Lean/Continuous Improvement Analyst
£35,000 - £40,000
Edinburgh (Hybrid, 3 days per week in office)
Posted Tue 19 November 24
CVs ASAP
Start date Dec 24 – Mar 25
Meraki Talent’s client is actively looking for a Lean/Continuous Improvement Analyst to join their customer focused team. The Lean/Continuous Improvement Analyst will be passionate about their chosen field, and love helping and educating others in the field of CI.
This is not a ‘manufacturing’ CI role, and would appeal to someone perhaps working in the central function of an organisation as perhaps a CI, Lean or Process Analyst, or perhaps a Change Analyst or someone who works in a BAU Operational role, that can example lots of Continuous Improvement techniques in their day to day role (Mapping, Route Cause Analysis, etc)
Responsibilities of the Lean/Continuous Improvement Analyst:
- Review end to end processes/ journeys and complete modelling to identify friction points, bottlenecks and wasteful actions to manage the improvement of operating efficiency
- Use Lean, Six Sigma and CI approaches and tools to deliver improvement
- Coach others in developing a CI mindset
- Use root cause analysis and mapping to identify opportunities for process improvement
- Conduct deep dives to determine root cause of issues based on trend analysis
Background of the Lean/Continuous Improvement Analyst:
- Experience working within a Continuous Improvement capacity is absolutely essential and must be clearly exampled upon CV
- Experience in leading CI coaching sessions is highly preferable
- Good knowledge of Value Stream Mapping and Root Cause Analysis highly preferable
- Experience in delivering process and system improvements, from identification to designing the solution, readiness through to review
- Any experience of client/customer experience Journey mapping would be helpful
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen etc very helpful
Please note we love to receive applications from candidates all over the UK (and further afield!). If applying from out with a commuting distance, can you please state upon your application that you can commit to 3 days each week in a Scottish office and/or are happy to relocate.
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