesses, and support a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy future.

What you will do

• Lead the design, deployment, training, coaching, and execution of lean continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support production operations in developing and executing lean improvement plans and kaizens.
• Facilitate kaizens to improve site metrics and achieve strategy deployment goals.
• Train, develop, motivate, and lead facility lean professionals.
• Deploy standardized CI tools, methodologies, practices, processes, and metrics.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and multiple facilities to deliver business objectives and eliminate waste.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• At least five years of lean continuous improvement implementation experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using Toyota Production System, Danaher Business System, or Shingo Prize methodology.
• Strong project leadership, problem-solving, communication, organization, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to influence senior management and collaborate across multiple sites and functions.
• Ability to work in high-mix, low-volume and high-volume, low-mix production environments.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering.
• Line operations experience in production, supply chain, materials, sourcing, distribution, logistics, planning, quality, or service.
• Experience with international companies, matrix organizations, demand flow principles, or PFEP methodology.
• Understanding of financial measurements and goals in a lean enterprise.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Accrued paid time off and eight paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement benefits.
• Office-based work involving standing, walking, computer use, and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.