Senior Continuous Improvement Manager

China-Britain Business Council; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the sector is seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Manager to spearhead major process optimisation efforts while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The role involves leading impactful projects, training staff, and leveraging data-driven methodologies to achieve significant savings. With a focus on hybrid working, this position offers substantial benefits and growth opportunities within the company.

Benefits

Pension company contribution

Private Medical Care

25% Employee Discount

33 Days Holiday per year

Electric Car Scheme

Bonus

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading CI or process optimisation roles.
• Experience delivering £1m+ in cost savings yearly.
• Ability to coach and train CI practitioners, both Green and Black Belts.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact CI projects delivering significant validated savings.
• Train and certify internal CI talent to appropriate belt levels.
• Partner with senior leaders to identify CI opportunities.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Process Optimization

Data Visualization

Education

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Master Black Belt (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Spark

Job description

Senior Continuous Improvement Manager (35144)

Location: Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Hybrid, 2-days a week in the office)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £Competitive, 25% colleague discount, 33-days annual leave pro rata and much more!

The Role:

Support the execution of the CI strategy and roadmap and embed CI standards. Train and coach internal CI talent to Black and Green belt level,supporting enterprise-wide capability development and transformation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional, high-impact CI projects delivering £1M+ in annual validated savings
• Embed CI in transformation programs and deliver measurable opex and capex benefits.
• Train and certify Green Belts and Black Belts, supporting development of internal CI capability.
• Drive the progression of LSS Belts and coach the LSS Excellence colleagues.
• Deploy standardised CI methodologies and templates across the business, ensuring alignment with the H&B Way.
• Lead the development and governance of the process library, KPIs, and benefit validation process in partnership with Finance.
• Shape and implement the CI strategy and roadmap, supporting awareness, adoption, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop and deliver CI initiatives, tools, events, and knowledge-sharing forums.
• Data-Driven Improvement & Automation
• Leverage Spark, Power BI, and AI tools for process optimisation, automation, and reporting.
• Drive the use of insight and analytics in CI project design, execution, and benefit tracking.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
• Partner with senior leaders and functional heads to identify and prioritise CI opportunities.
• Champion a high performing, engaged CI culture and support succession planning for the CI team.

The Person:

• Previous experience leading CI or process optimisation roles
• £1m+ cost saving delivery per annum
• Experience in cross-functional transformation projects
• Coaching and training CI practitioners (GB/BB)
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (working towards Master Black Belt preferred)
• Deep understanding of Lean, Six Sigma, automation tools, Spark, and data visualisation
• Advanced process mapping, process library structure and process score cards
• Financial acumen in benefit validation and ROI tracking
• Proven ability to coach/mentor and drive change across teams

What we offer:

Our Benefitsfor this role include, but not limited to:

• H&B Employee Discount - 25%
• Bonus
• Pension companycontribution
• 33 Days Holiday per year (Inclusive of bank holidays)
• Private Medical Care
• Exclusivebenefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
• Electric Car Scheme

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.

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