Continuous Improvement Specialist

1 month ago


Livingston, United Kingdom Valneva Full time

Valneva has operations in Austria, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and the U.S. with over 750 employees.

An opportunity has arisen at Valneva Scotland for a Continuous Improvement Specialist (ideally to Blackbelt level), to lead the delivery of business improvement projects (including capital projects) to enable improvements in customer and business value.

Provide training, mentoring and guidance to others in the business in the use of Continuous Improvement tools.

**Requirements**:

- Assist with the definition of potential projects to support the future growth of the business by identifying, quantifying and comparing potential projects, and playing an active role in the prioritisation process.
- Secure the appropriate business sponsorship for allocated improvement projects.
- Actively identify potential risks & issues relating to the delivery of projects and manage a resolution process in a timely manner, only escalating major issues.
- Work with business functions to develop and implement data gathering techniques to identify and rank opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Deliver training and provide mentoring support in Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Root Cause Analysis, 5S, Kaizen and workshop facilitation techniques, while being an exemplar of all of these skills among others.
- **I**dentifies cause and effect relationships and root causes.
- Understands and evaluates numerical data, tables, charts, or graphs to get to the cause of a problem.
- Any other duties commensurate with the role.

**Experience**
- Track record of delivering business improvement projects at Black Belt Level.
- Experience of working with and influencing stakeholders at a senior manager level.
- Possess a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Qualification

**Required Skills**:

- Ability to lead a cross functional team.
- Competency Demonstrated Behaviours Analytical Thinking
- Develops and uses clear criteria for guiding decisions (e.g. resources, constraints, organisational values).
- Identifies cause and effect relationships and root causes.
- Understands and evaluates numerical data, tables, charts, or graphs to get to the cause of a problem.
- Performs calculations and combines quantitative information in order to diagnose and solve a problem.
- Develops new approaches to improve or replace existing procedures or systems.

**Benefits**
- Shopping and other High Street discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym membership OR fitness allowance
- "Doctor in the house"
- Many others included



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