My client a leading and very well established £15 mill T/O Manufacturing, Design and Engineering company is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager for a permanent career opportunity.
The role:
We are seeking a self-motivated future leader to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be driven, bright, engaging, excellent at understanding, managing and developing people, and will require high intellect to handle a challenging and rewarding role.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Ensuring continuous improvement projects are identified, deployed, managed and implemented in all areas of the organisation and supply chain.
- Team management and development to ensure all operations are world-class, high standards are set and maintained through coaching.
- Working with different teams to ensure the embedding of correct working, processes and culture.
- Communication so that the right people know what they need to know to get the job done.
- Coordination of activity to ensure output is high and grows.
This role requires a strategic thinker with thoroughness who can motivate and develop individuals, and drive the business forward.
Duties
- Manage and develop team members and leads, including coaching and support, carrying out 1-2-1's and appraisals, encouraging continuous personal development, and managing performance.
- Ensuring core processes are carried out in a timely and accurate manner.
- Ongoing development of business processes across all areas, ensuring efficient and effective methods of work.
- Monitor and analyse quality metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions as necessary.
- Own continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing product quality, process efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve engagement and development levels within the team and across the organisation; presenting to senior management when required.
- Able to collaborate across functions, including sales, marketing, operations and supply chain, to gather insights on market trends and customer preferences to ensure all work is relevant.
- Utilise various systems and people to analyse data and apply pre-emptive work.
- Prepare reports and presentations for senior management regarding demand forecasts, trends, and recommendations.
Experience
- Proven experience in a high performance business or organisations, and of coaching/managing people.
- No specific experience is necessary (although it helps) as training is available.
- Proficiency in using the usual range of computer systems.
- Excellent communication skills, primarily verbal. Also written, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and make presentations.
- A can-do attitude, proactive approach to problem-solving with a focus on continuous improvement.
If you are looking for a role that is open-ended, allows autonomy, real responsibility, personal development and provides enormous scope for growth in an organisation where you can make a real difference, we encourage you to apply.
About the organisation...
This business is a world-leading advanced engineering company with the highest standards. The team makes some really interesting components for applications from outer-space to the sea floor. The common denominator = it's all very special stuff.
Working with some of the biggest names such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce, SpaceX, Shell, every day is different and everything is interesting. No need for Engineering experience.
The company invests in bright people to an extreme extent, helping them fulfil their life's goals.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Additional pay:
- Performance bonus
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Are you a game changer?