Continuous Improvement (CI) & Operational Excellence (OPEX) Apprentice
Continuous Improvement (CI) & Operational Excellence (OPEX) Apprentice
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Job Description
SherwinWilliams are a worldwide leader in coatings and are committed to developing and delivering innovative products that are highly competitive in the industry.
The Sherwin Williams team are driven to succeed strive for exceeding expectations and know their products inside and out. We pride ourselves on being part of this team and as people are the companys greatest asset we know how to reward recognise and develop the people that work with us.
The successful candidate for this role will embark on a Business Administration and Improvement Practitioner Apprenticeship. As an apprentice you will learn the fundamental knowledge required to work in Operations in a protective coatings manufacturing environment and be equipped to take on a career path to become a proactive and innovative member of the CI team. The role will cover involvement in project work following CI methodology to improve the performance of will learn the basics of CI Lean techniques and how this leads to Operational Excellence. Working amongst a team of highly skilled and knowledgeable individuals your operational knowledge will grow exponentially over the course of the apprenticeship.
Responsibilities
During the apprenticeship you will participate in a structured training programme in Operations with comprehensive on the job training. You will learn about all areas of Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence within Operations.
Responsibilities will include:
- To improve the performance of Operations by providing constant challenge of the status quo championing lean philosophy implementing robust measurement of losses facilitating the development and implementation of a continuous improvement plan.
- Increase the transparency of Operations by ensuring robust measurement of losses for all areas of Operations e.g. generation of appropriate loss trees. To perform the duty of gatekeeper for the measurement system.
- Encourage a management by fact mindset.
- Increase productivity within Operations by leading usage of the appropriate lean tools (e.g. value stream mapping 5S Kanban) to eliminate losses such as delay duplication unnecessary movement unclear communication incorrect inventory lost sales and product defects.
- Undertake pillar leadership for Early Product Management.
- Coach the production team in continuous improvement techniques and help them cascade this approach to their teams to develop a proactive continuous improvement culture. Help ensure that ownership of work is allocated to the lowest appropriate level.
- Develop training programmes and undertake training in the use of continuous improvement tools.
- Challenge the production team to ensure appropriate momentum of improvement.
- Maintain the SW Continuous Improvement Database.
- Manage project improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
GCSE grade 4 in Maths and English
Employment Type
Trainee
