Business Improvement Practitioner

Ref 10720
Application Status Closed
Closing Date
Contract FULL TIME
Starting Salary 59000
Benefits Plus company performance and personal bonus
Location Pelham House
Head Office Town Calderbridge
Head Office Postcode CA20 1DP
Country UK

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Roles and Responsibilities
  • Act as an internal, cross-functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Business Improvements
  • Collaborate with the business to raise awareness of Business Improvement tools and techniques, supporting the development of self-sustaining improvement capability though delivery of training, coaching and mentoring
  • Engage with stakeholders to establish Business Improvement maturity baseline
  • Support the identification and prioritisation of improvement activities
  • Lead and facilitate complex improvement activities, identifying performance gaps and sustainable counter measures

Additional Responsibilities

  • Represent the team at relevant internal and external forums and meetings
  • Deputise for the Business Improvement Lead as appropriate to ensure the Business Improvement Team are appropriately represented
  • Maintain the Business Improvement Capability SharePoint Page
  • Conduct benchmarking to identify industry best practice, seeks and shares and implements Learning from Experience (LFE) across the business to support continuous improvement
Experience Required
  • A high level understanding the Lean Principles
  • A questioning attitude with a proven ability to problem solve
  • A strong desire to drive improvements within their teams / departments
  • Proven ability to demonstrate the influence the need for change
  • Good IT proficiency, including use of Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Proven ability to communicate with employees at all levels of the organisation
  • Excellent organisation and planning skills

Essential:

  • Demonstrable evidence of personal commitment to identifying performance gaps and implementing improvements
  • Significant experience of leading and facilitating improvements activities
  • Experience in supporting and delivering Business Improvement Training
  • Confidence to provide 1-1 coaching and mentoring of Business Improvement Tools and Techniques
  • Certified at Level 1b of the Lean Competency System (LCS)
  • Certified Lean Competency (LCS) Trainer
  • Certified Facilitator
  • The flexibility to travel in line with business needs

Desirable:

  • Certified at Level 1c of the Lean Competency System (LCS)
  • Certified Project Manager (Level D)
  • Certified Change Management Practitioner
  • Certified Manging Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner
  • Member of relevant Professional Body
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