Junior Lean Expert

gategourmet; Schiphol; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Max 10% STIP bonus

Travel allowance based on €0.21 per km

Varied meals and fresh fruit

Job summary

A global catering company is seeking a Lean Expert to enhance operational excellence at its Schiphol location. This role focuses on applying Lean and Six Sigma principles to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering, substantial experience in manufacturing operations, and strong leadership skills. This position offers a competitive salary, potential bonuses, and international career opportunities within a multicultural team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification is advantageous.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing operations.
• 2+ years in management or supervisory role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement improvement standards.
• Drive operational performance management.
• Identify and solve root causes using Lean tools.
• Support adherence to food safety and hygiene standards.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

Gate Gourmet is a leading global provider of a full range of catering services for primarily the airline industry. The focus is on culinary and operational excellence – and consistently providing the highest quality products and services tailored to strengthen the brand of our customers. Working with our customers and business partners, we create innovative offerings that delight the senses and make for a memorable dining experience, in the air and on the ground.

We are currently looking for a Lean Expert who works as part of the Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence teams on a variety of projects and initiatives that is dedicated to the Competence Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This position applies Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to drive further developments of operational standards and increase efficiencies in direct material and labor cost to achieve measurable improvements in Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery. The position ensures full implementation of Gategroup’s operational standards and is responsible for developing, testing and implementation of solutions that have the potential to become the next standard requirement under the GateOPEX program globally.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Highlights and develops business improvement opportunities that will benefit Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery.
• Drives further developments of operational standards and increase efficiencies in direct material and labor cost.
• Develops, trains, and rolls out standards and best practices using Lean and Six-Sigma tools and principles.
• Problem solves to identify root causes of selective issues restricting or affecting the business using process improvement and problem-solving tools such as process mapping, kaizen events, value-stream mapping, SMED, Poka-yoke, FMEA, C&E analysis, 5S etc.
• Seeks and analyses data for evidence-based analysis and planning of value-added solutions.
• Develops and implements performance management systems that will help to measure and manage operational performance.
• Partners with plant’s general manager, process managers and shift managers (in the operation) to plan and execute operational and tactical improvements.
• Drives development and rollout of technology tools into the operation
• Acts as a mentor to coach and develop staff in the mind-set of continuous improvement.
• Supports adherence to, and sustainment of, the gategroup’s global Operational Excellence program (gateOPEX) and ensures full implementation of such at AMS.
• Develops, test and implement improvements and new solutions to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost with the potential that such can become the next standard under gategroup’s global gateOPEX program.
• Supports corporate and field staff in effective deployment of, food safety and hygiene, quality, delivery, safety & security standards.
• Collaborates with peers at the global Competence Centers for the development of new or improved standards under the global gateOPEX program.

Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Lean, Six Sigma, change or related qualification (Blackbelt or Greenbelt certification advantageous)

Work Experience

• 5+ year minimum experience in manufacturing operations environment of pharmaceutical, manufacturing, healthcare, electronics/engineering or automotive.
• 2+ years minimum management/supervisory experience.
• Facilitating and applying Continuous Improvement / Lean tools and methodologies over a significant period with proven delivery & results.

Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop long term relationships and facilitate sometime diverse groups of people to work together to achieve shared objectives.
• Good team working skills including experience of working cross functionally.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Good negotiating and persuasive skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, detailed, ability to schedule/manage workload/multiple activities within similar timelines.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel) at intermediate level.
• Strong characteristics in communications, team building, facilitation/deployment change management.
• Ability to: evaluate, consult, coach, influence, implement, present, and deliver.

Language / Communication Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English and Dutch
• Ability to flex communication styles to suit target audience.

Offer

• A salary based on your experience and skills.
• Max 10% STIP bonus
• Travel allowance based on €0,21 per km.
• Highly varied meals and fresh fruit for a very small fee
• As part of Gate Group, there are both local and international career opportunities.
• Working in a multicultural team

A VGB screening is required to be allowed to work at Schiphol. This screening takes about 4 weeks. For this, you need to fulfil the following requirements:

• You have not been in contact with the police or the judiciary.
• You have been living in the Netherlands for at least 8 years.