Hiring: Continuous Improvement Manager Company: Big Tex Trailers Location: Batavia, OH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:10:34 Target Skills & Keywords : Lean Manufacturing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Root Cause Analysis, Six Sigma About the job Experience: •5-7 years of hands-on experience in applying lean tools, training, mentoring & coaching team members at all levels of the organization. •7 years of hands-on experience in applying lean tools, training, mentoring & coaching team members at all levels of the organization. Required Skills: •Facilitate development of Lean strategy for transactional, manufacturing and distribution assets to ensure all ATW facilities’ objectives are met in the areas of safety, quality, profitability, productivity, waste reduction and team excellence. •This position will provide leadership / mentoring / training / coaching to all levels of the organization on the use and practice of Lean methodology and tools. •This position will require the ability to identify and analyze complex operational data from multiple disparate sources to produce actionable evidence of root cause or improvement opportunities. •This position will focus on business performance improvements that yield zero accidents, defect free products, on demand and on time delivery, at the lowest cost by partnering with the organization’s process owners and champions to drive results. •This position will act as a key driver of change within the organization, supporting management/cross functional decisions by communicating the organization-wide changes to employees and helping them to learn, understand, adjust and grow with the business’s •Expert proficiency in the use and implementation of Lean tools such as: Toyota Production •System/Danaher Business System, Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping, Business Process Reengineering, Kaizen, TAKT, Kanbans/Pull/Material Systems, Single Piece Flow, 8 Wastes, 5S, Poka-Yoke, PDCA, Hoshin Kanri, Root Cause Analysis, Workshop Management, and KPI's. •This is a key leadership as well as developmental role to grow within the organization. This role will be considered for future Management roles to include Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Plant Manager roles. This position reports directly to the Vice-President of Operational Transformation. Qualifications: •Minimum 5-7 years of hands-on experience in applying lean tools, training, mentoring & coaching team members at all levels of the organization. •Results based Leadership style skill set with strong impact and influencing skills. •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (ME, IE, other) preferred but with the right amount of experience, will consider other fields of study. •Lean or Six Sigma certified preferred •Highly Proficient in MS Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook at a minimum. Compensation: •ATW is owned by Bain Capital, a global private equity firm headquartered in Boston and with approximately $80 billion in assets under management Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!