CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER H/F

Job description

Company:
Founded in 1853, Lesaffre is an independent, family-owned group based in France, and a leading global provider of baker’s yeast and yeast extract products.
It employs over 9 500 persons on five continents and markets bakery, taste improvement, health and nutrition, fermentation and brewery products and services.
Missions:
The VIE will work in collaboration with the supervisors & packaging manager. Together with them he/she will be responsible for our LEAN
- & OEE-project.
After a short training period, to know and to understand the packaging processes, the VIE will be responsible for continuous improvement & efficiencies for our fresh yeast packaging department’s products, systems, operations & processes.
General tasks:
- Develop, deliver and support delivery of business improvement change initiatives. Develop and contribute towards improvement standards in line with best practice
- Provide expertise, professional advice and guidance to the business in business improvement, drawing from proven industry practice and methodologies
- Report on progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success
- Define, develop and publish business improvement process documentation to reflect best practice
- Undertake business process analysis, statistical analysis for improvement projects and to support wider change
- Lead, define and develop continuous improvement activities designed to improve performance, such as the planning and running of lean events
- Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions
- Produce written reports and make presentations
- Undertake continuous training and development
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
- Ensure an effective interface with other departmental staff (maintenance, QA, QC, …) is maintained
Profile:
- Proficiency in English is a must
- Motivated, positive and energetic
- Ability to prioritize and organize tasks, to suggest improvements
- Diplomatic, open-minded and autonomous
- Anticipates and overcomes obstacles
- Makes useful links to arrive at insightful plans and solutions
- Embraces personal challenge
- Confident, resilient, optimistic and open to change
- A self-starter, motivated and able to positively motivate others
- Focused and target driven with a positive, can-do attitude
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Excellent organizational and follow-up skills
- Commercially and financially aware