Continuous Improvement Manager (m/w/d) - Your Next Role?

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

As a Continuous Improvement Manager (m/w/d), you will directly report to our Operational Manager, and you will join our local operations team in Vernier (Switzerland).

You will lead the execution of Continuous Improvement programs within the site/function to embed best practices, promote a continuous improvement mindset, and refine non-value added activities.

In this exciting role you will :

• Business Alignment
• Contribute to the design of site strategies and deployment plans.
• Identify and measure improvement opportunities; develop action plans accordingly.
• Lead or support specific business improvement projects.
• Coach project teams on applying Lean and Six Sigma tools during project execution phases.
• Guide implementation progress of assigned CI projects, monitoring resource plans, project team accountabilities, change requests, deadlines, milestones, change management roadmaps, communications, and manage periodic updates.
• People Engagement
• Support in deploying CI Awareness workshops to all teams (e.g. CI basics training).
• Help everyone to share Good Practices (e.g. through active communication, newsletter).
• Train, coach and inspire teams in applying relevant CI tools and methodologies for improving Processes and Asset Efficiencies.
• Coach project teams in applying root cause analysis methodologies.
• Capability Building
• Follow up of CI capability building governance at team/shop floor level.
• Develop people by delivering training and mentoring for basic CI methodologies.
• Training includes: CI Basics (5S, 8Wastes, Problem Solving), Yellow, Visual Performance Management, CI Maturity Assessment.
• Performance Management
• Set up and help implement daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly performance management reviews at shift, department and site level including the definition of lagging and leading indicators.
• Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment (CIMA).
• Support the local operations teams to prepare the CIMA Assessment, and follow up with the teams based on CIMA outcome.
• Follow up of Problem Solving building governance at team/shop floor level.
• Support process owners on development of CI related work standards.
• Help teams to apply and comply with work standards (e.g. SOPs, OPLs).
• Implement KPI and BI reports for different processes.
• Perform data analysis to identify opportunities for improvement.

Your success profile includes:

• Master or Engineering Degree (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial);
• Lean Six Sigma Black or Master Black Belt certification;
• Overall work experience of 6 to 10 years in continuous improvement in an operational environment;
• Experience with BI tools and data analysis tools;
• Results on leading improvement projects and coaching;
• Training experience with operators, supervisors, shift leaders and departmental managers;
• Fluent in French and excellent command of oral and written English;
• Project & Change Management skills.

Due to its activities, Givaudan is subject to the regulations of the OFAC (Office Fédéral de l'Aviation Civile). Please note that later in the recruitment process you will be asked to provide a criminal record.

Our Benefits:

• Healthcare support
• Paid time off and family leave
• Retirement plan
• Sport and leisure clubs
• Company shop
• Staff restaurant

Are you interested in this exciting challenge? We are looking forward to receiving your application! Please make sure you enclose your CV, Cover Letter, Diplomas and Work Certificates.

Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.