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Business Partner, Black Belt

Decatur, IL
Job ID JREQ6175 Business Partner, Black Belt (Open) Date posted 10/29/2025 Category Engineering
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Overview

Our Business Partner, Black Belt, role provides the opportunity to build out your experience and expertise. You’ll quickly gain exposure to wide-ranging challenges, technologies, and processes. You can make a value-adding difference to both process improvement and capital project execution.

Your career development will be enhanced through working alongside expert colleagues in a highly collaborative team environment. You’ll also join our structured development program through our Engineering Ladder, a clear outline of what steps are available. As your skills and experience grow, so will your responsibilities and impact.

  • Job Type: Full-Time
  • Job Level: Mid Career
  • Travel: Minimal

Success Profile

Successful Business Partner, Black Belt process engineers at Primient have a specific set of traits.

  • Safety Mindset
  • Technical Curiosity
  • Project Management Skills
  • Strategic Mindset
  • Leadership Skills
  • Growth-Oriented

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Micah Hollenbeck

I have the opportunity to troubleshoot and make recommendations on our process when we see production issues or efficiency opportunities and lead capital projects to drive optimization, continuous improvement, and growth. I find it exciting to work on both aspects—process and project—because it provides me the opportunity for growth in many capacities.

Micah Hollenbeck Engineer 2

Business Partner, Black Belt

Decatur, Illinois
Job ID JREQ6175 Business Partner, Black Belt (Open) Date posted 10/29/2025 Category Engineering
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About the Role

The Business Partner, Black Belt sits within the Continuous Improvement team and drives operational excellence by embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. This role is responsible for leading and mentoring teams in Lean Six Sigma methodologies, driving targeted short- and long-term continuous improvement initiatives, manages key projects, supporting local plant efforts, and conducting analyses to enable data-driven decision-making and operational solutions. By championing Primient’s values of integrity, growth, and excellence, the Business Partner, Black Belt enhances efficiency, productivity and sustainable growth across the organization.

Key responsibilities:

​•Lead Primient Operating Model (POM) implementation: Drive the plant-levelimplementation of POM, ensuring alignment with operations goals. Provide strategic consultation to plant teams for effective and uniform implementation.
•Champion a Safety-First Culture: Advocate for and model a “Safety First” culture within the Plant. Provide tools and lead projects that enhance safety standards and improve safety outcomes.
•Develop and Report Performance Metrics: Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project success. Provide regular reports and insights to project sponsors and leadership to track progress.
•Manage Continuous Improvement (CI) Deployment: Lead the execution of Lean Six Sigma projects to drive process improvement and defect reduction
•Drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Improvement: Implement and support plant level OEE tools and reporting. Lead improvement projects to optimize OEE.
•Utilize Data Management Tools: Apply Lean Six Sigma tools to support operational improvements, streamline reporting, and manage plant data more efficiently.
•Manage Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Process improvement Projects: Lead process improvement projects in collaboration with plant personnel, leadership, and engineering teams to improve efficiency, quality, and costs.
•Deliver Lean Six Sigma Trainings: Lead problem solving training initiatives, including Green Belt training, RCCA, Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA), LSS awareness and tools training
•Mentor and Coach Lean Six Sigma Green Belts: Provide mentorship and coaching to Green Belts and project team members, helping them to drive continuous improvement.

Knowledge

•Lean, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement Methodologies (e.g. TPS, Stable Ops)
•Continuous Manufacturing Processes (operations, maintenance, EHS and quality)
•Microsoft Applications
•Statistical Simulation and Analytical Tools (e.g. Minitab, PowerBI, ERP / SAP)

Skills

•Excellent verbal and written communication
•Change Management
•Influential leadership
•Critical thinking
•Project Management
•Data analysis & interpretation
•Strategic planning
•Time management & prioritization
•Risk monitoringandmitigation
•Facilitation

Mindsets

•Safety-first
•Structured Continuous improvement
•Challenge the status quo
•Action-oriented
•Composed under pressure
•Results-driven
•Data-driven
•Flexible & Adaptable

Required and Preferred Education/Certification

•Bachelor’s degree in engineering, STEM, supply chain, business administration, finance, or a related field (preferred)
•Certification in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (required)

Required and Preferred Work Experience

•Experience leading Lean Six Sigma project work (required)
•3+ years experience in continuous improvement roles in a continuous process manufacturing environment (required)
•Experience in leadership roles (e.g., decision making capacity) (preferred)
•Facilitation or learning and development experience (preferred)
•Project management experience (e.g., complex continuous improvement projects) (preferred)
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Benefits & Total Rewards

We’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package with competitive pay and benefits* including:

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    Multiple medical care options

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    Dental and vision insurance

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    Retirement plans with employer contributions

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    Short- and long-term disability

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    Life, AD&D, and voluntary insurance plans

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    Paid holidays and vacation

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    Paid parental leave for new parents

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    Employee resource groups

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    Learning and development opportunities

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    Engaging culture where you can make an impact

*Specific benefit offerings depend on location and position. Please reference job postings for specific benefits plan information.

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