Contract Continuous Improvement Manager

Are you a Continuous Improvement professional ready for that next challenge?

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a Continuous Improvement Manager to join our team, supporting our customer, Sainsbury’s. Being based out of one of our operations (Northampton, Bristol, Dartford, Sherburn in Elmet or East Kilbride) and regular travel to the other locations, you will lead initiatives that will enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs and improve service levels across our warehouse operations, while analysing and evaluating network wide activity to recommend and implement changes where necessary.

This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday to Friday, 08:00 till 16:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £55,000.00 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £450.00 per calendar month, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead and coordinate a wide variety of identified and approved initiatives and projects designed to improve processes and performance in all areas of the business and site but with a major focus on operations
• Develop a collaborative relationship with senior leadership teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and development plans
• To develop activities and efficient layouts for processes and equipment, and to actively identify improvements within the DC operations through effective end to end analysis
• Support in the development of a Continuous Improvement Culture where staff are able to identify and deliver their own improvements. - Create a team of “CI Leads” who will support the business in creating this CI culture

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Significant expertise in WMS along with advance proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent understanding of continuous improvement concepts including Six Sigma, Lean, Value stream mapping and use of associated tools
• Prior experience with Tableau or other data visualisation tools will be advantageous

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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