Continuous Improvement Practitioner

Culina Group; Minworth; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 33 days incl. holidays

Company bonus

Private medical cover

Pension scheme 5%/8%

Life assurance 4x salary

Employee wellness program

Eye care vouchers

Employee recognition awards

Retail discounts

Job summary

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, seeks a confident Continuous Improvement Practitioner to oversee the site CI plan and PMO governance, focusing on transport design and operational excellence.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will lead small projects, coach teams on CI tools, and collaborate with the regional CI team to sustain change across the site.

Qualifications

• Aware of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience in leading or participating in projects using basic PM tools and techniques.
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to deliver training.
• Some knowledge of IT systems (M-Type, SCE, TMS, InfoView).
• Experience working closely with operations and building effective relationships.
• Experience implementing change in challenging environments.
• Experience in a project/CI improvement environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of the site CI plan and PMO governance.
• Report progress, risks, issues and benefits of CI and project activity.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, cost, delivery, and people engagement.
• Track benefits realized locally and support resource planning.
• Lead small projects to unlock benefits.
• Upskill colleagues in CI, problem solving and workstream management.
• Support major system changes on site with requirements gathering and process mapping.
• Assist data gathering for diagnostics and benefits tracking.
• Govern new operational processes to sustain changes (visual management, SOPs).
• Support site communication strategy and CI activity with leadership teams.
• Contribute to the broader CI strategy across the business.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Project management

Presentation skills

IT systems knowledge

Operations liaison

Change management

Team collaboration

Tools

M-Type

SCE

TMS

InfoView

Job description

Part of the Culina Group, Great Bear is the flexible, agile ambient 3PL alternative. Great Bear is a key player in ambient 3PL with an extensive depot network and some brand new, state of the artfacilities.

Great Bear is a successful business with ambitious growth aspirations and an opportunity has arisen fora confidentand enthusiastic Solutions Development Manager, specialising in transport designto join our entrepreneurial and successful team.

Job Description

Reporting to the General Manager, The Continuous Improvement (CI) Practitioner will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Site CI plan, acting as a PMO for site whilst also supporting the Operational Excellence Strategy. The individual will help to facilitate change activity on site to deliver Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People benefits encouraging colleague participation.

Working hours:Monday to Friday, 08.00-16.30

Key Duties of a Continuous Improvement Practitioner:

• Monitoring and supporting the delivery of the site CI plan working with site teams and the CLL Regional CI Manager(s) and broader Projects team; ensuring all site CI activity goes through the appropriate Gateways and sign off.
• Responsible for reporting progress, risks, issues and benefits relating to all site based CI and Project activity (Project Management Office, PMO).
• Work with site colleagues to identify opportunities to deliver improvements to health and safety, quality, cost, service and engagement which will feed into the site CI plan (supported by the Regional CI Manager).
• Track and report on benefits identified and realised locally at site; support more effective site resource planning to further realise bottom line improvement working with the site Planning and Senior teams.
• Lead the delivery of small projects to unlock benefit.
• Support the upskilling & coaching of colleagues on site to understand basic CI, problem solving and work stream management.
• Support major system change on site where required working with the Site Systems Super user i.e. facilitation of requirements gathering, process mapping, problem solving.
• Support the gathering of data where required for diagnostics, solution design and benefits tracking, working with the Site Systems Super user & CLL Regional CI Manager.
• Support the delivery and governance of new operational processes that ensures sustainment of any change implemented i.e. Visual Mgt, Auditing, Feedback sessions, updating & maintenance of SOPs.
• Work with the site Recruitment and Engagement Coordinator and Senior teams to keep colleagues up to date with all change and CI activity via the delivery of an agreed site communication strategy and plan.
• Support the delivery of the CLL business wide Change and CI strategy working with the Central Projects and CI team and other CI Practitioners i.e. Diagnostic activity, sharing of good practice, role modelling the right behaviours.

Qualifications

• Aware of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Previous experience of being involved or leading elements of a project i.e. basic Project Management tools and techniques.
• Presentation skills and ability to deliver training.
• Some knowledge of IT systems for example M-Type, SCE, TMS, Info view ideal.
• Experience of working closely with operations and developing effective working relationships.
• Experience of implementing change in a challenging environment.
• Experience of working in a project environment and of improvement activity.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave– Competitive holiday entitlement of 33 days inclusive of bank holidays.
• CompanyBonus– We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Private Medical Cover– This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa.
• Pension scheme –we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirementso we offer agreat contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.
• Life Assurance- 4x your annual salary.
• Wellness –Via our Employee Assistance Programme,we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers –We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition –We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts- via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!