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CI Co-ordinator

Michael Page Engineering & Manufacturing
Posted a day ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Leicester, Leicestershire LE5 3TB

Salary

£36,000 - £43,200 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Continuous Improvement Co-Ordinator role involves managing and supporting front-line delivery of continuous improvement projects in a food manufacturing operation.
  • Candidates should have experience in a manufacturing background, preferably as a Continuous Improvement Co-ordinator, engineer, or specialist.
  • The position requires a salary of £45,000 along with excellent benefits.
  • Ideal candidates will possess a Green Belt in Six Sigma and strong people management skills to effectively train and communicate with various levels of staff.
  • The role is Monday to Friday, from 08:30 to 17:00, focusing on operational improvements aligned with the Manufacturing Excellence strategy.

Working alongside managers and teams in the food manufacturing operation, the Continuous Improvement Co-Ordinator role manages and supports front-line delivery of CI projects, activities and objectives, coaches colleagues to embed new behaviours, and co-ordinates resources and information to drive progress in line with the Manufacturing Excellence strategy

Client Details

My client are a successful family-run business that have been growing since the day they opened in the early 1900s that are now one of the UK's largest manufacturers. They have added capability in many different product categories, and developed a thriving business with their retail customers, alongside the brands they own.

Description

  • Responsible for deployment of improvement projects and action plans, co-ordinating activities to deliver progress towards operational improvements in line with the Manufacturing Excellence roadmap and business objectives.
  • Support continuous improvement maturity assessments to generate insight and feed into improvement action plans.
  • Analyse materials performance data to identify any opportunities, challenges, trends, or repeating issues and provide insight to feed into improvement roadmaps
  • Identify opportunities for improved labour efficiency through review of actual labour use versus standards and line balancing exercises. Demonstrate and explain importance of running to standard to front line colleagues, and coach production managers on good labour management and line balancing exercises.
  • Contribute to, coach, and develop effective tier 1 and 2 meetings and team briefings, including audit of meeting process, behaviours, and content to highlight any opportunities for improvement.
  • Utilise problem solving, process mapping and analysis to support identification and scoping of improvement project plans which prioritise key value-streams, and align to business objectives and the broader Manufacturing Excellence strategy
  • Deliver projects through multi-functional teams using a structured project management approach. Co-ordinate progress through strong stakeholder engagement, resource management and risk mitigation. Ensure action plans and timelines account for business objectives and priorities, activities, and constraints
  • Plan, manage and implement improvement activities at process / area level. Hold team members and stakeholders to account for delivering agreed actions within an improvement project, and building / maintaining appropriate stakeholder relationships inside the organisation to deliver improvement project objectives

Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:00

Profile

You will ideally be an experienced Continuous Improvement Co-ordinator/engineer/specialist from a Manufacturing background, along with:

  • Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
  • Six Sigma - Green Belt ideally
  • Strong people management skillset - able to train/converse with different levels
  • CI Project leadership experience

Job Offer

£45,000 Salary

Excellent Benefits#

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.