Continuous Improvement Manager Food Production

Náplň práce, právomoci a zodpovednosti:

​For a global food manufacturer, we are looking for a senior, competent, and people-oriented professional from food production environment, for the role of

Continuous Improvement Manager

The person in this role will be responsible for leading initiatives to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and implementing process enhancements. 

Key duties include analyzing processes, developing strategies to eliminate losses, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement through methods of Six Sigma.

This role involves leading cross-functional teams, training staff, and monitoring project progress to achieve goals like increased productivity, higher quality, and cost reduction.

Key responsibilities:

• Strategy and planning: Develop and implement continuous improvement strategies that align with organizational goals.
• Process analysis and improvement: Identify areas for improvement, analyze existing pro-cesses, and develop strategies to optimize workflows and eliminate waste.
• Project leadership: Lead cross-functional teams on improvement projects and initiatives from start to finish.
• Training and coaching: Educate and train employees and management on continuous im-provement principles and tools to build a sustainable culture of improvement.
• Performance monitoring: Establish metrics, monitor progress, and report on the results of improvement projects to stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Work across departments to ensure successful implementation and sustain-ability of initiatives.

Informácie o výberovom konaní:
The position is part of the plant leadership team and is ideal for someone who wants to com-bine Lean/Six Sigma with a real end-to-end impact on production. This is not a typical analytical role, because the CI Manager acts as a partner to management and a coach for people on the pro-duction lines, with a significant influence on the culture and overall performance of the plant.

Požiadavky na zamestnanca:

Required skills and qualifications:

• Experience from food production environment

• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal Slovak and English.

• Experience leading process improvement projects, with a background in methodologies like Lean or Six Sigma.

• Strong organizational and project management skills.

• Data analysis skills