Business Excellence Lead

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful inclusive and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but dont meet every bullet point we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve peoples lives.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful inclusive and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but dont meet every bullet point we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

We are looking for a new Business Excellence Lead employee to be based in Warrington.

Job Summary:

In charge of continuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization and enabling waste removal activities using lean and six sigma approaches and tools and guiding actions to a sustainable conclusion.

What a typical day looks like:

• Work as a change agent and drive lean and six sigma activities.
• In charge of eliminating waste and create value by reducing variation in the processes to achieve sustainable results throughout the site.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques initiate process improvements cycle time reductions cost reductions and other activities aimed at reducing/eliminating non-value-added activities in the process.
• Facilitate Continues Improvement Transformation activities through Kaizen workshops and Small Group Activities.
• Create and validate processes/standards to drive continuous improvement
• Coach and mentor those working towards and those who have attained Green Belt accreditation for lean or six sigma
• Support training at site to expand the team working towards Green Belt accreditation
• Perform assessment of the site Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) and drive initiatives to close gaps.
• Participate in the Flex Business Excellence community forums sharing ideas best practices and critique for UK sites to improve together
• Use Center Point portal as depository to enable data research and cost saving effectiveness

The experience were looking to add to our team:

• Typically 5 years of related experience.
• Green Belt on lean six sigma Industrial Engineering
• Teamwork participation to enable continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas
• Must be able to guide and direct projects and business initiatives.
• Financial research and statistical skills to resolve complex and conflicting goals.
• Ability to define project to business needs define goals targets metrics data collection establish facts and problem resolution.
• Able to facilitate workshops and meetings documenting outputs in appropriate format
• Recognizes and develops talent as a key element of executing operational business plans
• Comprehends the strategic & tactical impact of the function across sites
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Here are a few examples of what youll get for the great work you provide:

• Continuous training tailored to your role and skill set
• 33 days holidays inclusive of bank holidays per annum
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Pension and life assurance scheme
• Funding Education Study and Training scheme employees can apply for 250/year which aids their development such as gym membership language classes
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Great team and work environment a truly international workplace
• Supportive and flexible culture
• Challenging assignments
• Charity of the year and volunteering opportunities in the local community
• Employee Assistance Program

Place of work: Warrington

Please note that our recruitment team is based in Hungary and therefore you may be called by an international number. (36...)

Please also be aware that there are currently no direct public transport links to site so possessing your own transport is required.

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