Continuous Improvement Leader (H/F) (M/F)

Safran est un groupe international de haute technologie opérant dans les domaines de l'aéronautique (propulsion, équipements et intérieurs), de l'espace et de la défense. Sa mission : contribuer durablement à un monde plus sûr, où le transport aérien devient toujours plus respectueux de l'environnement, plus confortable et plus accessible. Implanté sur tous les continents, le Groupe emploie 83 000 collaborateurs pour un chiffre d'affaires de 19,0 milliards d'euros en 2022, et occupe, seul ou en partenariat, des positions de premier plan mondial ou européen sur ses marchés. Safran s'engage dans des programmes de recherche et développement qui préservent les priorités environnementales de sa feuille de route d'innovation technologique.



Safran est dans le top 30 des meilleurs employeurs mondiaux 2022 selon le magazine Forbes.



Safran Seats est un des leaders mondiaux des sièges d'avions, pour équipages et passagers. 1 million de sièges fabriqués par Safran Seats sont actuellement en service dans les flottes aériennes mondiales.

Mission description

Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design.



At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!



In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.



The purpose of this role is to have responsibility for leading and coaching the organisation in driving an effective

improvement journey



Key Responsibilities will include:

- Leading project teams to deliver significant business improvements through the deployment of CI tools in line with the business Balanced Scorecard

- Work with the business leaders to undertake continual analysis of the business to expose opportunities for change and improvement

- Drive continuous improvement within the business and identify opportunities for improvement including deployment of Balanced scorecard, One Safran, Customer Improvement projects. Lean Journey & QRQC

- Drive engagement with Participative Innovation across the business

- Analyse and monitor financial and customer benefits throughout the life of the improvement project

- Champion and share the use of best practice methods for improvements across the business and provide evidence of real change implementation

- Working with the Director of Continuous Improvement to determine the tools required and scope of Continuous Improvement Training across the business.

- Working with the Director of Continuous Improvement - creating, organizing and delivering training to the targeted scope.

- Coach, train and mentor business in the use of CI tools

- Coach Project Sponsors and Project Leaders to enable the delivery of successful project implementation

- Able to lead teams in analysing data and determining the key activities that will reduce the defects or increase flow.

- Use of Value-Stream Mapping to determine production bottle necks and leading the team to address the issues found.