**The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.** is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty. **Description** The Area Manager of Continuous Improvement works in collaboration with all departments to support the business to improve and simplify existing processes. This role delivers sustainable operational improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity by participating in or leading projects, and additionally ensures that new processes contain and use continuous improvement methodologies. The Area Manager, Continuous Improvement, may engage exempt and non-exempt employees across all shifts and functional departments in the CI process and delivers appropriate LEAN/CI education for creating and sustaining a CI culture. 30%- Utilizes PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) and DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) methodologies to actively participate in continuous improvement projects that impact safety, quality, efficiency, and/or productivity. 15%- Applies E3 concept (Engage, Enable, Empower) within project activities to ensure project sustainability with affected work force, supervisors, and leaders 30%- Provide support to production supervisors and/or other managers that could include but is not limited to Quality, Distribution, Warehouse, Tech Services, and others to deliver operational improvements using Lean and continuous improvement methodology and tools 10%- Assist in identifying LEAN/CI needs and help develop implementation plans with Production and CI directors 10%- Participate in preparing LEAN/CI trainings to hourly and exempt employees as required 5%- Participate in monthly reporting regarding metrics, performance, and progress under the directions of Process Improvement Director. Collect and conduct preliminary analysis in preparation for meeting with appropriate Management. Represent division/department as needed at LEAN/CI events. **Qualifications** Qualifications + Years of Experience- Min 12 months related experience + % Travel Time- Possible 5% travel within Northtec, Melville and Canada + LEAN certification/Six Sigma training or comparable preferred or must be able to complete with possible travel to NT facility. Professional communication skills and proven leadership capabilities, Project management experience preferred Equal Opportunity Employer It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.