Continuous Improvement Manager - North West, Chorley
Our client is a large UK FMCG supplier creating and manufacturing high quality consumer products. Their story and growth trajectory is very impressive together with a very strong leadership team they continue to lead the categories in which they operate.
The operational structure has evolved massively over the last 5 years with considerable investment and state of the art manufacturing across the estate. A new role is available for a Continuous Improvement Manager ( CI Manager) who will implement and deliver an effective CI structure which engages with every member of the site and delivers a real culture change in operations driving to World Class Standards.
Key aspects and responsibilities
* Work across all site functions to identify improvement opportunities using standard lean tools such as VSM, 5S, Problem Solving, SIC, visual management standards.
* Drive continuous improvement culture in all site employees, ensuring a high level of engagement.
* Support the operational teams to ensure sustaining processes are managed and live across site.
* Working collectively with the site management team to achieve wider site goals, participating in site management meetings & reviews.
* Identify through data analysis, improvement opportunities to propose to the Operations manager
* Monthly reports, action plans and communications to demonstrate progression on improvement activities.
* Using 5s principles, im...