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Strategic Improvement Manager

1 month ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Coyle Personnel Full time

Job Title: Strategic Improvement Manager

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Improvement Manager to join our team at Coyle Personnel. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for driving continuous improvement initiatives across the project, leading the implementation of Lean techniques, and delivering efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive CI initiatives across the project and play a pivotal role in nurturing a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Identify operational inefficiencies and implement strategic initiatives to enhance overall performance.
  • Lead multiple, complex CI projects using the DMAIC methodology and drive the use of CI best practice across sublots and the overall project.
  • Support the on-going management of My Contribution, which is the suggestion scheme, and strive to deliver a strategy, engage staff, and implement projects.
  • Work closely with sublots and our Supply Chain Family to deliver projects using Lean methodologies, continuous improvement, and innovations, in line with our annual Lean Maturity Assessment.
  • Coordinate training sessions to enhance the Lean capabilities of our sublots and Supply Chain Family whilst continuously providing guidance and support.
  • Lead root cause analysis workshops, collaborative planning, Gemba walks, short interval control, process mapping and other Lean tools and techniques.
  • Identify, create, and publish case studies and comms to capture the benefits of the Innovation and Transformation team's successes and projects.
  • Proactively seek, implement, and sustain improvements that will increase safety, reduce cost, and cycle time, reduce waste, and drive a transformational change in culture across sublots and the overall project.
  • Prepare and deliver internal presentations, to all levels of the business.
  • Identify and share best practices via the Lessons Learned app, and quarterly sublot workshops.

Requirements:

  • Possess a passion for continuous improvement and a desire to grow and demonstrate skills and experience in business transformation and innovation.
  • Have knowledge and demonstrable experience in root cause analysis, project management, and delivering CI projects.
  • Have an excellent understanding and experience of using Lean techniques with the confidence to train and coach colleagues to enhance their knowledge.
  • Be able to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, carefully managing responsibilities and interdependencies.
  • Have good facilitation skills.
  • Be able to confidently drive change, engage, influence, and motivate people to support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Have knowledge and understanding of producing and presenting business cases with clear benefits (monetary and non-monetary).
  • Be confident with the use of digital technology.
  • Have effective stakeholder management skills.
  • Have excellent communications skills.