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LEAN / Continuous Improvement Leader

ID de la oferta REF38532B Fecha de publicación 12/12/2024 Location Hungría Category Operaciones / Performance Management

LEAN / Continuous Improvement Leader

Part of Veolia Group, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions brings together experienced professionals in pursuit of the same goal: to solve the toughest water, wastewater and process challenges around the globe. We’re always looking for passionate and creative people to help us in this mission!

About Us:
The Veolia Group is a global environmental services provider with 218,000 employees
across five continents. Our main areas are water, energy, and waste management.
We offer innovative solutions in the fields of decarbonization, depollution, and
resource regeneration. Our water technology division's expert team focuses on
challenges related to water scarcity, water quality, productivity, and energy. Our goal
is to create a more sustainable future.

Purpose:
As a member of the senior leadership, develop and implement Lean strategies
to improve operational efficiency, to enable improvements in customer and
business value. Champion a culture of continuous improvement.

Tasks:
- Supporting Leadership: Collaborate with senior leadership to align lean
initiatives with strategic goals and secure the necessary resources for
implementation

- Encouraging Team Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to
identify improvement opportunities and help them implement lean tools and
methodologies.
- Enabling Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous
improvement by encouraging teams to seek out and implement small,
incremental changes that lead to ongoing enhancements
- Analyzing and Making Data-Driven Decisions: Use data and metrics to analyze
performance, identify improvement opportunities, and track progress toward
lean goals.
- Change Management: Help employees embrace change by addressing
resistance, communicating the benefits of lean practices, and involving them
in the improvement process.
- Analyzing the Value Delivery Processes: Analyze the end-to-end value stream
to identify opportunities for improvement and prioritize efforts that deliver the
most significant impact.
- Driving Customer Focus: Ensure that lean efforts align with customer needs
and expectations, leading to improved product and service quality.
- Leading Training and Education Initiatives: Provide training and guidance to
employees at all levels on lean principles, tools, and techniques to build a
shared understanding and competency.
- Driving Process Improvement: Identify areas of inefficiency, waste, and
bottlenecks in processes and work with teams to streamline and improve
them.

Desired Characteristics
- Higher education degree (Masters is a plus))
- Effective communication skills in Hungarian and English with the ability to
effectively interact with all levels of the organization
- Leadership experience min. 5yrs
- Operations and lean manufacturing tools and principles
- Project Management experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Six Sigma Black Belt Certified is an advantage

What we offer:
● You will be part of a motivated, creative professional team
● Value-creating tasks and challenges at a successful and environmentally
conscious company
● Regular training and development opportunities

● Secure, stable, family-friendly workplace for the long term
● Clean and safe work environment
● Family support (e.g., back-to-school assistance, summer children's camps)
● We provide a competitive salary, company car and other benefits, including:
● Cafeteria
● Medicover private health insurance
● Life and accident insurance
● Birthday bonus
● Employee support program (e.g. legal, health, psychological counseling)
● Reward for employee referral

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal
consideration to all applications,

 

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.