Regional Sr. Manager, Continuous Improvement
NovolexCompany Overview: Why Choose Us? Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs. Our Sustainability Commitment The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives. Job Description: Position Overview We are seeking a hands-on Regional Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement to drive operational excellence across multiple warehouse and distribution facilities. This is not a traditional office-based Continuous Improvement role. The successful candidate will spend significant time in distribution centers working directly with frontline teams and site leadership to identify opportunities, solve operational challenges, and lead sustainable improvements. The ideal candidate combines strong Continuous Improvement expertise with deep logistics and warehouse operations experience. This leader will help facilities improve safety, quality, service, productivity, inventory accuracy, and cost performance while building a culture of continuous improvement across the network. What You'll Do Lead Operational Improvement Drive Continuous Improvement initiatives across multiple warehouse and distribution facilities. Lead Kaizen events, process improvement workshops, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving activities. Identify and eliminate waste, process variation, and operational inefficiencies. Deliver measurable improvements in safety, productivity, service, quality, inventory accuracy, and cost performance. Partner with Operations Teams Spend significant time on the shop floor working directly with site leadership and frontline teams. Conduct Gemba walks and operational assessments to identify improvement opportunities. Provide hands-on leadership and coaching throughout implementation and sustainment. Build strong partnerships with operations leaders and support site performance objectives. Drive Logistics Excellence Improve warehouse throughput, labor utilization, storage utilization, inventory accuracy, and operational efficiency. Optimize picking, put-away, dock operations, material flow, inventory management, slotting, labor utilization, case picking, and related warehouse processes. Support process standardization, best-practice replication, Warehouse Management System utilization, and operational technology improvements. Business Analytics & Continuous Improvement Strategy Leverage operational and financial data to identify strategic improvement opportunities, quantify business impact, and prioritize regional Continuous Improvement initiatives. Synthesize complex information from multiple sources into concise executive-level summaries, recommendations, and action plans. Utilize data analytics, performance trends, and operational metrics to support decision-making, resource allocation, and project selection. Transform data insights into actionable Continuous Improvement projects that drive sustainable improvements in safety, quality, service, productivity, inventory accuracy, and cost performance. Build Capability & Culture Coach leaders and teams on Lean principles, Continuous Improvement methodologies, and practical problem-solving. Develop site champions who can lead and sustain improvements within their facilities. Support implementation and ongoing utilization of the OPEX360 Operational Excellence…