Manager, Continuous Improvement

Lennox (NYSE: LII) Driven by 130 years of legacy, HVAC and refrigeration success, Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox, we win as a team, aiming for excellence and delivering innovative, sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team member’s contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come, stay, and grow with us.

The Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for driving operational excellence across manufacturing processes with a heavy focus on scrap reduction, cycle count variance reduction, process optimization, and root cause problem solving. This role leads cross‑functional initiatives, sponsors A3 improvement projects, and ensures that production systems, controls, and programming are optimized for safety, quality, cost, and delivery.

Scrap Reduction & Process Optimization

• Lead targeted scrap‑reduction initiatives with a strong emphasis on scrap factor accuracy, and waste elimination.
• Analyze and track scrap trends, identify systemic issues, and implement corrective actions to reduce material loss.
• Partner with operations, engineering, and maintenance to optimize setups, tooling, programming, and machine controls.
• Develop and maintain process standards that reduce variation and improve first‑pass yield.

Cycle Count Variance & Inventory Accuracy

• Support the root cause analysis and corrective action process for cycle count variances related to machine scrap and scrap factors.
• Implement controls, audits, and process improvements to prevent reoccurrence of inventory discrepancies. (Machine focus and Software programs)
• Drive accountability for material flow, BOM accuracy, routings, and scrap reporting.

Engineering & Machine Support

• Evaluate and optimize machine programs, setups, and process parameters to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Collaborate with maintenance and engineering to ensure machine capability aligns with production volume, tolerance, and capabilities.
• Support new product introductions by validating routing, cycle times, and material usage factors (Scrap Factors at site introduction).
• Lead root cause investigations using tools such as 5 Why, Fishbone, DMAIC, and PFMEA.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Engineering to align improvement priorities.
• Communicate findings, project status, and improvement results to leadership.
• Build strong relationships across the plant to influence change and sustain improvements.

A successful candidate will be:

• Data‑driven, with a passion for uncovering root causes and eliminating waste.

• Hands‑on, spending time on the floor to understand processes and drive real change.

• Collaborative, able to influence without authority and build trust across teams.

• Results‑oriented, consistently delivering measurable improvements in scrap, accuracy, and throughput.

• Requires a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Requires at least 8 years related experience.

• Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent preferred.

• Must have expertise with a broad toolbox of statistical skills for modeling and prediction.

• Requires broad understanding of process best practices and barriers to implementation.

• Demonstrates strong financial acumen and understanding of the value chain.

• Requires very strong data and business information skills including Excel, Access, SQL database and related skills.

• Must have strong customer service and relational skills.

• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Must be able to lead and motivate cross-functional project teams.