Continuous Improvement Lead

Reporting to the Site Performance Improvement Manager, the objectives and missions are:

• At the request of a sponsor, the continuous improvement lead, leads projects contributing to enhance the performance of a process or an activity
• He/She creates the conditions to promote the improvement, innovation and related tools and organize best practices sharing

Summary of Duties:

Primary Activities

• To set boundaries to the project with the help of the sponsor
• To implement the structure of the project management (especially the decision-making body Steering Committee)
• To identify the needs in resources and negotiate their provision with the sponsor
• To implement ambitious improvement projects using methods such as Lean Sigma
• To drive the project in incorporating its change management
• To support and lead other projects pilots. They supervise projects led by GB (or BB if MBB) and develop their skills
• To involve the projects shareholders
• To share feedbacks with other project pilots

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business/Operations

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in the following areas: Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer Services, Production, Quality, Engineering, Information Technology, Logistics or Planning.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the company, Group, management system, processes and organizations
• Knowledge of the project management and risks management
• Knowledge of the leverages of changes in complex organizations
• Knowledge of the basics in terms of techno-economic management and performance management
• Knowledge of the Lean Sigma tools and methods

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in the use of common software packages including MS Office suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint

Other Skills:

• Leadership
• Capacity to negotiate
• Capacity to delegate
• Capacity to solve difficult problems in complex situations
• Experience of the functional and transverse management of multidisciplinary teams
• Capacity to work in a multicultural and international environment
• Ability to conduct changes
• Practical experiences of Safran tools and methods including Lean Sigma and the management of complex projects
• Capacity to identify the leverages of performance improvement
• Capacity to involve and confederate
• Great organization and personal structuring
• Great coordinator
• Qualities in interpersonal relationships and capacity to kindly challenge the organizations