Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Title:  Continuous Improvement Manager

Working Pattern:  Onsite/Hybrid In Office 2 days/week

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

An opportunity has arisen for a Continuous Improvement Manager to join the Continuous Improvements team within Defense based in Indianapolis. As a Continuous Improvement Manager, you’ll play an integral role supporting the business objectives in manufacturing and non-manufacturing environments by developing and coaching the employees to deliver improvements.  This is an exciting opportunity to work with a cross-functional team of professionals to drive change and achieve business deliverables.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing:

Here you’ll have the opportunity to work on the following:

• Lead improvement programs and projects with effective problem-solving methodologies or cutting-edge tool sets. Continually analyze the business processes to highlight opportunities for change and improvement
• Delivering and monitoring financial and customer benefits throughout the life of improvement projects while supporting company and functional process owners and users to ensure compliance and continuous improvement
• Act as an improvement coach, training and mentoring Green and Yellow Belts in continuous improvement, project delivery, through to accreditation. Coach the business unit leadership in the delivery of Production System minimum standards
• Identifying and establishing areas of best practice through external and internal benchmarking, to enhance our continuous improvement strategy

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Qualifications:

• Associates degree within Manufacturing or related with 7+ years of experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree within Manufacturing or related with 5+ years of experience, OR
• Master’s degree within Manufacturing or related with 3+ years of experience, OR
• JD/PhD, OR
• 9+ years’ experience in lieu of degree
• To be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience with program and/or project management.
• Experience leading Kaizen events, value stream mapping, problem solving and lead time reduction.
• Knowledge of data driven improvement methods & tools
• Knowledge of the Rolls-Royce Production System.
• Excellent communication, written, interpersonal and presentation skills, as well as influencing and collaboration skills, and the ability to train, coach and facilitate others in the use of process improvement methodologies and tools
• Able to work accurately and at pace. Driven to succeed and can take the lead in identifying project requirements, specifying, and executing packages of work

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.

As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation is not available for this position

Job Closing Date:

Business Improvement $103,520 - $168,220-Annually Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.