Business Process & Continuous Improvement Lead - Remote
Originally posted 26 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for accelerating high-priority cross-functional transformation initiatives by working with business leaders to map current-state processes, identify root causes, design scalable future-state workflows, implement improvements, and sustain results.
What you'll do
- Lead current-state discovery through interviews, process walkthroughs, data review, gemba observation, and end-to-end process mapping.
- Identify root causes, bottlenecks, rework, unclear ownership, control gaps, data issues, and cross-functional handoff breakdowns.
- Design practical and scalable future-state processes aligned with business outcomes.
- Plan and facilitate focused improvement workshops, root-cause reviews, kaizens, and design sessions.
- Work directly with business teams to implement new workflows, management systems, controls, documentation, and routines.
- Partner with business and operational subject-matter experts, as well as functions like Finance, IT, data, operations, commercial, quality, and supply chain.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or Information Systems.
- 8+ years of experience in business process improvement, operational excellence, business transformation, industrial engineering, internal controls, quality, supply chain, or related roles.
- Demonstrated success mapping and redesigning complex end-to-end processes across multiple functions.
- Hands-on experience implementing process changes.
- Working knowledge of process governance, decision rights, controls, metrics, change adoption, and sustainment.
- Semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, electronics, capital equipment, high-mix manufacturing, service, or logistics experience.
Nice to have
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt, BPM, change-management, or internal-controls certification.
- Experience with SIOP / IBP, capacity planning, manufacturing processes, supply chain, or service operations.
- Experience using process-mining, workflow, analytics, automation, modeling, or visualization tools.
- Experience working with ERP, CRM, planning, manufacturing execution, data warehouse, or reporting platforms.
Skills: business process improvement, continuous improvement, lean, six sigma, process transformation, workflow design
This role has been open 50 days — below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2481
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$97k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (2481 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 45 | 2481 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 107 | 9867 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 52 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $97k |
Skills observed across this category: business process improvement, continuous improvement, lean, six sigma, process transformation, workflow design
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 399 open roles · median 77 d
- Applied Materials · 253 open roles · median 36 d
- Entegris · 232 open roles · median 35 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 57 d
- Infineon Technologies · 91 open roles · median 56 d
- onsemi · 70 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 2481 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.