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Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist bei Protolabs

Protolabs · Telford, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid

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Be yourself at Protolabs 
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace.  So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply!  You can help make our company even better.  We do not discriminate based on race, colour, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself.  We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams. 

Why Protolabs? 
We are the leaders in digital manufacturing.  We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit.  Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds.  We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do.  It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home. 

For our office in Telford, we are looking for a Senior Continious Improvement Specialist in full-time to lead and mentor Process Improvement projects


What you'll do:
  • Passionately drive ProtoExcellence visibility and awareness across the business.
  • Lead and mentor Process Improvement projects as assigned throughout various functions. Working with cross functional teams and key stakeholders to better serve the customer.
  • Facilitate Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen Events.
  • Build and maintain key relationships with leaders and process players throughout the organization.
  • Gain stakeholder alignment and commitment throughout the project lifecycle. Identify and execute a sustainment strategy as part of the project implementation.
  • Serve as a catalyst for a ProtoExcellence culture of continuous improvement through the use of Lean philosophies and practices, as well as change management and project management approaches.
  • Train, coach and mentor others in ProtoExcellence methodologies. Including flow creation, visual management, root cause analysis, problem solving, actions to prevent recurrence, standard work and follow-up. Viewed as an expert in these areas and conveys knowledge and confidence when engaging others.
  • Share best practices and build relationships with ProtoExcellece resources at all facilities.
  • Utilize data driven, fact based analytics to perform these services as needed across all functional areas to solve problems and replicate successful solutions.


    • What you'll bring:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
  • 5+ years of relevant professional continuous improvement experience.
  • Extensive knowledge & experience working with Lean continuous improvement and problem-solving tools and techniques.
  • Experience facilitating Kaizen Events
  • Lean Certification (Lean, BB, MBB)
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams
  • Deep understanding of Lean/Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving methodologies and ability to teach and model them.
  • Have strong bias for action, while proving the ability to inspire others.
  • Driven self-starter, motivated by helping others to achieve deliverables.
  • Ability to adapt style to coach and mentor a wide variety of individuals and further develop teams.
  • Ability to understand and constructively challenge current practice in the search for continuous improvement.
  • Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative, attention to detail, and follow thorough.
  • Proficient with applying statistical tools to data analysis
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment
  • Strong written and oral communication skills: able to communicate complex information to all levels of the organization, and able to prepare data to be presented 
  • Positive change agent


    • What's in it for you:
  • Growth-oriented company with a focus on your development journey through regular feedback and discussions
  • Open and welcoming corporate culture globally
  • Extensive e-learning platform with 300+ training courses and on-site sessions, including internal leadership training
  • Onsite car parking, bicycle storage, and convenient public transport links
  • Newly built canteen with free hot drinks
  • Employee Discount scheme with savings across thousands of UK retailers
  • Employee wellbeing culture with mental health support, wellbeing portal, and psychologist assistance
  • Monetary-based Reward Schemes for recognition, referrals, anniversaries, and life events
  • 37.5 hours per week, permanent contract
  • 25 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays, increasing with length of service.
  • Life insurance policy for eligible employees – 4 x base salary


    • What to expect in the hiring process

    Alignment call
    Kick-off with an initial screening with one Talent Acquisition Partners, not really an interview, but the chance to learn more about how we do things, our process and a chance for you to ask all the things you want to know

    Interview
    A deeper dive into the role, what we're looking for the hiring manager and you to get to know one another

    Further interviews
    We always try to streamline our recruitment process as much as possible but may sometimes need to carry out further interviews. This may be to meet other members of the team or more senior employees. It may also be an opportunity to see the site or working area
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