Continuous Improvement Manager – Manufacturing
Leicester
£65,000
7% Matched Pension
Private medical healthcare
Profit related pay
Driving operational excellence across people, process, and performance
As a specialist recruitment consultant within the manufacturing and FMCG sector, I'm currently partnering with a large, well-established UK manufacturing group to appoint a Continuous Improvement Manager. This is a high-impact role within a complex, high-volume manufacturing operation supplying major retail customers.
The opportunity
Reporting into senior operations leadership, the Continuous Improvement Manager will play a pivotal role in improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost across the sites. You'll lead structured improvement initiatives on the shop floor, working closely with production, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to deliver measurable, long-term results.
Key responsibilities
1. Lead and deliver CI initiatives across manufacturing operations and shop-floor environments
2. Embed Lean manufacturing principles (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, SMED, VSM)