CI Co-ordinator

Leicester Permanent £40,000 - £45,000 per year View Job Description
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
  • Fast paced environment
  • Successful Manufacturer

About Our Client

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.

Job 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

The Successful Applicant

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

What's on Offer

£45,000 Salary

Excellent Benefits#

Contact
Anthony Baker
Quote job ref
JN-112024-6587480
Phone number
+44 121 230 9423

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Six Sigma, Lean, Process improvement
Sector
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Location
Leicester
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Anthony Baker
Consultant phone
+44 121 230 9423
Job reference
JN-112024-6587480