Continuous Improvement Leader

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

Eurofins Built Environment Testing is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader to join our team! The Continuous Improvement Leader will be in charge of developing, planning, and executing the strategy that results in eliminating waste, improving customer satisfaction, and increasing market share. The Continuous Improvement Leader is not only highly competent as a process manager skilled in project design, planning, and implementation to ensure performance and process development, but also as a leader who drives the CI initiatives set for Eurofins Built Environment Testing.

 Continuous Improvement Leader responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Managing and facilitating all Continuous Improvement initiatives and strategy
• Driving a continuous improvement culture within the organization by prioritizing opportunities and execution of a Lean transformation strategy and metrics
• Using metrics to provide support to process owners in linking projects to strategic operational objectives
• Driving plant cost savings initiatives
• Assisting teams in developing Lean roadmaps to use in the deployment of strategic objectives
• Ensuring successful definition and execution of large, cross-functional improvement initiatives tied to annual strategic priorities
• Identifying best practices within and outside the company and serving as a channel for best-practice sharing and adoption across business units
• Providing guidance for projects and kaizen events
• Managing and facilitating continuous improvement projects and kaizen events to improve productivity and accelerate growth
• Challenging organizational leaders when necessary to create an action-based culture of continuous improvement and increase CI and Lean-oriented thinking throughout the organization
• Working with the finance department to evaluate project savings estimates, validate reported CI benefits, and ensure accurate accounting of CI productivity

Some core responsibilities of the Continuous Improvement Director:

• Analyzing company processes and procedures
• Developing process enhancement strategies
• Establishing norms and standards of company performance
• Monitoring staff performance and organizational processes
• Communicating ideas and opinions to other members of management
• Training, mentoring, and guiding team members in new processes
• Staying up-to-date with developments in management and process optimization
• Providing reporting regarding process updates and overall results and company performance

Qualifications

Soft Skills:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Predisposition to teach leaders and others a zero-defect mentality
• Ability to weigh and manage priorities
• Skilled at synthesis and analysis
• Strategic and analytical thinker
• Leadership and coaching skills
• Project management

Hard Skills:

• Continuous Improvement
•  5S
•  Lean Service Enterprises
•  Kaizen
• PowerBI
• Lean Six Sigma Methodology
• Root Cause Analysis
• Value Stream Mapping
• Proficiency in commonly used and specialized software
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, including advanced skills with Excel
• Demonstrated ability to work in high paced and changing environments
• Previous Experience with Financial Planning or Controller experience

 Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations, Finance or other related field
• 5+ years of experience in process optimization, operations, or business management
• 1-3 years of previous Continual Improvement Process experience
• Proven results with Six Sigma, Lean Service Enterprises and Continuous Improvement
• Passionate about c