Continuous Improvement Coordinator - #146863

Vacancy Name Continuous Improvement Coordinator

Employment Type Permanent

Country United Kingdom

Location Bradford

Business Area Operations

Workplace Type Onsite

About Princes The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Job Purpose:

This individual is responsible for serving as a change agent and driver for the development and implementation of process improvement ideas throughout the site, by supporting the site teams in delivering site targets through continuous improvement, ensuring optimum process control to deliver improvements in efficiencies, effectiveness, and profitability.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Undertake duties responsibly, considering safety, environmental and quality procedures, to enhance behavioural awareness and reduce accidents.
• Coordinate the Production line improvement program.
• Challenge the status quo, supporting the Operational Excellence Manager in creating a culture of best practice and continuous improvement.
• Support and lead teams to implement sustained improvements to reduce factory costs, in conjunction with the site plan.
• Maximize people involvement and engagement in change projects to develop a change accepting culture across the site.
• Coach and train employees to apply Continuous Improvement (CI) concepts and tools.
• Monitor Production Processes and Production Line efficiencies to identify top losses and drive corrective plans.
• Review performance, identifying and implementing opportunities to improve KPIs.
• Promote high levels of motivation and engagement through effective leadership.
• Support a culture of ownership within the site team for the on-going development of the facilities.
• Conduct in line with site values and behaviours.
• Responsible for the roll out of the Operational excellence MWBP ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Support all site teams in performing a gap analysis across site processes, performance and Operational Plans.
• Lead all site teams in the development of appropriate skills to enable a culture of continuous sustained improvement.
• Work closely with all site teams in achieving variation reduction through continuous improvement of the site process controls.
• Carry out any other tasks as may be reasonably requested by the line manager.
• Flexibility is required by the business and will be agreed with the individuals line manager.
• To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.
  
  

Role Requirements

Knowledge

• In-depth practical experience in Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, 5S, Standardised Work, Problem Solving, VSM, TPM, SMED, Kaizen, and OEE with proven results.
• Strong operational experience in a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with the principles of World Class Manufacturing environments and Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Proven track record of delivering results against project timelines, financial targets, service levels, and safety standards.
• Good understanding of established manufacturing processes and emerging technologies and techniques.
• Good working knowledge of operating systems such as SAP, Microsoft Office.
  
  

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish good relationships at all levels.
• Ability to motivate and mentor teams.
• Good at negotiating and influencing to avoid internal tensions.
• Can influence and shape work, progress, and processes without ownership or control.
• Strong leadership, team building, coaching and development skills.
• Proven project leadership and management skills.
• Experience in managing multiple projects with high level of change.
• Significant experience in reviewing and documenting business processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and diverse audiences.
• Experience in working cross-functionally with departments such as Finance, IT, Operations.
• Knowledge of principles and methodologies of change management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Good team player and ability to operate independently.
• Compelling training delivery technique.
• Proficient in Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation Packages.
• Minimum of 3 years of Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement experience.
  
  

Qualifications

• Food Safety Level 2
• Health & Safety Level 2 or IOSH
• Train the Trainer
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt