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Continuous Improvement Manager

Employer
Silven Recruitment Limited
Location
Cumbria
Salary
+ excellent benefits
Closing date
11 Jul 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Engineering
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Title: CI Facilitator/Operational Excellence Lead
Location: Cumbria
Salary: c£50k + excellent benefits

My client is seeking an experienced CI Facilitator/Operational Excellence Leader to join a FMCG Manufacturing Business to head up their lean programme. With a new and exciting future ahead of them, they are recruiting for an operational continual improvement person to join the senior team and the roll out of a sustainable manufacturing improvement approach. It's a great role, are you up for the challenge?

The Candidate:

  • Looking for a high calibre continuous improvement person, who has a real passion for implementing change and has extensive experience of World Class Manufacturing within a high volume FMCG/ Manufacturing environment.
  • You will be an expert in your field and you will able to demonstrate your ability to coach and mentor at all levels of the organisation in Lean / WCM Manufacturing techniques ( TPM, autonomous maintenance, Kaizan, Kanban, SMED, FMEA, 5Y's, 5s, RCA, 6 Sigma)
  • You will have a strong operational background, having worked ideally as a CI Manager, CI Facilitator, Operational Excellence Leader and have a relevant Lean Qualification
  • You will be a natural motivator, with a holistic approach. You will have the ability to use your own initiative and be a strong decision maker.
  • You'll be commercially astute, have strong analytical skills and be IT literate.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Reporting to the Operations Director you will be responsible for developing and delivering the sustainable Lean Manufacturing program across all functions.
  • As Continuous Improvement Facilitator, you will establish process and structure for the Manufacturing Performance – cascading and supporting implementation on a site. Key areas covered include Peoples Capability, Lean Tools and Techniques, Effective Planning, Quality Fundamentals, and Effective Maintenance.
  • As part of your role you will be responsible for driving sustainable performance Improvement through OEE, Quality Improvement and Wastage reduction.
  • You will responsible for building a network of improvement champions across the group to establish and to share best practice, implementing a robust performance measurement system which delivers bottom line cost reduction.



What is next?
Get in touch! If you think this role is for you, send me your CV to carole.hearn@silven.co.uk with CH/5377 as a subject or give me a call on 0161 832 7463 and I'll be more than happy to have a chat and give you more information.

Company

The Silven team is full of passionate, committed and personable people, who have built their careers recruiting into their specialist markets.

We’ve developed many long standing client and candidate relationships along the way; mainly because we delight in helping companies to realise their plans and in assisting candidates to advance their careers.

If you are a client or candidate seeking advice and a service based on experience and knowledge of your market, we’d love to hear from you. Contacting us could be the best thing you do today.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 0036872
Location
Clarence House
4 Clarence Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 4DW
GB

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