Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. That, combined with our stylish products, expansive dealer and retail network, and dedicated associates, has helped make us the number one North American residential cabinet business. Our unique culture of continuous improvement is based on trusting the tools, empowering the team and moving forward, and is kept alive by our more than 14,000 associates across 20 plus manufacturing facility and offices. Visit www.masterbrand.com to learn more and join us in building great experiences together!

The Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement will deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost by coaching plant leadership teams, building internal continuous improvement capability, and accelerating MasterBrand Business Systems maturity across Semi Custom operations. Enable results through disciplined project selection, validated savings, leader coaching at Gemba, and structured hand off to plant ownership. Lead change by developing leaders, strengthening Daily Management systems, and ensuring improvements are sustained after implementation.

This role may be based anywhere within the U.S., with a preference for candidates located in Indiana. Travel up to 75% to various facilities is required.

Responsibilities:

• Champion the MasterBrand Way Continuous Improvement strategy and provide hands-on support and all necessary training during implementation
• Lead effort to implement best practices across plants and/or divisions, ensuring adherence to the principles of lean manufacturing
• Assist and mentor plant management and Continuous Improvement teams with planning and facilitation of strategic plans, kaizen workshops, and other lean activities
• Establish sustainment mechanisms (leader standard work, audits, metrics) that verify adoption at 60/90/180 days
• Enable and lead initiatives that contribute to the Semi-Custom business savings target, with finance-validated and sustained results
• Champion safety through demonstrated commitment, site specific safety plans and targeted MasterBrand initiatives
• Build a prioritized improvement portfolio using VSM, kaizen funnels, and A3s tied to SQDC metrics that enhance MasterBrand’s manufacturing platform
• Improve Semi-Custom business maturity to identified target, focusing on Daily Management, 6S, Standard Work and other tools
• Work with organizational leaders to build Kaizen funnel and opportunities for improvement; transition facilitation ownership to plant teams through co-facilitation and readiness verification
• Develop a “train-the-trainer” model that reduces reliance on central CI resources

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or a related required; advanced degree or professional manufacturing certification(s) preferred
• 10+ years leadership experience in a lean manufacturing organization
• Proven track record for transforming organizations – building the team, managing change, streamlining processes and driving safety, quality, delivery and cost improvements
• Demonstrated problem solving and project management skills
• Experience with facilitation, delivering training to large groups preferred
• Exceptional leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Experience with change management principles and demonstrated ability to drive and manage the change process
• Influences without authority by using data, gemba insight, and shared ownership
• Willingness and ability to travel overnight up to 75%, based on home office location

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact us at [email protected].