Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Lead

Premier Foods; Sevington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Contributory pension up to 7.5%

EAP and occupational health support

Sharesave scheme

Company shop

Online retail discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Premier Foods is seeking a proactive Continuous Improvement Partner to drive sustainable improvements across our manufacturing operation. You will embed a culture of operational excellence, lead CI plans, and collaborate with Production, Engineering, QA and Maintenance to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will analyse data, coach teams, facilitate workshops, and help embed new ways of working while focusing on safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence or similar role.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement activities for your area.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity and cost performance.
• Analyse operational and manufacturing data to uncover improvement opportunities and support informed decision-making.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen and Root Cause Analysis methodologies to solve operational challenges.
• Facilitate workshops, value stream mapping exercises and structured problem-solving sessions.
• Coach and mentor Team Leaders, Specialist Operators and operational teams on continuous improvement tools and techniques.
• Support the reduction of downtime, waste, rework and process inefficiencies.
• Monitor and report on KPIs including OEE, yield, waste and productivity measures.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality and Maintenance to deliver sustainable improvements.
• Support change management and embed new ways of working across the business.
• Develop and maintain improvement documentation including A3s, action plans and dashboards.
• Promote a culture of accountability and operational excellence in your area.
• Partner with Finance to analyse waste, yield and cost performance to improve profitability.
• Support health, safety, environmental and food safety standards through audits and risk assessments.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Root Cause Analysis

Data Analysis

Facilitation

Stakeholder Management

Coaching & Influence

Excel & KPI Reporting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Premier Foods is seeking a proactive Continuous Improvement Partner to drive sustainable improvements across our manufacturing operation. You will embed a culture of operational excellence, lead CI plans, and collaborate with Production, Engineering, QA and Maintenance to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will analyse data, coach teams, facilitate workshops, and help embed new ways of working while focusing on safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.