innocent drinks - Operational Excellence Expert

We have recently built and commissioned our very own manufacturing plant called ‘the blender’, and we’re looking for an Operational Excellence Expert in the field of continuous improvement to help driving the development and implementation of lean-driven Operational Excellence strategies. In this role, you will have the opportunity to create impact by helping to build an OE culture and capabilities within the blender, including mindsets and behaviours. You will also have the opportunity of leading your own improvement projects with significant impact on cost efficiency, setting up our very own OE Academy enabling us to train capabilities of tech enabled OE and supporting to land projects with connection to the digital strategy.

The successful candidate will be a strategic and hands-on professional, a change agent with proven ability to coach others on our journey to Operational Excellence, build strategic partnerships, and build and deliver effective training programs. If you are passionate about continuous improvement and ready to inspire and be inspired, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey to help driving the cultural transition to Operational Excellence through the principles of lean manufacturing and digital transformation.

Great salary (CLA scale 10) up to € 6,396 a month
25 holidays and 13 ADV days
Great team atmosphere and company culture
Opportunity to create impact by helping to build an operational excellence culture by influencing mindset and behaviour
The chance of leading your own improvement projects
The chance to help shaping our very own operational excellence academy
Further develop our highly automated environment by translating shopfloor needs to digital solutions to boost operational performance
Partnering with loads of brilliant people in our shiny new factory

You’ll have:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Operations, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering

• Black belt qualification in Lean and/or Six Sigma

• 3+ years of experience in continuous improvement in a food and/or manufacturing environment

• Proven Project Management capabilities

• Demonstrated experience in coaching and mentoring others, in a people-focused, team-based environment

• Strong demonstrated experience in change management

• Result-driven, with the ability to be pragmatic in execution of projects and conceptual thinking

• Proficient in Dutch and English (verbal and written)

And also:

• Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management (from senior management to shopfloor)

• Excellent analytical capabilities

• Digitally savvy / aptitude for quickly learning new digital systems

• You have a great drive and are enthusiastic

• Ability to influence / create impact

• Creative thinker with positive attitude