Continuous Improvement Manager

The Sterling Choice; Leeds; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Bonus

Job summary

The Sterling Choice seeks a senior Continuous Improvement Manager for a large food manufacturing operation in West Yorkshire. You will join the Site Leadership Team, lead three CI professionals and drive major improvement and automation projects to boost productivity, cost efficiency and quality across the site.

This hands-on role requires a strong Lean toolkit and proven delivery of improvements at high-volume sites, with the credibility to influence from the factory floor to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong Lean and continuous improvement toolkit.
• Experience delivering change within a large manufacturing site.
• Evidence of leading major projects with measurable commercial results.
• Credibility to influence across all levels, from floor to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead major improvement and automation projects.
• Develop capability across the site and deliver measurable gains.
• Influence decisions across the entire operation.
• Remain hands-on while guiding the improvement plan.

Skills

Lean

Continuous improvement toolkit

Change management

Leadership

Job description

Continuous Improvement Manager

West Yorkshire | Food Manufacturing | £75,000 + Car Allowance & Bonus

Most Continuous Improvement Managers aren’t short of ideas.

They’re short of the authority, investment and support needed to make them happen.

You won’t be here.

This is a senior, site-wide role within a large and complex food manufacturing operation that has ambitious improvement plans and significant investment behind them.

You’ll join the Site Leadership Team, lead three experienced CI professionals and have the visibility to influence decisions across the entire operation.

The foundations are already in place. Your job is to take them further.

That means leading major improvement and automation projects, developing capability across the site and delivering measurable gains in productivity, cost, waste and efficiency.

It also offers somewhere to progress. The previous person in the role was promoted internally, and this position will give you exposure to senior leaders, substantial projects and wider opportunities across the business.

You’ll need:

• A strong Lean and continuous improvement toolkit
• Experience delivering change within a large, high-volume manufacturing site
• Evidence of leading major projects with measurable commercial results
• The credibility to influence everyone from the factory floor to senior leadership
• A willingness to remain hands‑on rather than simply manage the improvement plan

Food & drinks manufacturing experience would be ideal, although backgrounds including packaging and pharmaceutical manufacturing will be considered if the scale and complexity are comparable.

This is a full-time, site‑based role with occasional travel to other UK locations.

If you’ve reached the point where you need more investment, influence and opportunity to make a genuine impact, this could provide all three.