Continuous Improvement Lead

Company: Safran Seats

Job field: Continuous improvement

Location: Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom

Contract type: Permanent

Contract duration: Full-time

Professional status: Professional, Engineer & Manager

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, customization, quality and industrial design.

This role has responsibility for leading and coaching the organisation in driving an effective improvement journey.

• Leading project teams to deliver significant business improvements through the deployment of CI tools in line with the business Balanced Scorecard
• Work with the business leaders to undertake continual analysis of the business to expose opportunities for change and improvement
• Drive continuous improvement within the business and identify opportunities for improvement including deployment of Balanced scorecard, One Safran, Customer Improvement projects, Lean Journey & QRQC
• Drive engagement with Participative Innovation across the business
• 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
• Coach, train and mentor business in the use of CI tools
• Coach Project Sponsors and Project Leaders to enable the delivery of successful project implementation

• Lean Sigma Black Belt Certification
• Problem Solving 8D
• Training experience

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you!

Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are four People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:

• We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business
• We develop our colleagues' skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
• We create a trustworthy workplace to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
• We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues

As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you’ll receive:

• 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
• Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare
• Career Progression opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses
• Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave and flexible working
• Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement
• STEM engagement with schools, colleges and universities and Charitable activities for all

Please apply and submit your CV today! Once your CV has been reviewed, we will contact you with the next stages.

We want Safran Seats to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.

We’re committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Seats an inclusive place to work.

This role is subject to pre-employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment.

Company Information: Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense 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.