ACS Group
Continuous Improvement Manager (Engineering)
The ACS Group is a privately held company that designs and manufactures one of the most comprehensive lines of auxiliary products for the plastics industry and other process industries. The ACS Group offers an expansive product line, which includes size reduction equipment (granulators and shredders), material conveying equipment, metering and blending devices, mold temperature control units, chillers, and drying systems.
ACS Group has manufacturing facilities in New Berlin, Wisconsin and Wabash, Indiana with a third facility located in Suzhou, China to handle the needs of the Asian market.
The Continuous Improvement Manager is accountable for overseeing and managing ACS continuous improvement initiatives which will result in reductions in manufacturing costs and lead time, and improvements in safety, quality and working capital. This individual is responsible for training, implementing cost reductions, leading kaizen events, implementing process improvement projects, capital projects and providing direction for improvement activities to support the manufacturing goals and objectives of the corporation.
A successful candidate will be responsible for:
A qualified candidate will be pro-active, dedicated, and possess these basic requirements:
Excellent at determining the processes necessary to get things accomplished; knows how to organize resources and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration; can simplify complex processes; and gets more out of fewer resources.