Continuous Improvement Leader - Cwmbran, United Kingdom - Safran

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Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology.

Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customisation, quality and industrial design.


At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers.

One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world


In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.


As Continuous Improvement Leader, you will have responsibility for leading and coaching the organisation in driving an effective improvement journey.

The role will require you to lead teams and engage business leaders in analysing performance, determining processes and tools to improve and drive the
projects and governance to implement improvements. You will be a

change agent with the courage to champion improvement within the business with the ability to motivate others to achieve results.

Key Responsibilities & Duties;
Leading project teams to deliver significant business improvements through the
deployment of CI tools
Work with the business leaders to undertake continual analysis of the business to
expose opportunities for change and improvement
Analyse and monitor financial and customer benefits throughout the life of the
improvement project
Champion and share the use of best practice methods for improvements
across the business and provide evidence of real change implementation
Working with the Director of Continuous Improvement to determine the tools
required and scope of Continuous Improvement Training across the
business
Working with the Director of Continuous Improvement - creating, organizing and
delivering training to the targeted scope
Able to lead teams in analysing data and determining the key activities that will
reduce the defects or increase flow
Use of Value-Stream Mapping to determine production bottle necks and leading
the team to address the issues found
Able to communicate the progress to both internal and external customers and
influence the leadership team to ensure support to drive workstreams to closure
Manage stakeholders across the leadership team and wider business to coach,
support and deliver the improvement programmes to plan or escalate as required


Complementary description:

Our in-house design studio co-creates the most innovative experiences in the sky with our airline customers and partners.

Our dedicated engineering, production and in-service support facilities are integral to delivering a high-end quality product that we keep flying throughout the life of programme.

We are fully supported by a wide team of support functions, from HR to Finance, to Business Development and Planning and Logistics, our team is built to give Safran Seats an end-to-end capability in house in the UK.


We focus on:
Our people

These are our four People Fundamentals that underpin everything we do at Safran:

  • We believe in and fostering the conditions for diversity and inclusion to thrive
  • We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
  • We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
  • We encourage collaboration and mutual support between you and your colleagues
So you'll be supported every step of the way

Sustainability


Our people are at the heart of our success, as we work together to achieve our mission: contributing to a safer and more sustainable aviation.

We are tackling the biggest challenges in aerospace, with a commitment to work to decarbonise the industry by 2050.

Global Mobility


As part of the Safran Group, across our businesses we are market leaders in aerospace, defence and space; there is always potential for future mobility in the UK and internationally.


Job requirements:

A wide-ranging knowledge and experience of problem solving six-sigma methodologies
Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
Black Belt qualification
Proven leadership in driving improvement projects across a business
Training experience


Specificity of the job:

There is no regular travel required with this role

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defence and space markets.

Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible.

Safran has a global presence, with 83,000 employees and sales of 19 billi
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