Lean Leader Job in Cwmbran Np18ha, Wales Uk
Lean Leader
To be based in South Wales
Salary is £35k - £45k
One of the UK's leaders in the design and manufacture of business and first class aircraft seating. The business boasts many of the world's major airlines among its customers. With turnover in excess of £100M last year, sales are expected to grow above 20% this year and the organisation is committed to further leveraging competitive advantage through the deployment of Lean thinking throughout the business.
The positions above will report directly to the Lean Manager and will be based at their facility in South Wales. The successful candidate will be part of a structured Lean Deployment Programme that will impact the entire facility and therefore, you must be an experienced Lean change agent with a proven track record in achieving significant business improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Dedicated Lean resource within the location.
- Expert understanding and experience of core Lean tools techniques.
- Develop Lean knowledge, skills act as additional resource to accelerate change within the location.
- Assist in managing local maintenance deployment of Lean Management System
- Support value streams in the delivery of their business goals.
- Lead transformations within the value streams support processes.
- Deliver training lead transformational workshops.
Requirements:
- 3-5 Years Lean/ transformational experience (Operations or NPD)
- Degree level qualification, ideally in an Engineering discipline.
- Extensive understanding of Lean principles and Tools, with a proven track record of successful application in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing.
- Experience of working within Design Manufacturing environments.
- Experience of working within large complex organisations.
- Change management experience.
- Desire to challenge the status quo and to continuously improve.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to train coach and mentor others.
- Leadership and project management experience.
- Can Do Attitude.
- Structured way of working.
If you would like any further information or an informal chat about the opportunity then please call Paul Gorton on 0161 233 0034 or e-mail your C.V to pgorton@aktonrecruitment.com
Please note due to the high number of applications if you have not been contacted within 10 working days, then your application has been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on file for future roles.