Continuous Improvement Manager(m/w/x)

# Continuous Improvement Manager (m/w/d) - Your Next Role? Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. As a **Continuous Improvement Manager (m/w/d)**, you will directly report to our Operational Manager, and you will join our local operations team in **Vernier** (Switzerland). You will lead the execution of Continuous Improvement programs within the site/function to embed best practices, promote a continuous improvement mindset, and refine non-value added activities. **In this exciting role you will :** * Business Alignment * Contribute to the design of site strategies and deployment plans. * Identify and measure improvement opportunities; develop action plans accordingly. * Lead or support specific business improvement projects. * Coach project teams on applying Lean and Six Sigma tools during project execution phases. * Guide implementation progress of assigned CI projects, monitoring resource plans, project team accountabilities, change requests, deadlines, milestones, change management roadmaps, communications, and manage periodic updates. * People Engagement * Support in deploying CI Awareness workshops to all teams (e.g. CI basics training). * Help everyone to share Good Practices (e.g. through active communication, newsletter). * Train, coach and inspire teams in applying relevant CI tools and methodologies for improving Processes and Asset Efficiencies. * Coach project teams in applying root cause analysis methodologies. * Capability Building * Follow up of CI capability building governance at team/shop floor level. * Develop people by delivering training and mentoring for basic CI methodologies. * Training includes: CI Basics (5S, 8Wastes, Problem Solving), Yellow, Visual Performance Management, CI Maturity Assessment. * Performance Management * Set up and help implement daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly performance management reviews at shift, department and site level including the definition of lagging and leading indicators. * Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment (CIMA). * Support the local operations teams to prepare the CIMA Assessment, and follow up with the teams based on CIMA outcome. * Follow up of Problem Solving building governance at team/shop floor level. * Support process owners on development of CI related work standards. * Help teams to apply and comply with work standards (e.g. SOPs, OPLs). * Implement KPI and BI reports for different processes. * Perform data analysis to identify opportunities for improvement. **Your success profile includes:** * Master or Engineering Degree (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial); * Lean Six Sigma Black or Master Black Belt certification; * Overall work experience of 6 to 10 years in continuous improvement in an operational environment; * Experience with BI tools and data analysis tools; * Results on leading improvement projects and coaching; * Training experience with operators, supervisors, shift leaders and departmental managers; * Fluent in French and excellent command of oral and written English; * Project & Change Management skills. **Our Benefits:** * Healthcare support * Paid time off and family leave * Retirement plan * Sport and leisure clubs * Company shop * Staff restaurant At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer. Remote working: Hybrid Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.