Continuous Improvement Manager

To be successful in this position you should:
*Hold a University Degree in Chemical/Mechanical and have g ood overall knowledge of technology and chemistry
*Have several years of relevant experience from the industry, including production, maintenance and QHSE&S
*Experience from a managerial position, or interest in developing own leadership capabilities
*Strong analysis and problem-solving skills, able to identify and structure issues, run accurate (also statistical) analyses and synthesize recommendations

We believe that you have experience of responsibilities regarding personnel and have knowledge of processoriented ways of working. You’ve got the ability and interest to coach, lead and teach colleagues. As a person you’re humble, structured and a judge of character. You are a good communicator, verbal as written in both the Swedish and English language We at Nouryon are looking for new motivated people to our site in Kumla, including an Continuous improvement manager.

Now you have the unique opportunity to become part of a family atmosphere but with an international spirit! At our site in Kumla, 40 people works, belonging to Nouryon, a world-leading company in the chemical industry, formerly known as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals. We have about 10000 employees in the world, of whom around 2000 work in Sweden.

At our site in Kumla, we invest more than 10 million euro to expand our production capacity for micronutrients, which are used as essential ingredients in the global agricultural market. Demand for our products is increasing rapidly and this expansion ensures that we can meet our customers' demands in the future. Therefore, we are also growing in staff and looking for you! Do you want to be part of our business for a world-leading industry?

Main duties and responsibilities
*Support and challenge the workforce and local MT in direction setting, prioritization (timing, resources, and sequence of actions) and implementation of improvement activities to best achieve the targets for the key performance indicators of the yearly site improvement plan. This includes the organizational and strategic deployment throughout the site
*Identify, validate, initiate and drive new improvement opportunities and promote the passion for excellence and delivering on commitments values
*Manage the improvement project funnel including scoping, project assignment, resource planning, tracking of progress and benefits and controlling sustainability of outcomes
*Run own improvement projects delivering value to the organization
*Help the site to define Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
*Train employees in the meaning of continuous improvement and explain different KPIs
*See to that the site’s personnel are informed regularly about the improvements done
*Develop a strategy for visual systems and transfer of best practices within the site
Branscher världen över är beroende av vår viktiga kemi inom tillverkningen av vardagliga produkter som papper, plast, byggmaterial och personliga hygienartiklar. Med utgångspunkt i våra anställdas engagemang och vårt gemensamma engagemang för säkerhet, hållbarhet och öppen innovation har vi etablerat en världsklass verksamhet och byggt starka partnerskap med våra kunder. Vi arbetar i över 80 länder runt om i världen och vår portfölj av branschledande varumärken inkluderar Eka, Dissolvine, Trigonox och Berol.

I Kumla producerar vi kelatbildare och mikronäringsämnen med järn, som ges till skördar på jordar med höga pH-värden. Vi producerar två typer av kemikalier, dels kelatbildare, som framför allt säljs till massaindustrin, och dels mikronäringsämnen, som säljs över hela världen. På båda produkterna är vi den största producenten i världen.

Här kan du se mer om oss:
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