(Senior) Continuous Improvement Specialist

Join us in this role where you’ll play a key role in enhancing value streams in UK East while supporting leaders in developing continuous improvement capabilities. Together, we’ll work to achieve our strategic ambitions as part of the Generation 3.0 transformation.

Welcome to Transformation & CI – UKE

You’ll be part of Continuous Improvement – UKE where you, together with your colleagues, will cultivate a culture of continuous improvement to help us realize our strategic ambitions. As part of a team of six, you’ll drive the maturation of the continuous improvement culture across UK East Generation. In this role, you’ll actively contribute to further developing and embedding our Operations Production System, facilitating value improvements, and coaching frontlist staff in Lean methodologies. This is an exciting time to join UK East Hub when we are going through a transformation as part of Generation 3.0. Working with a board group of stakeholders you will help facilitate a wide range of improvements whilst building internal capability.

You’ll play an important role in:

• driving the business improvement plan defined in collaboration key stakeholders across the core value streams
• embedding daily management practices while coaching leaders in implementing and sustaining leadership standard work
• implementing continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Kata) to drive a culture of operational excellence
• providing training, coaching, and mentoring in a range of lean tools and techniques
• engaging and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and buy-in for continuous improvement efforts
• ensuring knowledge transfer of lean tools and techniques to increase continuous improvement capabilities the organization.
  
  

To succeed in the role, you:

• demonstratable experience in delivering lean implementations, process improvements or continuous improvement interventions.
• have experience with kata coaching, value stream mapping and daily management is advantage
• possess strong analytical, problem-solving skills to address complex challenges
• demonstrate expertise in project and change management, coupled with strong stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels
• embrace improvement and innovation skills to optimise processes and drive lasting impact
• have past experience in supply chain management and warehousing is an advantage.
  
  

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us

Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.