Process Improvement Leader

**Career Area:**:Administrative Support

**Job Description:**:**Job Title: Process Improvement Leader**
**Salary**:£55,428 - £59,862 (Depending on Experience)

**Location**: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

**Benefits**:25 days annual leave,

Up to 18% Bonus

Car Allowance - £600pcm

Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%

Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution

CAT Advantage High Street Discount App

Relocation/ Sponsorship: Not provided by CATERPILLAR

**Flexible working arrangements will be considered for this role, in-line with the needs of the business.**

**Who is Caterpillar?**
With **2020 sales and revenues of $41.7 billion **, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Services offered throughout the product life cycle, cutting-edge technology and decades of product expertise set Caterpillar apart, providing exceptional value to help our customers succeed. The company principally operates through three primary segments - Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation - and provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment.

**What do we do?**
Perkins Engines Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., is recognized as a leading manufacturer of industrial diesel engines. OEM Manufacturers and end users on every continent have, for generations, trusted Perkins engines to power their world.

At the Peterborough facility we are responsible for the engineering, marketing, sales and manufacturing of industrial engines for both the Cat and Perkins brands. Irlam is the home of our Perkins Aftermarket Sales and Marketing team. Wherever you work, together we create sustainable, world-changing solutions that impact lives around the globe.

**What experiences can we offer you?**
At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work. That’s the Power of Everyone.

**The Opportunity**
Working within the Engineering team, you will lead strategic and operational projects in the transactional space to deliver business benefits across the people, quality, velocity, and cost elements of our business. Projects will range from having a local, regional, and global focus and will span across all aspects of our business from Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Finance & Operations. Building a network to collaborate across different business groups is key.

You will be required to lead and manage several process improvement projects, workshops and value stream transformations. You will also be required to champion and drive our journey towards a culture of continuous improvement and learning, and provide coaching to team members, project Stakeholders and Leaders. As part of this role, you will need to influence people from all levels of the organisation requiring good oral and written communication skills.

**Job Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Manage a portfolio of improvement projects
- Lead complex strategic & operational projects to deliver customer benefit
- Lead multiple projects to eliminate waste, solve problems and deliver tangible improvements
- Complete current and future state value stream mapping
- Coach and mentor team members in problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Support Engineering Lean transformation
- Through Change Management techniques, support the development of a lean learning culture & promote the involvement of everyone
- Identify & drive continuous improvement opportunities throughout the Engineering group and broader IPSD-M business

**Skills and Experience**:

- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at different levels of the organisation.
- Progressive experience delivering Process Improvement in the transactional space.
- Ability to lead groups through problem solving and root cause corrective action development.
- Proven project leadership & change management experience.
- Ability to learn and understand the processes you are working with to a sufficient level to help drive the optimum solution.
- Confident decision making.
- 6 Sigma knowledge/qualification
- Analytical capability (Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau)
- Strong business networking skills

**NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.**

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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