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Continuous Improvement Manager

Date:  Aug 25, 2024
Company:  CAF Rolling Stock UK
Location: 

NEWPORT, GB

At CAF, we are dedicated to creating growth opportunities through high-quality products and services. We understand the needs of our clients and foster strong, trustworthy relationships. We invite you to be a part of our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of delivering excellence and building lasting connections.

The Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager is responsible for analysing, maintaining and improving organizational performance.  Carry out action plans to improve operational performance measurement General: Improvement of operational performance, compliance with Continuous Improvement roadmap commitments, deployment of Lean manufacturing (benchmark, audit and simulation)

 

 

1.0 Key Responsibilities

 

Deployment

 

  • Be the Leader in the deployment of Lean culture and Continuous Improvement on CAF Rolling Stock sites
  • Promote a culture of operational excellence by anchoring and supporting implementation on the ground
  • Pilot and support Kaizen projects using Lean tools and identifying associated gains
  • Proactively identifies improvement actions to deploy to increase our operational performance
  • Deploy Value stream Mapping process on regular basis
  • Deployment in the field (training + digitalization of tools) of first-level continuous improvement methodologies (suggestions idea, kaizen, 5S, 5 whys, PDCA, A3, etc.),
  • Audits
  • Encourages, participates
  • Conducts internal lean audits
  • Benchmarks
  • Participate in internal or external benchmarking, see organized according to the event
  • Deploys identified best practices
  • Animation
  • Proposes, structures and leads continuous improvement projects
  • Ensure a strong presence in the departments and support to encourage creativity
  • Conducts welcome training for new arrivals

 

 

Proficient in project management software

Relevant experience or a bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, process management, or operations or relevant experience.

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black or Green Belt

It is our belief that each employee contributes directly to the growth and success of our company. As a global team with different expertise, ways of thinking, and varied backgrounds, we want each employee to feel that belongs, is included, and can thrive.

As a socially responsible company, we build the principles of Diversity and Inclusion into our practices, and encourage equality from different sources to ensure an open working environment where mutual respect and equal opportunities prevail.  We are an equal opportunity employer. We have diverse, multicultural, committed and qualified talent that contributes on a daily basis to the creation of sustainable value. All qualified applications are considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by local law. 

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