Continous Improvement Director

About our Client

Our Client is an MNC and has a market lead position in the Medical Device industry, with a multi-million turnover in worldwide markets. The company has a vision to combine innovation, knowledge and products. With increasing demand and new business ventures, they are currently looking for a Continuous Improvement Leader to be an integral part of their business to assist and continue to improve the Value Chain.

Job Description

This is a senior management role reporting to the Vice President of Supply Chain. Your major responsibilities will involve developing, planning, and executing the Lean strategy that results in eliminating waste, improving customer satisfaction, and increasing market share.

Your other responsibilities include:

• 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
• Challenging organizational leaders when necessary to create an action-based culture of continuous improvement and increase CI and Lean-oriented thinking throughout the organization

The Successful Applicant

You should possess a degree in Supply Chain (any field) and you must have a significant years of experience in depth of process improvement experience in manufacturing and/or supply chain, including several years of experience leading and executing process improvement projects using TPS (Toyota Production System), Lean. Six Sigma and other continuous improvement principles.

Whats on Offer?

You will be in an organisation that takes pride in their excellent vision for the future. The company has a strong innovative culture and takes pride in work-life balance. High performing employees are recognised and rewarded with competitive remuneration packages, personal development awards, annual salary reviews and short-term incentive programme. Some core benefits include health and welfare insurance subsidies.