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Continous Improvement Manager

Employer
Michael Page Engineering & Manufacturing.
Location
South West England
Salary
£40000 - £45000 per annum
Closing date
25 Jul 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Engineering
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details



Global market leading food manufacturer need someone to help drive continuous improvement across the whole business and run out a best practice project across all sites.

Client Details

The client is a long standing and highly successful organisation. They are one of the biggest companies in their field. They have a number of highly automated factories due to heavy investment on machinery and process, which gives them first class facilities and a competitive edge. They manufacture a large portfolio of well known and successful brands.

Description

The Continuous Improvement Manager will be responsible for delivering improvements in Continuous Improvement in support of the 3 Year Plan objectives.

Support and develop the continuous improvement culture throughout site, ensuring that standards are sustained and improved; and where needed, new tools are implemented and managed to improve and support optimisation of efficiencies within all areas.

Manage projects from concept through to handover, responsible for the implementation of projects to the required time, cost and specification standards in a safe and quality compliant manner.

Profile

Experience:
  • Minimum 3 years of implementing continuous improvement within a highly automated, complex production environment e.g. multiple SKUs, product changeovers, packaging variants etc.
  • Understands how KPIs are developed and has a track record of achieving results and 'raising the bar'. Must be familiar with Production Performance Measurements.
  • Understands how to lead site performance from a basic environment to the highest levels of efficiency and standards. Has a track record of achieving this.
  • Knowledge of health and safety requirements in factory environment
  • Knowledge of food safety requirements in a factory environment
  • Knowledge of team dynamics
  • Knowledge of manufacturing techniques
  • Strong management skills. A leader who sets the tone by personal example and utilises a range of styles to get the most out of others.
  • IT skills including Word, Excel, Power point and Outlook.
  • Proven analytical and problem solving skills in real life situations.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) at all levels


Job Offer

Excellent salary and benefits

Company

Michael Page International is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specialising in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world. The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

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