Continuous Improvement Manager

Responsibilities

• Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities. Works in conjunction with the EHS Manager to establish and maintain all policies and programs to assure a safe working environment;
• Facilitate deployment and integrate the philosophy of WCOM into the culture of the Plant;
• Identify the highest value cost savings projects and coordinates the various project teams assigned to insure proper resourcing to drive completion of projects;
• As a member of the plant leadership team, also involved in daily production and operations issues to insure that we produce a quality product, deliver against our committed customer service goals, and optimize efficiency/productivity;
• Be recognized as a leader and problem solver at the site by providing leadership and expertise that will solve problems and improve performance;
• Motivate, coach and instill good management skills in engineers, shift supervisors, and hourly employees. Establish a strong presence on the floor to set and communicate expectations, standards, and evaluate results so all employees understand expectations;
• Initiate and lead employee training to further instill the continuous improvement skill set in the organization. Develop new processes and programs as need and where gaps exist;
• Led major projects as necessary to improve plant results;
• Be able to extract useful data from a variety of systems to facilitate identification of improvement opportunities;
• Coordinates the work necessary to improve our overall Continuous Improvement results as measured by regularly scheduled audits;
• Assist in generating reporting tools and progress reporting for assigned business area;
• Facilitate a process of best practice sharing internally within the plant as well as externally with peers and other facilities;
• Management of communication process to present the status of plant improvement projects;
• Lead project selection process and drive policy deployment so that all employees have a clear understanding of goals and objectives for a successful year;
• Ability to drive change and overcome obstacles;
• Demonstrate and foster [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Core Values and actively contributes to a high performance culture;
• Demonstrated ability to absorb new technologies and management techniques;
• Utilize an approachable and participative style in motivating people to achieve higher standards and performance levels;
• Experience implementing lean principles or other continuous improvement methodologies.

Skills &Responsibilities :

• Years + FMCG Operation experience / A recognised qualification or demonstrable experience in Continuous Improvement techniques and processes / implementing Lean/6 Sigma
• A courageous willingness to question and challenge what we currently do. Without this, continuous improvement is not possible!
• Strong leadership skills
• Highly skilled in Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and present confidently
• A proactive, problem-solving attitude with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation. Experience in leading a team, ability to coach & train colleagues in new/improved ways of working
• Proven analytical thinking, results orientation and problem-solving skills