Continuous Improvement Manager

Aspire Resourcing has been appointed to conduct a search, on behalf of a world-renowned Industrial Manufacturing organisation in Northern Belgium.

My client needs someone to lead the Continuous Improvement programme across a large and complex production site, with a focus on rapid improvement Kaizen events. You will lead a team of CI experts and sit on the Site Leadership team, reporting to the Site Director.

The client is keen to hire a candidate who has the ability to progress into future operational leadership / plant manager, where you will further embed Continuous Improvement into the culture of the business.

Ideal candidate will have:

• Proven track record of delivering results in a high-performance continuous improvement environment ideally including…
• Experience using Lean/CI tools in both manufacturing and business process environment to deliver results
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Food / Beverage / Chemicals sector.
• Experience driving increased customer focus, understanding and value creation across a very internally focused organization
• Results focus and orientation. Understands and balances driving process change for sustainability while delivering on financial and operational results.
• Innovative thinker, but even more importantly, able to help other leaders and teams get “outside the box” and drive “breakthrough thinking”.
• Has the technical capability to understand and help solve complex problems.

This is a Dutch and English speaking position.