Manager, Continuous Improvement (Aerospace Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in East Aurora/Buffalo, New York, United States. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Salary: $120,000–$155,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace and defense technologies and provides a performance-focused environment for solving complex technical and operational challenges.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a continuous improvement team and promote a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Develop and deploy a site-wide continuous improvement strategy aligned with operational performance, business growth, customer requirements, and new product introduction.
• Lead Kaizen events, value-stream mapping, process reviews, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving activities.
• Establish standard work, performance-management routines, visual-management systems, governance processes, and training materials.
• Use performance data to identify trends, quantify opportunities, monitor progress, and demonstrate measurable results in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and employee engagement.
• Partner with operations, engineering, quality, human resources, finance, supply chain, and other functions to implement and sustain improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations, or another relevant technical discipline, with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of leadership experience, including team development, coaching, cross-functional influence, and organizational change.
• Demonstrated experience implementing lean manufacturing and operational excellence strategies and delivering measurable process improvements.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, value-stream mapping, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving.
• Strong critical-thinking, strategic planning, communication, project coordination, prioritization, and budget-management skills.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without company sponsorship is required.

Nice to have

• Lean Six Sigma, ASQ, or similar continuous improvement certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to influence continuous improvement across a complex aerospace manufacturing site.
• Bonus opportunities, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan at select locations, flexible spending accounts, and health savings accounts.
• Flexible paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and employee assistance plan coverage.
• Tuition assistance, mentorship, coaching, leadership development, employee resource groups, and a respectful workplace culture.