Average Improvement Manager salary in the UK

Your new company One of the UK's leading global manufacturers is seeking a Business Improvement Consultant. Our client boasts an extensive network of production facilities, distribution centers, and retail stores, ensuring the dependable delivery of equipment worldwide. Joining this company means becoming part of an organization that prioritizes innovation, safety, and sustainability. Employees are supported in their professional growth and skill development within a collaborative environment that promotes continuous improvement. Their dedication to excellence and significant impact on essential industries make it an exciting and fulfilling place to advance your career.Your new role Join a thriving business and play a key role in driving productivity improvements within your function or business unit. You'll identify, develop, and deliver a continuous stream of productivity enhancements to meet ambitious targets and strategic goals.Partnering with your function or business units, you'll support strategic activities shaping the future of the business. You'll implement projects to achieve productivity targets and broader company objectives, conducting thorough investigations to identify opportunities and address inefficiencies.Facilitate idea and innovation events to drive organizational change and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Regularly review project portfolios to measure progress, align priorities, and ensure effective results.As a project consultant and sponsor, you'll identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring high-quality execution. Coach project managers and leads in planning and presenting high-impact projects to senior management.Own high-impact projects and programs, especially cross-functional or strategic initiatives, working closely with the productivity development manager to embed a culture of continuous improvement.Support the development of a Continuous Improvement culture in the UK and Ireland by teaching, writing articles, presenting webinars, and interacting with global groups.This is a unique opportunity to significantly impact the business's productivity and strategic goals. Join us and be part of our journey towards excellence.What you'll need to succeed Strong financial and analytical skills: Ability to interpret data to make informed conclusions and experience in building business and investment cases.Experience in Six Sigma and/or LEAN methodologies: A Green Belt Certification is required, and a Black Belt Certification is preferred, demonstrating your expertise in these areas.Excellent project management skills: Ideally, you will have certifications such as Six Sigma or Scrum Master, which will support your ability to manage projects effectively.Strategic thinking: Ability to identify opportunities for productivity enhancements and develop effective action plans to address them.Strong communication and influencing skills: Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.Passion for working with and influencing others: Proven track record in managing change.Comfort with agile working: Ability to operate with a level of uncertainty and adapt to changing circumstances to drive continuous improvement.Integrity and role modeling: Behaviors that align with creating an inclusive workplace to foster a positive and productive work environment. What you'll get in return Fast-paced work environment, open and supportive people cultureHybrid work system, only 2-3 days onsite Strong career progression opportunities and succession planningSalary c. £55,000-£70,000, Car Allowance + Excellent BenefitsWhat you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Process Simplification & Automation Architect - Contract Role My client, a leading energy firm to find an experienced Process Simplification & Automation Architect for a 9-month contract role. This role offers the opportunity to drive process simplification, efficiency improvements, and innovation across multiple business units. Responsibilities: Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to define and execute the strategy for process simplification and efficiency improvements.Build relationships with senior business unit stakeholders to ensure technology alignment and support business transformation.Develop roadmaps to support decision-making and identify risks in architectural decisions.Influence business change programmes and ensure they align with global strategies. Roadmap Development and Execution: Collaborate with Engineering & Automation teams to develop and execute the process simplification and automation roadmap.Provide strategic guidance on technology solutions, ensuring they align with organisational strategies.Develop and manage Business Unit Technology Roadmaps and ensure adoption of emerging technologies.Lead relationships with strategic partners and oversee platforms within reference architecture. Delivery: Design and implement the automation roadmap for back-office processes, ensuring business value is prioritised.Ensure the security and compliance of data processing and automation with established standards and policies. Innovation and Emerging Technologies: Keep up-to-date with emerging technologies and assess their impact on the business.Provide thought leadership and guidance on technology adoption and drive innovation.Contribute to the Innovation Community of Practice through input on Business Unit opportunities. Governance and Compliance: Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and security policies across projects.Refine and enforce architectural governance processes to ensure consistency across all platforms. Skills & Experience: Proven experience in process simplification, automation, and architecture design.Strong ability to develop and execute technology roadmaps, engaging with senior stakeholders across business units.Expertise in emerging technologies and evaluating their feasibility for adoption.Solid experience in ensuring compliance with industry standards and security policies.Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to foster a collaborative team environment.Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence business change strategies Please apply with your updated CV if you're interested in the role, or contact us for more information

Improvement Technician Skills Coach - Lean and Six Sigma experience Based anywhere in the UK, national role, mainly remote with some travel (no more than 2 hours commute when going out to learners) Permanent Full Time Monday to Friday to £35k plus 25 days holiday, pension, CPD, support, mileage and expenses - 60% of the role is remote with the other 40% out with learners/employers Our client is a leading national training provider delivering Apprenticeship programmes throughout the UK. As an OFTSED Grade 2 'Good’ provider, they specialise in Apprenticeship training across a diverse range of Professional Services and Supply Chain & Logistics sectors including Leadership, Management, Freight Forwarding, and Customer Service. The primary task within the role of Improvement Practitioner/Technician Skills Coach is to support and educate learners working towards core Apprenticeship standard qualifications in their journey to a successful end point assessment. The Improvement Practitioner standard course - Teaching across the following programs; Improvement Practitioner and Technician Level 4 - We will need you to have had Six Sigma and Lean experience. Key Skills: Apprentices will develop skills in areas such as: Identifying opportunities and delivering improvements. Data analysis and statistical methods. Process capability and performance analysis. Root cause analysis. Experimentation and optimization. Key Responsibilities & Objectives: Achieving minimum 88% end-point assessment, leading to a minimum 88% success rate on the Apprenticeship StandardCoach apprentices in business skills by guiding, supporting, providing accountability and encouragementExperience in delivering Lean Six Sigma methodologies, quality improvement and project management trainingDelivering Improvement technician/practitioner apprenticeship standards.Visiting apprentices in the workplace, providing coaching and assessmentSupporting apprentices remotely to provide coaching and assessment via virtual learning platformEstablish positive working relationships with clientsTo facilitate the enhancement of work performance, self-directed learning and personal developmentPrepare, agree and review apprenticeship learning plansChallenge and develop apprentice’s skills and abilities to enable them to achieve the best performance resultsTracking and reporting progress of planned learning to achieve end-point assessmentBe quick to problem solve and produce solutions to any learning or development barriers to apprentice’sProviding observational and specific feedback, encouraging the apprentice to self-assess their performance and readiness for achievementEnsure best practices and be aware of Health and Safety; Safeguarding; Prevent and related acts. To apply for the role of Business Improvement Technician Skills Coach national role please email your cv to Tina Lacey Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to the skills, training and welfare to work/employability sectors nationally. We are committed to giving full free pre-interview advice and guidance right throughout the interview process.