Quality Improvement Director - Healthcare jobs in Lancaster, PA

Overview

Responsibilities

• Develop a Lean manufacturing strategy for all manufacturing assets to ensure the facility’s objectives are met in the areas of safety, quality, profitability, waste reduction, OEE and team excellence.
• Facilitate the selection, scope, and planning of specific improvement projects with a primary focus on business performance improvements that yield zero accidents, defect free products capable of passing field testing, on demand and on time delivery, at the lowest cost.
• Manage and take a lead role in promoting and improving quality processes, expectations and results.
• Facilitate Kaizen events in support of the business plan
• Conduct 30, 60, and 90-day post Kaizen event reviews to ensure sustainability of event results
• Attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Develop training materials and effectively deliver those materials in a team environment to ensure employees throughout the facility are trained in CI concepts and philosophy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Masters preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and/or Black Belt Certification is preferred
• Minimum of 7 years Continuous Improvement / Manufacturing / Engineering Experience – prefer Industrial, Chemical, Materials Engineer
• Experience in change management and continuous improvement
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Important to be able to take a step back and look at the “big picture” as well as giving attention to the finer details
• Strong problem solving and project management skills