Continuous Improvement Manager

Farnborough

up to £50,000 DOE

Our client is a leading manufacturer of precision engineered products, who prides themselves on delivering on their commitments to customers, to ensure long-term partnerships are formed. Due to continued success, they are looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager to join their already established team.

Description of the role:

• To identify and deliver service improvement activity across the business through employing process improvement methodologies and the application of innovative thinking
• To work with key business stakeholders, and multi-jurisdictional 'LEAN champions', to build a continuous improvement environment to support an ongoing programme of change
• To lead and facilitate LEAN/process improvement-based workshops to drive ideas and solutions
• To support the delivery of better value and greater efficiency through the identification and elimination of unnecessary complexity within business processes and identification of better ways of working
• To identify trends and process variations as part of establishing a continuous improvement monitoring system
• To assist in the development and implementation of a 'best-in-class continuous improvement strategy facilitating the Zero Defects & Operational Excellence programs within Sigma.
• To take ownership of change initiatives from evolution/efficiency identification through to project delivery via internal governance and controls
• To elicit requirements and drive process change using staff interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, business analysis and workflow analysis
• To work with other team members and business services departments to devise new support material based on the revised processes, to include training, reporting and systems enhancements.
• To complete post implementation reviews to ensure successful delivery has been achieved and to ensure that improvements can be made for future projects

About you:

• Excellent understanding of continuous improvement concepts
• Ability to set-up, facilitate and lead service improvement/'Workout' sessions with a range of business stakeholders (incl. Experience of process/value stream mapping)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Experience of designing or implementing a framework of continuous improvement.
• Experience of designing remediation plans to address productivity and efficiency issues, and track record of following through to ensure closure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of Partners, senior managers, and subject matter experts
• Strong analytical, project and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into operational requirements

If you're wanting to join an employee focused business where your career development is a focus, then please apply today!