Continuous Improvement Manager

Proactive Personnel Ltd; Sherborne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Personnel Ltd are recruiting an experienced Continuous Improvement Manager for our client based in Yetminster, United Kingdom. You will lead a dynamic team of Lean professionals on a proactive Lean journey, reporting to the Regional Lean Manager and driving a site-wide improvement roadmap in a busy production environment.

This role is not back-office; you must be an extrovert who can influence the Senior Leadership Team and translate strategy into practical, hands-on improvements on

Qualifications

• Experienced Shift Manager or Production Manager with a strong Lean/CI focus.
• Able to influence and engage the Senior Leadership Team to drive change.
• Extrovert, proactive and comfortable driving a Lean roadmap in a busy site.

Responsibilities

• Coach site team in effective Lean improvement project delivery.
• Train site leadership on Lean concepts.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive CI plan aligned to business needs.
• Remove barriers to CI plan deployment and re-prioritise as needed.
• Collaborate with site teams to advance the Lean roadmap.
• Mentor others to embed Lean across the site culture.
• Develop shop floor Lean experts to sustain initiatives.
• Provide regular data-based progress reports against objectives.
• Make recommendations to improve Lean roll-outs for future sites.

Skills

Lean management

Continuous improvement

Leadership

Change management

Job description

Proactive Personnel Ltd are currently recruiting an experienced Continuous Improvement Manager for our client based in Yetminster.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a CI / Lean Manager to lead a dynamic team of lean professionals in a forward thinking and focused environment.

Reporting into the Regional Lean Manager, you will be tasked with taking the site on a thorough lean journey, implementing changes proactively and ensuring continuance of processes.

Operational Excellence / Continuous improvement is a priority for the business so the role is certainly not for the faint hearted! You will need to be an extrovert and comfortable pushing and influencing the Senior Leadership Team on your journey.

This role is focused on proactive implementation and not theory so you must be comfortable following and implementing a lean roadmap.

Duties include:

• Coach site team in the effective delivery of Lean improvement projects
• Train site leadership and other key personnel on Lean concepts
• Develop a thorough, effective, and timely continuous improvement plan to address the needs of the business
• Remove barriers to deployment of the continuous improvement plan.
• Work with site teams to update and re-prioritise the plan
• Coach and mentor others on Lean so it becomes engrained in the site culture.
• Develop shop floor experts capable of driving Lean in their areas.
• Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against the site and group objectives.
• Make recommendations, based on site experience to enhance effectiveness of Lean program in future roll-outs.
• Raising the profile of Lean across the Business

This is not a 'back office' role and would be suitable for an experienced Shift Manager / Production Manager who naturally leans towards a Continuous improvement / operational excellence.

£55,000 per annum plus annual performance bonus.

This is a fantastic opportunity where the successful candidate will be given the opportunity and the support to carry a busy, volume site on a Lean journey.

An immediate start is available for the right candidate