Continuous Improvement Lead

Swansea SA5

Commutable from Swansea, Bridgend, Port Talbot, Neath, Llanelli, Ammanford, Glynneath, Aberdare, Pontardawe, Ystradgynlais, Porthcawl

Benefits:-           

• 26 Days + Bank Holidays
• 8% matched Pension
• Private Medical for yourself and family
• Private Dental for yourself and partner
• Quarterly bonus
• Company sick pay
• Career progression opportunities

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world leader in an Continuous Improvement Lead role. This position will provide you with excellent job security, a days based role, a market leading salary alongside a fantastic benefits package including a matched pension, medical and dental cover for yourself and partner. This role will provide you the opportunity to lead and shape Continuous Improvement on site, work on exciting projects and a play a real role in the development of the business direction. If this role could be a fit for you, apply today!

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Coach the business to ensure they understand which minimum standards affect the performance metrics (SQCDP) and how to use them in an integrated way.
• Ensure the businesses understands their production system maturity as well as the route to improve.
• Accountable for the coaching and maintaining the Improvement owned minimum standards.
• Lead development and execution of the Improvement Programme.
• Focused on performance improvement and strategy delivery.
• Lead and manage business improvement strategic reviews and business governance sessions.
• Use improvement and problem-solving tools and techniques to deliver our critical projects and required levels of business performance.
• Lead the business journey to being a Lean Organisation.
• Actively demonstrate the Lean Leadership behaviours, coach others, support the lean strategy for their business and use Lean / Sigma tools to reduce waste and non-value added activity.
• Responsible for running improvement reviews and governance sessions to co-ordinate business improvement and support performance improvement through contributing to the BPD.
• Facilitate Kaizen events, Problem Resolution, Production System and Improvement activities.
• Coach Project sponsors, Green belts, Yellow belts, Lean projects and business leadership.

Requirements

• Experience in a fast paced, results driven manufacturing environment.
• Lean Sigma Black Belt accredited (or working towards accreditation)
• Educated to minimum degree level – Or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated track record of successful delivery of improvement projects / programmes linked to Customer Satisfaction and Profit & Loss.
• Influencing team members, managers and senior managers to improve process thinking and drive improvements
• Data driven improvement methods & tools
• Lean improvement methods & tools
• Value stream mapping, SQCDP, OEE, Throughput performance, SOPs, 5S, 6S, Visual Management Systems, 5 Whys, 8D, DMAIC, PFMEA

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Suitable candidates should apply immediately by calling Jack Lavis for this vacancy – on 02920 894900 or by sending your CV directly to him at jackl@hunterselection.co.uk