Continuous Improvement Lead Company : Safran Seats Job field : Continuous improvement Location : Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom Contract type : Permanent Contract duration : Full-time Professional status : Professional, Engineer & Manager 2025-157210 Apply with one click Any questions ? Job Description Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design. At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world! In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England. This role has responsibility for leading and coaching the organisation in driving an effective improvement journey. Key Responsibilities will include: - Leading project teams to deliver significant business improvements through the deployment of CI tools in line with the business Balanced Scorecard - Work with the business leaders to undertake continual analysis of the business to expose opportunities for change and improvement - Drive continuous improvement within the business and identify opportunities for improvement including deployment of Balanced scorecard, One Safran, Customer Improvement projects. Lean Journey & QRQC - Drive engagement with Participative Innovation across the business - Analyse and monitor financial and customer benefits throughout the life of the improvement project - Champion and share the use of best practice methods for improvements across the business and provide evidence of real change implementation - Working with the Director of Continuous Improvement to determine the tools required and scope of Continuous Improvement Training across the business. - Working with the Director of Continuous Improvement - creating, organizing and delivering training to the targeted scope. - Coach, train and mentor business in the use of CI tools - Coach Project Sponsors and Project Leaders to enable the delivery of successful project implementation Job Requirements - Lean Sigma Black Belt Certification - Problem Solving 8D - Training experience No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you! As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive: - 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) - Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%. - Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members. - Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work and Octopus EV Scheme - 4 x Life Assurance - Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection. - Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme - Annual shares save schemes. - Option for hybrid and flexible working arrangements - Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools - Get involved in our corporate social responsibility activities from sustainability initiatives, charity and fundraising, volunteering days, or supporting STEM activities at local schools and colleges nurturing the next generation of talent But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.) Our in-house design studio co-creates the most innovative experiences in the sky with our airline customers and partners. Our dedicated engineering, production and in-service support facilities are integral to delivering a high-end quality product that we keep flying throughout the life of programme. We are fully supported by a wide team of support functions, from HR to Finance, to Business Development and Planning and Logistics, our team is built to give Safran Seats an end-to-end capability in house in the UK. We focus on: Our people These are our four People Fundamentals that underpin everything we do at Safran: - We believe in and fostering the conditions for diversity and inclusion to thrive - We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future - We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate - We encourage collaboration and mutual support between you and your colleagues So you'll be supported every step of the way! This role is subject to pre-employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment. Company Information Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking. Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats-manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world. Locate your future workplace Llantarnam Industrial Park, LlantarnamNP44 3HQ Cwmbran Wales United Kingdom 100,000 employees worldwide 27 Number of countries where Safran is located 35 business area families - Maps are available under theOpen Database Licence (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). - © OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) contributors. - © Adrien Daste / Safran Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.