Safran
Continuous Improvement Lead
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Continuous Improvement Lead
Location: Gloucester
At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.
Safran Landing Systems are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets. Our expertise covers the entire life cycle of our products from end-to-end; OEM Design, Engineering & Manufacturing, through to Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO).
Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including:
- We have an early finish on a Friday
- 25 days of holiday, plus UK Bank Holidays, and we offer options to buy or sell days
- Annual bonus and share scheme options
- Pension scheme, with up to 8% matched contributions, and life assurance at 4x your salary
- Onsite parking, including EV chargers
- A subsidised restaurant, bicycle storage, and shower facilities
- We offer a wide range of flexible benefits and working options (role dependant), enhanced maternity and family friendly benefits, because we know everyone's needs are different
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Your role:
As Continuous Improvement Lead you'll drive and support strategic business improvement projects, performing as a referent for key CI processes and acting as a CI focal for senior managers within the business.
You'll be responsible for energising and improving the organisation using Lean Sigma tools to positively impact on Cost, Quality, Delivery Performance, Cash and Customer Satisfaction.
You'll work cross-functionally at all levels to ensure continuous improvement efforts are driven throughout the organisation and to promote the sharing of best practices.
Key responsibilities:
- Facilitate creation of business functions strategic deployment plans
- Lead & support definition of business functions' improvement plans & associated CI support (resources & interventions)
- Lead & support single or cross-functional business improvement projects across the organisation
- Lead & support improvement related events including One Safran, Kaizen, problem solving workshops and Business Process Re-engineering
- Act as a CI Business Focal for one or more areas across the organisation
- Coach Green Belts, operational teams and individuals to develop technical Lean Sigma and change management competencies
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What you'll bring:
- Minimum Black Belt Certified
- Experience in leadership of continuous improvement and change projects
- Excellent stakeholder management including experience of working with teams including senior management
- Proven experience of applying Lean and Six-Sigma methodologies and toolsets
- Proven experience in operational roles in an aerospace or industrial environment (e.g. Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality)
- Expertise in Lean and Six-Sigma methodologies and toolsets
We know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert. We encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role.
Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the hiring process that may better facilitate your participation.
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