Continuous Improvement Manager, Ashbourne

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Client: Location: Ashbourne, Ireland Job Category: Other EU work permit required: Yes Job Reference: 16994c1d2b63 Job Views: 6 Posted: 23.01.2025 Expiry Date: 09.03.2025 Job Description: What Do We Want The primary objective of the Continuous Improvement Manager role is to drive operational excellence by analysing and optimising business processes, implementing Lean principles, onboarding system upgrades, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This position will play a critical role in reducing inefficiencies, improving service quality, driving cost reduction, and aligning operations with our customers' strategic operational and transport goals. You will analyse current practices, identify and develop business process improvements, as well as implement changes in workflows to drive continuous performance. What Will Your Day To Day Look Like Analysing company processes and procedures and developing process enhancement strategies to build a continuous improvement environment. Leading the delivery of better value, reducing cost to serve, and increasing operational efficiencies through the identification and elimination of unnecessary complexity within business processes. Taking ownership of change initiatives from evolution/efficiency identification through to project delivery via internal governance and controls. Identifying and delivering service improvement activity across the business through employing process improvement methodologies. Working with internal and external key business stakeholders to lead and facilitate process improvement workshops and projects. Identifying trends and process variations as part of establishing a continuous improvement and compliance auditing system. Ensuring business impact and project objectives are identified, reported on, and managed at all times. Assisting in the development and implementation of a 'best-in-class' continuous improvement and compliance strategy. Working with team members and business services departments to revise processes. Completing post-implementation reviews to ensure successful delivery. What Skills You Need for This Role Minimum 3-5 years proven continuous improvement analytical experience from a similar role, preferably within a logistics environment. Project Management background. A sharp eye for identifying weak points in processes and organizational structures. An analytical mindset with excellent communication and presentation skills. A thorough understanding of the latest process enhancement strategies. Dynamic thinking and problem-solving abilities. Leadership and mentoring skills. Who We Are We are the largest independent Irish provider of Logistics, and Sales and Marketing. Our company values represent all our combined views and feelings about who we are and our culture here at Primeline. Our values are Respect, Excellence, Courage, Teamwork, and Results, and these values determine how we behave when doing our job, working with our teams, and when dealing with our many customers and principles. What We Do We move 1 million boxes per week, have over 1 million square feet of warehousing, and employ over 1000 direct employees across the Primeline Group. We operate across many industries including FMCG, retail, pharmacy, media, automotive, print, ambient food, and technology, providing cutting-edge supply chain solutions to companies operating in Ireland. We proudly service over 4500 retailers. Where We Are Going We continue to develop our leadership teams to ensure that Primeline remains a place where people want to come to work every day and where they can learn and strive towards their future goals. We will continue to create an environment where people can be at their best while retaining our current customer blue-chip companies and multinational brands. #J-18808-Ljbffr