Continuous Improvement Manager Elsham

Posted: 7th October, 2024

Title: Continuous Improvement Manager

Department: Manufacturing

Location: Elsham, UK

 

Purpose

This position is responsible for deploying, implementing and leading Continuous Improvement initiatives and facilitating World Class Operations Management methodologies for the plant. The incumbent is a member of the plant leadership team and will be assigned additional responsibilities in other functional areas as required to deliver the plant’s annual operating plan.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities. Works in conjunction with the EHS Manager to establish and maintain all policies and programs to assure a safe working environment;
• Facilitate deployment and integrate the philosophy of WCOM into the culture of the Plant;
• Identify the highest value cost savings projects and coordinates the various project teams assigned to insure proper resourcing to drive completion of projects;
• As a member of the plant leadership team, also involved in daily production and operations issues to insure that we produce a quality product, deliver against our committed customer service goals, and optimize efficiency/productivity;
• Be recognized as a leader and problem solver at the site by providing leadership and expertise that will solve problems and improve performance;
• Motivate, coach and instill good management skills in engineers, shift supervisors, and hourly employees. Establish a strong presence on the floor to set and communicate expectations, standards, and evaluate results so all employees understand expectations;
• Initiate and lead employee training to further instill the continuous improvement skill set in the organization. Develop new processes and programs as need and where gaps exist;
• Led major projects as necessary to improve plant results;
• Be able to extract useful data from a variety of systems to facilitate identification of improvement opportunities;
• Coordinates the work necessary to improve our overall Continuous Improvement results as measured by regularly scheduled audits;
• Assist in generating reporting tools and progress reporting for assigned business area;
• Facilitate a process of best practice sharing internally within the plant as well as externally with peers and other facilities;
• Management of communication process to present the status of plant improvement projects;
• Lead project selection process and drive policy deployment so that all employees have a clear understanding of goals and objectives for a successful year;
• Ability to drive change and overcome obstacles;
• Demonstrate and foster Nelipak Core Values and actively contributes to a high performance culture;
• Demonstrated ability to absorb new technologies and management techniques;
• Utilize an approachable and participative style in motivating people to achieve higher standards and performance levels;
• Experience implementing lean principles or other continuous improvement methodologies.

Skills & Responsibilities :

• Years + FMCG Operation experience / A recognised qualification or demonstrable experience in Continuous Improvement techniques and processes / implementing Lean/6 Sigma
• A courageous willingness to question and challenge what we currently do. Without this, continuous improvement is not possible!
• Strong leadership skills
• Highly skilled in Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and present confidently
• A proactive, problem-solving attitude with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation. Experience in leading a team, ability to coach & train colleagues in new/improved ways of working
• Proven analytical thinking, results orientation and problem-solving skills

The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the post.

FOR INTERESTED APPLICANTS: If you are interested in this position, please send a brief cover letter, resume, please state the job title applying for and any other relevant material for the candidacy to ElshamHR@nelipak.com. Thank you!

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