Continuous Improvement Manager

Date: May 1, 2025

Location: Petersburg, Virginia, US, 23803

Company: Gerdau

Empowering people who build the future.

 

General Summary

 

Support the company and employees to find ways to simplify, stabilize, improve and/or innovate routines and processes aiming to achieve superior results in the most significant areas.

Provide the company and employees with methodology expertise, training and solutions that support their needs for leveraging results, and be the steward of the methodologies and tools.

 

Essential Functions

Work with leaders to identify gaps and/or opportunities for improvements

Lead, participate or support critical projects

Provide training, coaching and expertise on methods and tools to support employees’ development

Conduct data analysis for Internal research of opportunities for improvement

Pursue process simplification and better productivity

Support the achievement of results by using a current or tailored method and or quality tool

Provide guidance where needed

Participate/Lead few critical projects at a location and/or across the organization

Manage and support use of Six Sigma, QIS, iThink, and Ideas

Coordinate Annual Action Planning and EBITDA deployment

Learn and apply/transfer knowledge about Lean Concepts and Tools when needed

Manage budgets and control costs to approved figures

Facilitate removal of road blocks

Promote exchange of best practices

Support the use of process stabilization and routine management

Coordinate/support ISO, QS, TS processes

Provide software administration and training (Intelex, QIS, ACTIO, Ideas, IsoVision, etc.)

Support to selecting, hiring, and training personnel

Support leaders on performing Diagnostics when requested

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum qualifications necessary at the entry to this role and critical for the satisfactorily performance of essential duties. The education credentials must be earned from an accredited school/college/university.

 

EDUCATION

Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields or 5-7 years of applicable experience in manufacturing or support areas.

 

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.  

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