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Haworth Continuous Improvement Champion Walls Plant, Holl in Holland, Michigan
Company Overview
When you feel connected to your work, you feel more engaged. At Haworth, you can pursue a career that offers you ample opportunity to build your portfolio and expand your skillset in an exciting and inclusive environment. Join a company that values innovation, inspiration, and you!
HAWORTH is a global leader in office furniture and architectural interiors.As a valued member of our team, you can make your mark on the world and reach your full potential within a culture of connectivity.
Why Haworth? Find out!
Here at Haworth, our members enjoy benefits from their first day of employment including:
4 weeks paid time off and an option to purchase an additional week
Priority Health Insurance
Newly renovated on-site gym open 24 hours
401k Benefit - If you contribute 6% of your annual salary, Haworth will contribute up to 7%
Annual bonus programs
Company provided Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement program
4 hours of paid volunteer time off
Zero waste to landfill company which provides personal on-site recycling drop-off
Job Overview
We are currently looking for a Continuous Improvement Champion to join our Walls plant in Holland, MI. This is an exciting opportunity with in a plant with a lot of projected growth over the next year.
As a Continuous Improvement Champion, you will:
Identify and implement Haworth Management System (HMS) (Haworth equivalent of Toyota Production System [TPS]) principles and continuous improvement processes, training, facilitation, and assessment. Assures programs are of highest quality to ensure success of program. Process work will be required across every segment of value stream.
Job Responsibilities
Implements HMS (Haworth Management System) principles to drive continuous improvement across every functional area.
Spend significant time with teams to facilitate implementation of HMS (Haworth Management System), identify production flow, identify sequence of events, and define constraints or continuous improvement opportunities.
Delivers foundational skills training to team members and actively coaches members to integrate skills into HMS (Haworth Management System) process to ensure success of programs.
Evaluates effectiveness of training and assures appropriate revisions are made, ensuring processes support corporate policy in areas of health, safety, and environmental assurance.
Analyzeprogram progress, utilizing problem solving, surveys, and assessments to understand areas for continuous improvement of HMS (Haworth Management System)Programs.
Assists with coordinating and planning resources for training, including preparing and ordering training materials, scheduling, and budget management.
Contacts and travels to manufacturing locations, universities, and seminars to obtain information relative to HMS (Haworth Management System)processes, implementation techniques, and process assessment, to continuously improve state-of-the-art knowledge of techniques. Shares information with other members, via training and/or day-to-day contact.
Reports periodically to Senior Continuous Improvement Champion and/or Manager regarding team performance, implementation schedules, performance to measures, and assessments of status of HMS and/or Continuous Improvement Process.
Do you have these required qualifications?
Bachelor's degree or in lieu of degree, 2 years of additional work experience is required for every 1 year of education not completed
CI Champ III: Minimum 8 years production/operations