Continuous Improvement Manager Location: Crick, Northamptonshire Contract: Permanent, Full Time The Opportunity We're excited to be recruiting for a Continuous Improvement Manager to join our manufacturing site in Crick, Northampton. This is a key leadership role where you'll drive operational excellence, embed a culture of problemsolving, and ensure longterm sustainable performance. As part of the Site Leadership Team (SLT), you'll champion initiatives that enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and deliver measurable business value, while coaching colleagues to develop problemsolving capability across all functions. The Company At IPN, we're passionate about pet nutrition. We're an award winning, innovative FMCG manufacturer with a growing family of brands including Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butchers and Classic Cat. We're proud to employ hundreds of colleagues across 3 different site locations in the UK - Thirsk, North Yorkshire; Crick, Northamptonshire; and Kinmel, Wales. Our heritage, values, and growth journey make us one of the UK's leading independent pet food businesses. Continuous Improvement is a vital part of ensuring we deliver high quality products and long term success. The Role Your purpose will be to lead the adoption of continuous improvement (CI) across the site, defining stretching improvement targets, aligning projects with business strategy, and ensuring delivery through structured processes. You'll empower teams at all levels to recognise opportunities, measure success, and embed sustainable CI practices. Key Accountabilities Define stretching site financial CI targets, aligned with business objectives and strategic plans. Develop a masterplan of achievable CI initiatives with site and functional colleagues. Manage delivery of CI initiatives within timescales and budgets, leveraging internal and external resources. Drive site deployment of the CI programme to full maturity, using Process Confirmations to measure adoption. Coach teams across Operations and other functions in CI principles and tools to build capability. Promote full adoption of the CI KPI suite and health check CI performance. Actively contribute to the IPN CI community, sharing and embedding best practice. Identify and coach/develop suitable colleagues into a CI ready talent pool. What We're Looking For Previous manufacturing experience within a recognised worldclass/lean organisation. Proven track record of delivering measurable results using CI techniques. Effective leader of business process change and site improvement plans. Skilled in delivering training, coaching, and facilitating group problem-solving sessions. Strong programme and project management experience. The Package Salary: Competitive Bonus: 15% annual company bonus scheme Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday Pension: Employee contributions 3% / Employer contributions 8% (salary sacrifice scheme) Holidays: 25 days bank holidays Medicash Plan Life Assurance Private Health Enhanced leave policies - maternity, paternity, pawternity, pawreavement Perks: Free parking, onsite electric charging, bring your dog to work, subsidised canteen, discounted products & free hot drinks Flexible benefits - cycle to work, workplace nurseries, dental insurance (via salary sacrifice or pay deductions) Heavily discounted pet food Free Netflix/Spotify subscription How to Apply If you're a collaborative, results driven leader passionate about embedding continuous improvement and empowering teams, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and be part of a growing, values led business making a real difference in the pet nutrition sector. INDHP