Facility Transformation Continuous Improvement Manager

Bradley Corporation is US Manufacturer leading the way in commercial washrooms and safety solutions, celebrating over 100 years in business. With a culture focused on innovation, quality, and family, you will know your colleagues on a first name basis, all while in a friendly, yet professional environment where your voice matters. Bradley is part of the Watts family of brands.

Here’s why you’ll love working here:

• Work within an innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences
• Generous time off program, with the option to purchase additional Paid Time Off. Twelve paid holidays a year, including a company-wide paid holiday shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s
• Work schedules that fully support work/life balance
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including medical, free basic dental, life insurance, 401(k) with company match and more

Here’s your opportunity:

Bradley and Watts North America is looking for a Facility Transformation Continuous Improvement Leader to support the One Watts Performance System over Bradley’s two manufacturing sites in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

The One Watts Performance System is the business enterprise performance system that defines how we work, how we act, and how we lead. OWPS is the basis for making improvements every day as we focus on our customers and improve strategic growth.

OWPS is rooted in our Values of Integrity and Respect; Accountability; Continuous Improvement and Innovation; and Transparency and in our Cultural Beliefs.

The Facility Transformation CI Leader will be instrumental using, deploying, and teaching the lean concepts in the OWPS toolkit to help improve Watts performance Improvement.

The leader will ensure the proper use of OWPS – standards, improvements, changes. You will work with site and platform/BU leadership to achieve improvements to business processes and will lead transitions that are linked to Watts strategy and focused on the customer, resulting in balanced scorecard improvements.

Here’s how you’ll contribute:

• Deploy the One Watts Performance System – including usage of the materials, coaching of the materials, being a visible practitioner of OWPS.
  Use a hands-on approach; driving change using OWPS on the production floor, physically helping the teams implement lean improvements.
• Work directly with manufacturing operators to identified and solve issues through VSM, daily management, standard work, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 5S and visual management.
• Do, implement lean improvements alongside manufacturing teams as a partner driving lean improvements.
• Train and Lead kaizen workshops with leaders and associates, including VSM, daily management, standard work, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 5S and visual management – all part of the OWPS toolkit
• Use OWPS business assessment tools to identify business opportunities for improvement.
• Facilitate and train all personnel on OWPS Blue Belt program and certification.