Job Description Kaizen is recruiting an Operational Excellence Manager for an international food manufacturer established for over a century, with sites across Europe and over 5000 people.
Their food manufacturing plant in the heart of Worcestershire is ambitious, growing fast and is investing in their people and their facility. Having invested close to £15m on new equipment and automation in recent years, they are increasing factory capacity and increasing shifts to cope with demand.
Reporting into the Site Manager, working closely with the production, maintenance, quality and NPD functions, whilst being a key member of the Group Operational Excellence network, you will facilitate and co-ordinate teams to execute improvement projects. You will be pivotal in moving all site improvement projects forward and developing a best in class culture that is focused on continuous improvement in everything they do.
You will identify best practice in the operation and care of process/equipment, utilising appropriate lean manufacturing tools.
To drive in and sustain improvement, you will need to be a strong trainer and coach with a mentor approach with site team members at all levels in the organisation.
You will develop, analyse and track site metrics to identify and drive through improvement opportunities in the areas of efficiency, capacity, productivity, cost a...