What are the responsibilities and job description for the Continuous Improvement Analyst position at American Hardwood Industries?
Continuous Improvement Analyst
About Us :
The Baillie Group is one of North America's largest hardwood lumber manufacturers, distributors, and exporters. We are a provider of hardwood logs, hardwood lumber and proprietary grade hardwood lumber products.
The Baillie Group has developed several custom CI software packages, technologies, and methodologies as we continue in our pursuit of excellence in manufacturing.
Reporting to the Director of Continuous Improvement and Quality, the Continuous Improvement Analyst will be responsible for supporting The Baillie Group's Continuous Improvement activities throughout our manufacturing facilities. This position will be part of the Corporate CI Team and has no direct reports.
Key Responsibilities and Duties :
- This position is responsible, in partnership with the Continuous Improvement Director, for developing and maintaining a strong CI culture throughout the company.
- Assist in developing, collecting, maintaining, and providing key performance indicators (KPI's) and metrics data analysis to support continuous improvement.
- Provide regular reporting on progress and analysis of trends to KPIs and initiatives to team members at all levels of organization as appropriate.
- Document, analyze, and provide recommendations for process improvements throughout the manufacturing process.
- Assist in CI system rollout with new facilities and team members and assist with documentation and maintaining current system.
- Participate in hosted training sessions on how to use the various tools and reports created by the department.
- Communicate effectively with report stakeholders to ensure strong understanding of the methodology behind all calculations.
- Establish and maintain relationships via business meetings, phone conversations, presentations, etc.
- Other duties may be assigned.
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