CI Improvement Lead – Be a Catalyst for Operational Excellence East London 50k Benefits Are you passionate about driving meaningful change and improving operational efficiency? We have an exciting opportunity for an CI Improvement Lead to spearhead initiatives that make a tangible impact on manufacturing performance. What You’ll Do: As an Opex Improvement Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in enhancing operational performance, optimising costs, and fostering best practices. Your responsibilities will include: Driving Performance: Establishing and maintaining performance control systems, including short interval control (SIC). Delivering Improvements: Leading diagnostic and ideation processes to identify improvement opportunities and executing these initiatives to meet Return on Investment (ROI) targets. Building Capability: Coaching and mentoring site teams to instill a culture of continuous improvement. Best Practice Advocacy: Sharing successful strategies and enabling their replication across multiple sites. Transformational Leadership: Setting and promoting behavioral standards that align with operational excellence goals. Your Impact: This role is instrumental in delivering: Improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Reduced labor and material costs. Enhanced site maturity and performance outcomes. Consistent and measurable business-wide improvements. About You: We’re looking for someone with operational&CI experience from the world of manufacturing. This offers a unique opportunity to pursue or continue a CI career. Perhaps you are working in a leadership function, Shift Management for example at present. You understand how to lead, coach, influence&of course core manufacturing processes. No formal CI qualifications are required by the way, there will be opportunities to work through Six-Sigma belts with the position. Project Management Expertise: Adept at using root cause analysis to identify and implement permanent solutions. Change Leadership: Proven ability to guide teams through change, fostering engagement and alignment with objectives. Lean Improvement Skills: Experienced in lean methodologies and tools to drive efficiency. Manufacturing experience – understands operational factors Analytical Acumen: Able to interpret financial metrics and pinpoint improvement opportunities. Whether you’re skilled in all areas or looking to develop further, this role offers an excellent platform for growth. Key Details: Scope: Overseeing one site or a cluster of sites, delivering targeted annual savings. Collaboration: Working closely with leaders and operational teams to implement improvement plans. Scale of Impact: Contributing to cost-saving measures amounting to £500k annually. Take the lead in shaping operational excellence and join a team dedicated to delivering outstanding results. Apply now to make your mark