Continous Improvement Manager

The Continuous Improvement manager leads the site’s continuous improvement initiatives and reports to the Plant Manager

He is responsible for establishing a culture of operational excellence in all plant operations with an emphasis on sustainable development.

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  Master’s degree with project management experience.
• Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in operations, experience in Continuous Improvement is a plus.
• Have very good knowledge of cycle time reduction, waste reduction,
• yield improvement, productivity and throughput improvement.
• Hands-on experience using Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement methods (LEAN, TPM, Six Sigma, TQM).
• Good leadership skills to coach and lead teams to fully meet goals and projects.
• Proficient with Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Organizational skills in planning and organizing to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Good problem solving skills, attention to detail, and numerical aptitude.

You can count on a competitive salary supplemented with various extra-legal benefits such as:

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  Meal vouchers
• Eco vouchers
• Hospitalization insurance
• Group insurance
• Net monthly allowance
• Via a cafeteria plan you can choose from a car with fuel card or a km allowance
• 13th month and double holiday pay
• 32 leave & ADV days
• Free participation in technical events and corporate events, just think of our technical workshops and our AUSY Family Day
• And last but not least a personal people-oriented guidance through your projects

@AUSY Belgium we are one of the largest consulting firms in engineering and IT. More than 1700 consultants and freelancers work on projects for our clients every day.

We do more than just match your ambitions with organizations and technical projects. We find it important to build a strong relationship with you and to help you where needed: by offering training, support, advice or a shoulder to lean on.

Would you like more info? Do not hesitate to contact me!

andrea.geukens@cx.ausy.be

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  Manage continous improvement (CI) projects, usually within a local region or business unit.
• Conduct gap analyses for deficiencies in business processes and programs and make recommendations for changes in programs and/or processes.
• Establishes a direct link between deficiencies in processes and the impact on the bottom line.
• Leads cross-functional project teams formed to drive change and continuous improvement.
• Leads projects to implement value streams in mixed models with a focus on continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost and delivery.
• Uses appropriate problem-solving tools to drive rapid improvements with sustainable results.
• Ensures compliance with standard processes for data collection, documentation and reporting.
• Plans budget and manages costs associated with operational excellence initiatives.
• Directly supervises, trains and oversees full-time staff assigned to CI.
• Establishes a project plan for CI projects, including resources, timeline, critical paths,etc.
• Manages various CI strategies for transactional and/or production activities.
• Participates in operational continuous improvement reviews with local and/or Regional Management.