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Continuous Improvement Lead

Job Posted: 5 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Expire in: 23 days

Job Description

Continuous Improvement Lead
Gloucester

At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.

Safran Landing Systems are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets. Our expertise cover the entire life cycle of our products from end-to-end; OEM Design, Engineering & Manufacturing, through to Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO)

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including: 

We have an early finish on a Friday
25 days of holiday, plus UK Bank Holidays, and we offer options to buy or sell days
Annual bonus and share scheme options
Pension scheme, with up to 8% matched contributions, and life assurance at 4x your salary
Onsite parking, including EV chargers
A subsidised restaurant, bicycle storage, and shower facilities
We offer a wide range of flexible benefits and working options (role dependant), enhanced maternity and family friendly benefits, because we know everyone's needs are different 

Your role:

As Continuous Improvement Lead you'll drive and support strategic business improvement projects, performing as a referent for key CI processes and acting as a CI focal for senior managers within the business. 

You'll be responsible for energising and improving the organisation using Lean Sigma tools to positively impact on Cost, Quality, Delivery Performance, Cash and Customer Satisfaction. 

You'll work cross-functionally at all levels to ensure continuous improvement efforts are driven throughout the organisation and to promote the sharing of best practices.

Key responsibilities:

Facilitate creation of business functions strategic deployment plans
Lead & support definition of business functions' improvement plans & associated CI support (resources & interventions)
Lead & support single or cross-functional business improvement projects across the organisation
Lead & support improvement related events including One Safran, Kaizen, problem solving workshops and Business Process Re-engineering
Act as a CI Business Focal for one or more areas across the organisation
Coach Green Belts, operational teams and individuals to develop technical Lean Sigma and change management competenciesWhat you'll bring:

Minimum Black Belt Certified
Experience in leadership of continuous improvement and change projects
Excellent stakeholder management including experience of working with teams including senior management
Proven experience of applying Lean and Six-Sigma methodologies and toolsets
Proven experience in operational roles in an aerospace or industrial environment (e.g. Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality)
Expertise in Lean and Six-Sigma methodologies and toolsets
We know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert. We encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role. 

Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the hiring process that may better facilitate your participation

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