Join our snack-loving team! Due to internal progression, we're looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager/IWS Manager to join our team at KP Snacks in Billingham.
Location: Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees. On-site.
The IWS Manager has site accountability for the ongoing phased development of Intersnack Work Systems (IWS) and helps the site to achieve their Compelling Business Need (CBN), reduce losses and achieve total employee engagement.
What’s in it for you?
* Attractive salary, depending on the skills and experience you can bring
* £7.5k car allowance
* Bonus scheme – with an excellent track record of over-achievement
* Annual Salary Review
* Medicash health cash plan/Private healthcare/Digital GP/Best Doctors (2nd Medical Opinion service) and Cancer care
* Company sick pay (eligibility criteria exist)
* Holiday buy scheme
* Electric Vehicle Scheme
* KP4ME - online benefits, discounts, prizes, competitions and information platform with access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing information and tools
Responsibilities
* Leadership
o Lead the line organisation through the relevant IWS Phase Journey to drive performance improvement and sustainable results
o Maintain a clear understanding of priorities, including execution requirements and resource planning, particularly with regard to people and capability
o Coach and support site organisation to effectively set direction during Daily Direction Setting (DDS), ensuring alignment with site-level targets
o Provide leadership for the FI/WPI Pillar, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and capability building
o Influence peers and cross-functional teams to align on priorities and deliver results, including through indirect leadership and collaboration across organisational boundaries
* Loss Elimination
o Develop the IWS Site Master / 90-Day Plan to address losses and build capability
o Lead execution of 90 Day Plans to eliminate losses using IWS tools
o Monthly review of Site Master Plans and results
o Drive breakthrough results in OEE, Planned and Unplanned Downtime while delivering against the Master Production Schedule (use OPM and other tools)
o Lead issue resolution “to Root Cause” on the floor of chronic stops (e.g., IPS, UPS)
* DMS Capability Build
o On the floor coaching of line leads and ATMs
o Perform hands-on coaching (actual usage) on the 8 RTT DMS’s
o Loss Elimination
o Skill Development/Technical Mastery/Behavioural
o Coach the use of standard work to eliminate non-value added work, including coaching the link to effort reduction
A little bit about our location
Billingham is our largest factory in the UK and is home to many of your favourite snack brands. It’s a huge, complex site and is growing significantly over the next few years, which provides plenty of opportunity to grow and develop your career.
Who are we?
We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. We operate globally with 15,000+ colleagues across more than 30 countries and have UK roots with around 2,400 colleagues across seven factories and our Slough HQ.
We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still like to hear from you.
Knowledge, skills and experience we’d like to see:
* Demonstrated leadership in Continual Improvement across multiple stakeholder groups
* Familiarity with IWS is beneficial but not required
* Proven problem-solving capabilities using tools such as fishbone diagrams, 5 Whys, and root cause analysis (RCA)
* Strong coaching and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence others effectively
* Skilled in leading structured change initiatives and driving sustainable improvements
* Excellent planning and organisational abilities
* Collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to seeking input from the wider team
* High level of personal accountability and ownership for delivering results
* Ability to handle large volumes of data; minimum intermediate proficiency in Excel
* Experience operating as part of a leadership team or readiness to step into such a role with strategic thinking and influence
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
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