lean manufacturing manager

Sealed Air

<div><p>Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance &ndash; a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.</p><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Position Summary</b></h2></div><div><p>
As a Process Improvement Manager, you will lead the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives across our Food manufacturing operations, fostering a Lean culture and driving operational excellence across the plant. You will serve as the key change agent to implement best-in-class processes that improve safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance, in alignment with Sealed Air&rsquo;s global Food Packaging strategy.</p></div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Job Description</b></h2></div><div><p>
You will:</p><ul><li>Lead and facilitate Lean and Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives that drive measurable improvements in productivity, quality, cost, and service.</li><li>Act as a change agent to build a strong Lean culture across all levels of the organization.</li><li>Coach and train employees in Lean tools and problem-solving techniques, including Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, Standard Work, TPM, and Visual Management.</li><li>Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Supply Chain to identify opportunities for process optimization and waste reduction.</li><li>Lead Kaizen events and focused improvement projects to deliver tangible business results and sustain improvements over time.</li><li>Develop and implement KPIs and performance dashboards to monitor progress, identify gaps, and communicate results to leadership.</li><li>Ensure alignment of all local improvement projects with global Food Packaging objectives and Sealed Air&rsquo;s Operational Excellence strategy.</li><li>Foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and accountability, supporting employee engagement and capability development.</li></ul></div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Qualifications</b></h2></div><div><p>
What skills will help you succeed?</p><ul><li>Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement methodologies.</li><li>Proven experience implementing Lean principles in manufacturing or packaging environments (food industry preferred).</li><li>Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, driving change through collaboration and communication.</li><li>Skilled in data analysis, problem-solving, and project management with measurable business impact.</li><li>Proficiency in process mapping, root cause analysis, and performance measurement.</li><li>Excellent facilitation, presentation, and coaching skills across all organizational levels.</li><li>Familiarity with ERP and digital manufacturing systems (SAP preferred).</li><li>Lean Black Belt required.</li></ul></div></div></div><p>
Requisition id: 53129</p><p>
Relocation: Yes
</p><p>Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.</p><ul><li>Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.</li></ul><p>
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Continuous Improvement Manager

Avancez Assembly

<div><div><b>Shift Manager Opportunity</b></div>
<div></div><div>We currently have an opening for a Shift Manager at <b><i>Avancez-Warren</i></b></div>
<div></div><div><b>Primary Job Responsibilities</b></div>
<ul><li>Provide Effective Leadership of Production and Material Handling Operations</li>
<li>Ensure Short Term and Long-Term Goals Are Accomplished</li>
<li>Administer Operating Systems to Manage All Production Operations</li>
<li>Ensure Compliance with <b><i>Avancez&rsquo;s </i></b>Quality Policies, Values and Philosophies</li>
</ul><h6 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Expectations</b></h6>
<ul><li>Challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of a team dedicated to continuous improvement</li>
<li>Must be able to work well in a team setting</li>
<li>Must have a positive attitude at all time</li>
<li>Must be willing and able to rotate to different shifts as deemed necessary</li>
</ul><div><b>Qualifications and Experience</b></div>
<ul><li>Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree (Preferably In One Of The Following Areas)
<ul><li>Business Management</li>
<li>Industrial Engineering</li>
<li>Mechanical Engineering</li>
</ul></li><li>Five Plus Years in The Automotive Industry, In A Lean Manufacturing Operations</li>
<li>A Person with Proven Supervisory Skills</li>
<li>Strong leadership skills to access talent and make critical decisions</li>
<li>Union Supervision experienced is preferred</li>
</ul><div><b>Traits/Values</b></div>
<ul><li>Hope: The quality of possessing and adhering to positive, optimistic expectation of future events.
</li><li>Trust: Confidence in one another</li>
<li>Compassion: The quality of an understanding of another's challenges.</li>
<li>Justice: Concern for fairness.</li>
<li>Wisdom: The quality of having good, sound judgement.</li>
<li>Courage: Strength in the face of adversity.</li></ul></div><div></div>

Shift Manager

CARVANA

<div><p><b>About Carvana</b></p>
<p>
At Carvana, we sell cars but we aren't car salesmen. Our promise is simple: we won't sell a car to a customer that we wouldn't sell to our own Mom. Period. To make sure our car's are in<br>
first-rate condition, we've built multiple vehicle Reconditioning Centers around the country, where our cars are inspected, perfected, and photographed before reaching the Carvana website. Using our Carvana Certified 150-point inspection process, we're able to verify that every vehicle meets our rigorous mechanical and cosmetic standards. We strive to provide only the highest quality vehicles to our customers in our mission to deliver a no-hassle, better car buying experience. We are actively looking for passionate and talented individuals who can help us deliver on that promise.</p>
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Think you've got what it takes to join our team? Keep reading below to see what we're looking for!</p><br>
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<p><b>
Position Overview:</b></p>
<p>
This is a supervisory position in an Inspection Center overseeing a team carrying out daily operations within a Carvana Inspection Center.. The Reconditioning Manager oversees all aspects of the vehicle reconditioning process and directs at least five leads and up to 70 front line associates in a lean manufacturing environment. This role will be responsible for maintaining a culture of continuous improvement and high associate engagement while meeting quality, production, and cost objectives.</p>
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This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.</p><p><br>
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What you'll be doing:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Oversee day-to-day operations within the Inspection Center.</li>
<li>Provide mentoring and accountability to direct reports and succession planning through appropriate coaching, leadership development and training, and performance management.</li>
<li>Participate in the development and execution of strategic plans, goals, and objectives, ensuring alignment with those of the company.</li>
<li>Ensure adherence to operating standards, systems, policies, procedures, and performance standards.</li>
<li>Create a work and team environment that inspires positive communication, team cohesion, and adherence to Carvana's Values.</li>
<li>Maintain supervisory staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.</li>
<li>Ensure progression path training and certification processes are consistently executed.</li>
<li>Train and mentor leads and associates by providing competency-based feedback.</li>
<li>Ensure adequate production capacity levels for each line and assist with production planning.</li>
<li>Ensure compliance with all health and safety and loss prevention guidelines.</li>
<li>Provide vision and guidance to the reconditioning team in meeting performance metrics.</li>
<li>Positively reinforce and engage the team regarding quality, production and cost objectives.</li>
<li>Participate in and lead problem solving and continuous improvement efforts.</li></ul><br>
<p><br>
<b>What the job requires:</b></p>
<p>
To be able to do your job at Carvana, there are some basic requirements we want to share with you.</p>
<ul>
<li>5 years of management experience either in automotive or a lean manufacturing environment.</li>
<li>Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.</li>
<li>Experience leading and developing associates.</li>
<li>Proven ability to obtain project deliverables and company metrics.</li>
<li>Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.</li>
<li>Must be at least 18 years of age.</li>
<li>Valid unrestricted driver's license with a clean driving record in the last 3 years.</li>
<li>Ability to maintain high volume and high-quality content in a fast-paced environment.</li>
<li>Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.</li>
<li>Ability to work with and through teams to achieve results</li>
<li>Strong analysis and decision making ability.</li>
<li>Proficient computer skills.</li>
<li>Ability to work overtime and on weekends.</li>
<li>Ability to walk up to three miles each day.</li>
<li>Requires standing for extended periods of time with frequent stretching, reaching, walking, stooping, pushing, and/or pulling in an environment that may be cold, hot, noisy, and wet and may have fumes or odors due to vehicle maintenance.</li>
<li>Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds independently; majority of lifting from knee to shoulder heights; other lifting required from various levels.</li>
<li>Requires use of safety equipment and PPO that may include but not limited to face shield or goggles, non-slip shoes, gloves, mask, and other protective garments and equipment.</li>
</ul>
<p>This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.</p><br>
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<p><b>
Legal stuff</b></p>
<p>
Hiring is contingent on passing a complete background check. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.</p>
<p>
Carvana is an equal employment opportunity employer. All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Carvana also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.</p></div>

Operations Manager - Delanco

Reconditioning Manager - Delanco

Cosmetic Manager - Delanco

Operations Manager - University Park (2nd shift)

GE Vernova

<div><div><div>In this role you will be responsible for executing and maturing our flange to flange suppliers through lean applications and roadmaps to improve GE&rsquo;s supply chain. Role is focused on driving change throughout the wing-to-wing supply base to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost at suppliers. Position will drive supplier processes and systemic quality improvements using Lean and Six Sigma tools to improve delivery and quality. Individual will be required to work with Suppliers, Procurement, Component Engineering and Operations to establish strategic and comprehensive OTD, Quality and sourcing initiatives, which are aligned to the business and meet customer expectations.<p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Job Description</b></h1><p><b>
Roles and Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li>
Provide Supplier with technical expertise in areas such as Process Development, Capacity Planning, Inventory Requirements and Management to meet GE demand and supplier needs.</li><li>
Drive Value Stream Analysis and Kaizens with key suppliers to enable strategic goals for GE and the supply base.</li><li>
Drive process and systemic quality improvements, at assigned supplier sites, through the use of lean and quality tools and validates improvements through defined measurables to reduce defects and improve OTD.</li><li>
Drive process and systemic improvements for identified internal processes through the use of lean and quality tools and validates improvements through defined measurables to reduce waste.</li><li>
Work in conjunction with Supplier Quality and Suppliers in problem solving - leading cross-functional teams on major issues resolution at Supplier locations.</li><li>
Perform analysis (Commodity, Quality Systems, DPPM, DMR) to determine trends along with proposed actions to drive performance improvement.</li><li>
Lead training of internal staff along with other functions on Supplier Lean governance strategy, policy, procedures and work instructions.</li><li>
Prepare, distribute and communicate periodic Supplier performance status and risk assessments.</li><li>
Work to actively deploy GE Vernova&rsquo;s defined Supplier Development Procedures, Processes and work instructions within the region. Support process and procedures review along with continuous improvement actions</li><li>
Support the development &amp; execution of global sourcing strategies for the F2F commodities (Forgings, Airfoils, Structures, Hot Gas Path &amp; Combustion)</li><li>
 Support the development &amp; execution plans of identified suppliers to meet the demand growth profile while expediting global sourcing strategies for capacity needs in the F2F</li><li>
Interface with Business Sourcing Leaders and functional owners to understand business priorities and determine appropriate commodity growth strategies</li></ul><p></p><p>
Required Qualifications</p><ul><li>
Bachelor&rsquo;s degree from an accredited university or college, preferably in a technical discipline.</li><li>
A minimum of 6-8 years of in manufacturing or operations.</li><li>
Proven lean experience by creating roadmaps utilizing lean tools and execution of strategies.</li><li>
2-3 years&rsquo; experience in materials and/or procurement.</li></ul><p></p><ul><li><b>
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMNT:
</b></li><li>Willingness and ability to travel at least 50% .</li><li>
This is a remote role and you must reside in the U.S.</li></ul><p></p><p>
Desired Characteristics</p><ul><li>
Masters in engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business Administration is a plus.</li><li>
Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt or equivalent Quality certification.</li><li>
Able to develop a strategy and drive execution and change in a matrixed environment.</li><li>
Evidence of knowledge of the Quality Sciences -APQP, Problem solving, sampling, statistical analysis, root cause analysis, PDCA.</li><li>
Some previous leadership experience in management, supervision or project/program leadership.</li><li>
Ability to read engineering prints and drawings.</li><li>
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.</li><li>
Strong Interpersonal, communication, presentation and facilitation skills.</li><li>
Strategic thinker / planner.</li><li>
Strong quantitative and analytical skills.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><i>
Pay Transparency</i></b></p><p></p><p><i>
The base pay range for this position is </i><b>$108,800 - $181,300 USD Annual</b>. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate&rsquo;s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for a 15% performance bonus.
</p><p></p><ul><li>The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>
This posting is expected to close on </i><b><i>January 6, 2026</i></b><i> or when suitable candidate identified.</i></p><p></p><p><b>
Benefits Available to You
</b></p><p></p><p>GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)</p><p></p><ul><li>
Our <b>compensation &amp; benefits</b> are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.</li><li>
A <b>healthy, balanced lifestyle</b> can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.</li><li>
GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to <b>grow your career</b> by providing a path for continued on-the-job <b>learning and development</b>.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>
Inclusion &amp; Diversity</b></p><p></p><p>
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an <b>inclusive</b> <b>culture</b>, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong. Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e</p><p></p><p><b>
About GE Vernova Gas Power</b></p><p></p><p>
GE Vernova&rsquo; s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. It is a global leader in gas turbines and power plant technologies and services with the industry&rsquo;s largest installed base.</p><p></p><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Additional Information</b></h1><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Relocation Assistance Provided: </b>No</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
#LI-Remote - This is a remote position<p></p>
Application Deadline: January 07, 2026<br>
<p></p>
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $108,800.00 and $181,300.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate&rsquo;s experience, education, and skill set.<br>
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Bonus eligibility: ineligible.<br>
<p></p>
This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on December 30, 2025.<br>
<p></p>
Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.<br>
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GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, &ldquo;GE Vernova&rdquo;) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.</div></div></div><div></div>

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