Operational Excellence Manager

Proactive Personnel Ltd; Kingswinford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Continuous Improvement Manager for a food manufacturing site in Kingswinford. The successful candidate will lead Lean initiatives, coach the site team, and engage with senior leadership. The role requires someone with a dynamic personality, ready to drive operational excellence with a competitive salary between £50,000 – £52,000, plus an annual performance bonus.

Qualifications

• Extroverted personality comfortable influencing senior leadership.
• Experience in food manufacturing environment is beneficial.
• Proven ability in leading Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coach site team in Lean improvement projects.
• Train site leadership on Lean concepts.
• Develop continuous improvement plans to meet business needs.
• Remove barriers to deployment of improvement plans.
• Provide progress reports on Lean initiatives.

Skills

Lean concepts

Coaching and mentoring

Operational Excellence

Team leadership

Project management

Job description

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

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.

This is working in a food manufacturing 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 / operational excellence 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.

£50,000 – £52,000 per annum depending on experience 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