Lean Manufacturing Manager

About Carrier

Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure the safe transport of food, life-saving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier.

Carrier Climate Solutions Transportation (CST) enables a more sustainable and intelligent cold chain. Maintaining optimal temperature control is crucial for the refrigerated transport and monitoring of perishable goods to ensure their safety and quality. Carrier Climate Solutions Transportation (CST) offers solutions for essential temperature monitoring, transport and storage of perishable goods like fresh produce, pharmaceuticals, and other temperature-sensitive products.

CST offers a complete range of the industry's most advanced refrigeration equipment to elevate transport efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Discover how our diverse range of products enhances performance across trailers, trucks, vans and rail applications.

Carrier Transicold Truck/Trailer is part of CST.

Carrier Transicold's industry-leading innovative single temperature and multi-temperature solutions for trailers, straight trucks and rail cars provide efficient, reliable, emissions-compliant performance that improves our customers' operations in an evolving marketplace.

About this role

Carrier Transicold Truck/Trailer is seeking a continuous improvement leader to lead and implement Carrier Excellence (Cx) and lean initiatives across our manufacturing sites to drive process improvement and operational excellence. The Lean Manufacturing Manager will champion best-in-class processes, striving to become a recognized Carrier Excellence Practitioner or Master.

This position offers the opportunity to play a key role in our ongoing commitment to operational excellence, process innovation, and quality improvement.

This is onsite in Athens GA.

We value our people and offer an extensive benefits package, with financial rewards including health insurance, retirement savings plan, and also lifestyle support with flexible working and parental leave. Plus, we’ll support your growth with paid-for external training programs and courses.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply Carrier Excellence (Cx) / lean tools and methodologies in both business and manufacturing environments to drive process improvement and operational excellence.
• Lead the implementation of lean processes across manufacturing and warehouse sites, creating a lean vision and strategy to reduce inventory, lead-times, and waste.
• Lead in Cx Site Assessments to enable site and cell certifications and demonstrate proper application of Cx criteria to gain Silver/Gold assessor certification.
• Manage monthly Cx Performance Metrics focusing on cost, efficiency, and quality objectives.
• Drive measurable improvements supporting metrics for customer delivery, productivity, and product flow.
• Formulate plans and lead teams to execute activities that achieve world-class process flow.
• Develop value stream maps and eliminate process waste through the implementation of lean techniques.
• Guide plant teams in executing lean plans to reduce inventory, lead-time, and waste, and improve process quality.
• Promote Six Sigma/Lean integration, leverage the strengths of both methodologies to achieve business goals.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of lean experience in a professional capacity in manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience in continuous improvement or operational excellence roles.
• Experience with continuous improvement tools, including leading kaizens, value stream mapping, one-piece flow, 3P, and/or other lean tools.
• Leadership and team development skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Delivering measurable improvements in cost, efficiency, quality, and process flow.
• Lead change and influence at all levels of the organization
• Effective English communication skills and ability to tailor communications to different audiences

Additional information

• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the USA. No visa sponsoring available.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation 
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability 
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment 
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account 
• Tuition Assistance 

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here:Work With Us | Carrier Corporate  The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.  

This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is $98,750–$138,250.  Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date. Job Posting Date: 01/23/2026

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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