Continuous Improvement Plant Leader

We are looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager in our factory in Alicante.

Aliaxis exists to bring solutions to the world's water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy. We are a global leader in high-quality piping solutions for use in building, infrastructure, industrial and agricultural applications across the globe. Over 15,000 people have selected to work for us in more than 40 countries.

Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its “Growth with Purpose” strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation that will pay off in the short term. By 2025, we will be focusing on the areas where we can create the biggest impact: on carbon reduction in our plants and on increasing the share of recycled content in our products. In conjunction, we will continue to develop more and better water solutions for society as a whole. We are looking for passionate people that want to be part of our journey and embrace the behaviors that we at Aliaxis stand for:

• We Dare to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to learn fast,
• We Care for the environment, our customers and each other,
• We Deliver by taking accountability for our decisions and actions.

Aliaxis is privately owned, with its global headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Job Purpose

• Deploy the operational excellence program plant wide and ensure that H&S is embedded in all the initiatives
• Deploy the suite of OpEx tools at plant level.
• Develop manufacturing & supply chain excellence initiatives for the site, driving the pipeline of initiatives, coordinating plant team to achieve optimum results with regards to staff, systems, equipment, machines & site operations.
• Lead, coach and develop the plant CI teams to meet the plant excellence goals & strategy.

Required Experience and Knowledge

• 3+ years of experience in operations including of successful process improvement success. 
• Solid project management experience.  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.  
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills.  
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.  
• A solid understanding and experience on Engineering, Project Management, Lean Principles, Six Sigma, Financial acumen.  
• Must be able to manage cross functionally with direct and indirect influence.
• Must be able to Coach and facilitate individually and at the team level.

Functional competencies

• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and strong personal ownership to operational performance and excellence.
• Strong project management skills.
• Effective at engaging and leading stakeholders across levels and businesses in order to realize operational excellence goals and objectives.
• Willing to travel within the Division.
• Written and spoken English at least level B2.

Key responsibilities

• Include the HSE priorities in every projects, programmes and actions
• Responsible for Supporting, executing and monitoring manufacturing excellence goals and execution plant wide to achieve performance, financial and staff development objectives.
• Facilitates, assists, and develops shop floor excellence operations and removes barriers for employees to meet measurable objectives.
• Deploy and participates in Gemba walks and coaching employees on 5S / standard work / visual management development/modification/adherence, managing for daily Improvement (M.D.I.), continuous improvement, flow, problem solving and other lean methods, techniques and processes.
• Participates in the training and development of plant employees in excellence program.
• Support planning, execution and sustainment of Kaizen and Lean manufacturing events within value stream team(s).
• Track and report program progress and communicate with plant leadership and EMEA Operational Excellence organization.
• Brings the CI methodology to shopfloor level as well as management level.
• Contribute to the effective people management and talent management (Talent Acquisition, Succession Planning, Performance Management, Development, Performance Calibration etc) for direct and indirect employees in collaboration with relevant functional stakeholders.
• Manages projects within the productivity and saving initiatives managements system to contribute to the increase of plant’s performances.
• Defines together with plant leadership and HR the required competences to execute the needed initiatives to increase the performances of the plant and defines the path to develop them.
• Defines together with the relevant plant’s stakeholders and the Operational excellence divisional leadership the needs of support by EMEA Operational Excellence organization.
• Drives the management of the divisional Operational Excellence program in coordination with the plant management and the divisional Operational Excellence organization.
• Guarantees that the defined divisional and global standards on Operational Excellence and CI are well understood and proficiently used in the related areas of the plant.
• Promotes the use in the plant of the best practices defined at divisional and global levels.

Aliaxis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer who welcomes candidates and employees from all backgrounds. We are committed to building and investing in a culture of belonging, where all our employees feel empowered, can be their true selves and are able to bring their best ideas forward and contribute to the company’s “Growth with Purpose” strategy.

For us, equity and belonging start already at the application step: whether it's offering flexibility in scheduling interviews, or ensuring a supportive and inclusive environment, we strive to remove barriers and create equal opportunities for all applicants. Should you have specific needs, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.