Continuous Improvement Specialist

The posting, as F. Schumacher & Co. wrote it

Continuous Improvement Specialist

Schumacher & Co., America’s leading name for home and interior design – for fabric, wallcovering, and rugs – is seeking a motivated, analytical, and hands-on Continuous Improvement Specialist to support process improvement initiatives across our manufacturing and distribution operations.

This role will focus on improving how materials, inventory, orders, people, and information move through the operation —from receiving and inventory through manufacturing, fulfillment, shipping, and ultimately to the customer.

The Continuous Improvement Specialist will partner closely with operational leaders and cross-functional teams to identify inefficiencies, analyze performance, implement solutions, and ensure improvements are sustained.

This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with 2–4 years of experience in Continuous Improvement, Lean, manufacturing, quality, process improvement, distribution, or a related field who is ready to take greater ownership of improvement projects and continue developing their CI expertise.

What You’ll Do

Continuous Improvement & Process Optimization

• Analyze operational processes to identify bottlenecks, waste, duplication, and inefficiencies
• Support and lead Continuous Improvement projects from identification through implementation
• Develop and implement standard work, best practices, and improved operating procedures
• Use Lean, Kaizen, 5S, root-cause analysis, and other Continuous Improvement methodologies
• Create process maps, workflows, and standard work instructions
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, accuracy, safety, service levels, and operating costs
• Measure project results and ensure improvements are sustained
• Evaluate processes to support business growth, increased volume, and changing operational needs

Distribution & Warehouse Operations

• Identify opportunities to improve receiving, put-away, replenishment, picking, packing, staging, and shipping
• Support improvements to warehouse layouts, storage locations, material flow, and space utilization
• Help improve order fulfillment speed and accuracy
• Analyze labor utilization, productivity, travel time, touches, and material handling
• Support initiatives to improve dock-to-stock time and overall shipment flow
• Assist with facility-capacity and workflow planning

Manufacturing Operations

• Partner with Manufacturing leadership to improve material and workflow through production
• Identify operational constraints and bottlenecks
• Improve handoffs between Manufacturing, Inventory, Receiving, and Distribution
• Support efforts to reduce downtime, rework, scrap, errors, and material shortages
• Improve coordination between production schedules and downstream operations
• Help develop processes that support new products, increased SKU volume, and changing customer demand

Inventory & Quality

• Support initiatives to improve inventory and location accuracy
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l problems, working with people and data, and seeing measurable results from your improvements, we’d love to hear from you.

ABOUT FSCO

Schumacher & Co is a 136-year‐old interior design company that creates and distributes fabric, wallcovering and furniture to skilled businesses around the world. Our family‐owned company is synonymous with style, taste and innovation. Our collections are comprehensive, with an extraordinary range united by respect for classicism, an eye for the cutting edge, and an unparalleled level of quality.

But don’t be fooled! While we celebrate our storied heritage, we operate like a 136-year‐old startup. Our talented team is innovative and dynamic, and our culture is progressive and fun. In order continue our success; we are always looking for talented people that fit.

• Culture: In our company, you are judged by your ideas and results, not by your experience or title. So, we encourage you to be thoughtful, casual, and to speak your mind.
• Development: We strive every day to develop you and your colleagues for what we believe is a challenging and supportive business environment.
• Teamwork: We believe that success and efficiency can only be a product of collaboration. At FSCO, working together is the rule, not the exception.
• Innovation: We have achieved success and longevity through innovation. And we encourage experimentation and rule breaking. Mistakes? Those are things we embrace, talk about and learn from.
• Life balance: Focused, productive time is more important than long hours. We believe in having enough time to be happy both in the office and out of it.

Schumacher & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.