We are offering a Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist position within our contract logistics team, in Kontich. If you want to contribute to Continuous Improvement in one of the most successful logistics organizations, this is a great opportunity to join our Production System team!

Your Role

As Continuous Improvement Senior Specialist your responsibility is to implement the internal continuous improvement strategy of the sites in alignment with the local management teams.

Your Responsibilities

• Bring Improvement technics to Life: implement and keep up continuous improvement techniques like SQCDEP boards, 5S, Process control boards, VSM and more.

• Be the Coach: train and support our team members in using these techniques. You don't need to be a drill sergeant, just someone ready to share knowledge and experience.

• Project Collaboration: work on impactful projects with colleagues from different teams. Let's make our workplace and processes even better together.

• Encourage Improvement Culture: help create a culture where everyone is part of making things better every day. No need for a cape, just a passion for improvement.

• Support the management: use your influencing skills to help management team get on the improvement train, developing knowledge in Lean Thinking and Production System.

• Lead and deliver LSS Green Belts projects, coach others on their DMAIC and make sure our improvements show up on the P&L. Don't worry, we'll teach you the finance lingo.

• Customer value drivers: find and suggest ways to make our customers' satisfaction even better. #LI-AM4You eagerly tackle basics like 5S and Team Boards while also taking charge of complex projects.

Your Skills and Experiences

• 3 to 5 years experience in an operational role, preferably within supply chain environment.

• Been Around the Block: worked in fast paced operations for several years, maybe in supply chain? We'd love to hear about your experiences. Experience in retail? Even better!

• Knowledge & practice in Lean Six Sigma: played around with Lean Six Sigma Tools, continuous improvements and project management? Maybe you're not an expert in every tool yet, but you have proven experience in implementing lean tools and projects implementation.

• Practical coaching : you excel in employing a balanced approach that emphasizes understanding the 'why' through a soft, empathetic demeanor. Simultaneously, you demonstrate a resolute stance when holding stakeholders accountable for their commitments, fostering a structured and accountable work environment. We need someone who can chat with people from all levels and loves coaching and sharing knowledge.

• Think and Do: you are analytical, but you are not stuck in your head. You like to get hands-on and make things happen.

• Fluent in Dutch and English: communication is key, so if you can speak both, you're golden.

Good Reasons to Join

We offer you a challenging position in a vibrant work environment where development and progress are a priority. Additional to opportunities for professional learning, you will learn to work with cutting-edge IT systems. You will join an ambitious and dynamic team, within a pleasant and casual working climate. You start with an open-ended contract at a competitive salary, complemented with meal vouchers, hospitalization and group insurance.

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