Continuous Improvement Manager

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Continuous Improvement Manager

Application Deadline: 20 December 2024

Department: Support Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Widnes

Description

Seras is on the lookout for top talent, to join our innovative and results-oriented team.

Seras is the UK's number one supplier of biomass fuel! It has long-term contracts in place to supply nearly 2 million tonnes of fuel to Energy Recovery Facilities, generating renewable energy equivalent to the annual domestic electricity needs of 2% of the UK population.

Working as a part of a winning team, we look for people who can spot the opportunity to do things better and have the ability and initiative to put excellent ideas into practice. We take pride in our dedication to delivering our best every day. We bring a can-do attitude - we just get on with it. Our culture is open and honest, agile, and flexible, and we are empowered to look for solutions and bring ideas. We are accountable, we take ownership and focus and commit to our colleagues and customers. We take care, always focus on improving, owning it together and stay connected.

What is the job?As Continuous Improvement Manager, you will drive the Projects and service delivery function forward in ensuring we constantly strive to make things better for our internal customers whilst implementing more cost effective solutions for the business by automating, deflecting, or eliminating interactions clearly demonstrating the continuous improvement principles.

Working Schedule: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical skills & knowledge
• Building strong relationships with the CEO, Board & SLT ensuring clear deliverables and transparency of challenges across functions (from a technical standpoint)
• Lead and execute programs to simplify and match the organizational systems with the importance of stakeholders.
• To remove blockers
• Accountable for shaping the organization's approach to continuous improvement through the development of a business specific CI framework, tools and methodologies
• Ensure practical application & learning is embedded across functions
• Align with wider IT strategy to ensure cohesion
• Ensure business system resiliency
• Management of external suppliers and the exploration of new developments from those sources
• Drive team continuous learning cycle

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Previous experience with the SDLC

Desirable

• 5+ years Project Management
• APM Qualification

Why work for us?

We have a wide variety of additional benefits including but not exclusively:

• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Access to wide variety of e-learning development and coaching and support plus annual appraisal and personal development plan
• Access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• An engaging People Forum
• Benefits portal with access to many high street discounts
• Life Assurance
• Employee Referral Scheme up to GBP 150

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Seras reserves the right to withdraw this advert following sufficient applications.

No Agencies please.