Continuous Improvement Manager

3 weeks ago


Red Deer, Canada GATX Full time

Overview / Aperçu:
Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) strives to be recognized as the finest railcar leasing company worldwide. Our competitive advantage is our full-service leasing business model, including a world-class railcar maintenance network. One of 8 maintenance facilities across North America, our Red Deer Service Center, provides a full array of services, including repairing, qualifying, painting, cleaning, and blasting railcars. The key to our long-term growth and success is attracting and retaining top talent.

Responsibilities / Responsabilités:

- Champion Daily Visual Management (DVM) in the facility in the context of GATX’s “SQDC” management framework. Support/coach/lead DVM efforts across all work centers and all levels within the facility and ensure deep understanding and full adoption of SQDC.
- Lead Kaizen/Blitz activities to drive change with sustainable results
- Analyze data, identify and scope improvement opportunities
- Acquire cross-functional involvement
- Develop ownership for results
- Responsible for establishing baseline and tracking/reporting realized improvement
- Ensure improvements are sustained
- Lead projects supporting strategic initiatives for the facility, as identified through goal deployment
- 5S implementation and sustainment through audits
- Development and implementation of site-specific and network-wide Standard Work Instructions (SWIs)
- Support facility capital projects
- Educate in the pursuit of creating a problem-solving culture to achieve goals within the Operations organization:

- Plan and conduct problem-solving sessions and workshops
- Facilitate and empower teams to engage in local problem-solving
- Teach others to lead their own Kaizen events and initiate rapid change at all levels within the facility

Qualifications / Qualification:

- Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, business or other relevant discipline is required
- 5 years’ experience in an analytical role or facility management, preferably in Maintenance, Repair, Operations (MRO) or heavy industrial environment
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher certification is preferred
- Proven experience influencing and persuading without having direct authority
- Project Management certification and experience is a plus.
- Interpersonal savvy in change management and conflict resolution
- Analytical skills
- Coaching
- Influencing and persuading without having direct authority
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Travel requirements vary with assignments, 5-10% of the time across North America



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