Continuous Improvement Specialist

BAE Systems - UK; Rochester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading defense company as a Continuous Improvement Specialist where you'll drive key logistics transformation projects, ensuring efficiency in operations. This role involves collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, facilitating workshops, and playing a crucial part in the upgrade of the Rochester site, equipped with advanced manufacturing capabilities.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Proven transformation/improvement experience in fast-paced environments.
• Experience in process mapping requirements.
• Data presentation and workshop facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing future logistics solutions and facilitate workshops.
• Identify efficiency opportunities and ensure future requirements.
• Support transformation activities linked to a new factory.

Skills

Transformation/Improvement Experience

Process Mapping

Data Presentation

Workshop Facilitation

Education

Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt Level) - Desirable

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Job Title: Continuous Improvement Specialist

Location: Rochester, Kent – Onsite

Salary: £32,500 - £37,500 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Playing a leading role in ‘designing the future’ of Logistics e.g. Oracle upgrade and site transformation
• Working with the Logistics and wider Operations team to deliver continuous improvement activities within (but not limited to) the OKR programme and the ‘making life easier’ process
• Processing mapping requirements with both current and future requirements
• Utilising your continuous improvement background to identify efficiency opportunities within current processes
• Demonstrating a data focused approach to ensure future requirements are met (e.g. service level improvements or future factory requirements)
• Facilitating internal logistics workshops to generate the relevant information required by wider transformation team(s)
• Being informed of wider opportunities that may be of interest/benefit to Logistics e.g. technological advancements, such as robotic movements or digital work queues
• Displaying a vision for improvement opportunities and appropriately suggest, engage, plan and deliver such opportunities. E.g. Oracle upgrades, Site Transformation

Your skills and experiences:

Essentials:

• Proven transformation/improvement experience, used to fast pace working environment
• Experience of process mapping requirements
• Presenting data/ running workshops

Desirable:

• Lean Six sigma background (green belt level)
• Oracle ERP advantageous
• Manufacturing background
• Exposure to a Logistics environment

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Logistics team:

As Continuous Improvement Specialist you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of transformation activities for current site activities and those linked to the brand-new factory being built at Rochester. The Rochester site is undergoing a £220 million upgrade, the new facility will combine manufacturing, engineering and office space. This role will play a critical part on how the logistics team evolve to suit new demands for the present and future.

The Logistics team is made up of 50 people, across Goods Inwards, Stores, Packing, Import/Export and Dispatch. The team are responsible for ensuring efficient movement and management of parts and products within clear guidelines and processes.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 24th June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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