Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist - ZLA

Reporting to the Continuous Improvement Manager, ZLA, you will lead the implementation and effectiveness of Operational Data Management tools and Focused Improvement impact across our manufacturing network. You will ensure alignment on enterprise-level goals by identifying loss opportunities, promoting cross-site collaboration, and supporting the implementation of improvement strategies. You will serve as a resource for multiple facilities, help build site-level capabilities, and contribute to system-wide optimization efforts.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing sites across the network to identify systemic loss opportunities and execute targeted Focused Improvement projects aligned with corporate objectives.

• Collaborate with plant teams to standardize processes and share best practices across the manufacturing network.

• Analyze multi-site operational data to identify trends, chronic losses, and improvement opportunities.

• Lead Operational Data Management tools, ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and actionable.

• Lead cross-site technical projects focused on line performance, throughput variability, labor optimization, and operational efficiency.

• Apply Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control, statistical process control, and design of experiments methodologies to drive data-informed improvements.

• Support the deployment and sustainability of Focused Improvement tools, including Unified Problem Solving, Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies.

• Align key performance indicators across facilities to support enterprise-wide consistency and performance goals.

• Provide coaching and hands-on support to site teams using Value Stream Mapping, Loss Tree development, root cause analysis, and other improvement tools.

• Partner with Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, and other Manufacturing Excellence pillars to coordinate strategies and eliminate duplication of effort.

• Facilitate collaboration across sites to drive systemic improvements and knowledge transfer