Operations Process Support
Contract until December 2024 - likely to be extended
29.10 per hour Umbrella / 21.99 per hour PAYE
Broughton, Chester
The role is to support client's operations Systems team in deploying the tools of the system to drive continuous improvement. This would suit someone from a process driven background. This is an exciting opportunity to influence and drive change in an established manufacturing facility.
Drive and enable the achievement of business excellence by the application of the business improvement fundamentals, based on lean and right first time lean principles, and associated methods and approaches such as Lean / Operating systems, Problem Solving and Quality Standards.
Working alongside the production management team to coach and facilitate business improvement using the Manufacturing Operating System. Based on 'Right first time' Lean principles such as, Problem Solving, Kaizen (continuous improvement) and Quality Standards the Lean Manufacturing Operating System department.
Main activities:
- Implement and improve boards & routines with operational teams.
- Train/ coach by running awareness sessions with teams.
- Launch & participate in management go-look-see providing structured feedback.
- Measure and report maturity (KPIs, activities, self-assessment).
- Participate in industrial assessments.
- Co-facilitate building MES roadmap / Tactical Implementation Plan (TIP) with operational teams.
- Exchange good practices with other inhouse Operations Agents.
Skills:
- Good knowledge of inhouse Operations Agents, global system view and Operational Excellence principles.
- Lean / six sigma principles, methods and tools.
- Understanding of change management basics and ability to adapt ways of tutoring accordingly.
- Ability to provide structure feedback to leaders on routines management and performance dialogue.
- Ability to identify deviations from standards and propose simple recommendations through self-assessment