COS Continuous Improvement Specialist

The COS Continuous Improvement Leaders is the CSL support for COS continuous improvement efforts for the Carlisle Divisions. This individual will work closely with the COS CSL Global Directors Division COS Directors COS teams and leaders.

The assignments will focus on the improvement of plant safety, ensuring on-time deliveries, product quality, cost management, and continuous improvement. Standard work hours Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm with occasional overtime and weekends required. Travel requirements 50 - 80% of time throughout the year.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the divisions COS journey to establish a culture of continuous improvement, employee engagement, and the delivery of financial and operational results. • Analyze current state using tools such as Value Stream Mapping and gap analysis to identify and correct opportunities relative to continuous improvement. • Partner with leadership to align COS with business needs. • Identify and communicate best practices throughout the organization. • Identify and implement product line and plant Kaizen events with the purpose of coaching, training Carlisle operations employees, developing lean leaders, and developing problem solvers.

• Work with manufacturing locations to increase the value realized from initiatives such as SQDC Visual Management, 5S Idea System, TPM, and the COS Framework. • Conduct formal training on COS principles and work with all operations levels to implement and evaluate progress in the COS Framework in plants within the product line. • Partner with operations leaders to leverage COS to drive product line and plant OpEx and business goals. • Participation in and assisting with COS steering committees and leadership. • Coaching training and mentoring operations leaders and employees in COS principles, tools, methods, and behaviors. • Guidance, direction, development, training, and assistance to plant COS resources and champions. • Assisting with the identification, scoping, facilitation, and sustainment of improvement events Kaizen to drive business unit results. • Coordinating COS programs and initiatives in the product line such as VTPs, Idea System, 5S SQDC Visual Management.

Establish measurable standards for each facilitated project and sustain results with regularly scheduled meetings, reports, and standards.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Essential Full Performance Knowledge:

• Manufacturing basics
• Administration basics

Essential Full Performance Skills:

• Work independently
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Time management
• Presentation skills
• Facilitation skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Conflict resolution
• Listening skills and coaching

Presentation skills for classroom, workshop-type training, as well as training at the workstation or in a shop-floor environment.

Must be able to think and perform in front of group settings to effectively facilitate group discussion and problem solving. Must be able to work effectively with all levels of employees.

Education and Experience:

• BS Degree in Engineering, Operations, Purchasing, or Finance
• Beginner or experienced in Lean and Six Sigma
• Lean Certification or Six Sigma Green
• Black Belt is a plus.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment setting with occasional plant settings where the plants may be dirt, dusty, and hotter/colder than office settings.
• Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Occasional overtime or weekends
• Travel requirements 50-80% of time throughout the year.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Used:
• Required eye, head, hearing, and hands protection in production areas.
• Safety toe shoes, steel, composite on the production.
• Other PPE as defined by management within assigned locations.