Ref:ROXUK00175 - Continuous Improvement Lead (24 month fixed-term)

24-month fixed term contract

Reporting to:

Head of Business Improvement and Quality

Location:

Holidays:

25 + statutory days per annum pro-rata

Salary and Additional Benefits:

Salary Band: £29,848 to £52,234 Additional Benefits: Success Sharing Bonus Scheme, Contributory pension, on-site parking, Subsidised canteen, Occupational sick pay, Professional membership, Perkbox, Income Protection, Death in service, HealthShield, Sell and Buy Holiday, Cycle to Work Scheme, Workwear

Hours of Work:

08.00-16.30 Monday to Thursday and 08.00-13.00 Friday

Homeworking:

The role is not eligible for Hybrid Working

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £250M and nearly 1000 staff, with 300 in the UK.

Working within the Business Improvement Team, this role has responsibility for leading and driving continuous improvement activities across the business. This role will require involvement with all areas of the Business and provide support and facilitation to improvement activities as well as leading their own projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute high-impact Lean Six Sigma projects, leveraging data-driven methodologies and project management tools to deliver measurable business improvements
• Pipeline development: identify and quantify growth opportunities through statistical analysis and waste elimination, actively steering the strategic prioritisation process
• Stakeholder management: secure executive sponsorship and cross-functional alignment to ensure the successful delivery of business-critical initiatives
• Risk Mitigation: proactively manage project risks and issues, implementing rapid resolutions and maintaining clear escalation paths for major blockers
• Performance tracking: design and deploy KPI-driven monitoring systems to track project sustainability and ROI
• Continuous improvement culture: partner with business areas to develop data-gathering frameworks that identify and rank long-term improvement opportunities

Experience and Background

• Certified lean Six Sigma Black Belt with a proven track record of spearheading high-impact operational excellence and business improvement initiatives
• At least 2 or more years of continuous improvement experience in a management/leadership role, preferably in a production-orientated environment
• Accomplished in engaging and influencing senior executive stakeholders, aligning diverse interests with overarching corporate goals
• Skilled at building and leading high-performing, cross-functional teams to deliver complex, multi-layered projects
• Industry compliance deep expertise in industry standards and quality management systems, with a particular focus on EN9100 requirements
• Stakeholder partnerships: excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to foster trust and maintain collaborative relationships across all organisational levels
• Technical proficiency: advanced IT capabilities, including the expert use of Microsoft 365 tools and data analysis tools to drive informed decision-making
• A proactive and analytical troubleshooter with a methodical approach to resolving complex operational challenges
• Autonomous professionalism: a confident, self-directed individual capable of managing high-pressure environments with integrity and minimal supervision

Person Specification

• Must have strong communication skills and to be able to communicate at all levels.
• Proven capability to lead dynamic, multi-functional teams across a complex manufacturing environment
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders and customers to gain buy-in to change and improvement activities
• Ideally candidates will come from an Engineering/Manufacturing background
• Must be innovative and highly motivated and ready to drive change throughout the organisation
• Computer literate with sound knowledge of MS Office Word / Excel / PowerPoint etc