Job Title: Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead (FI Lead) H/F/X
Segment: Royal Canin
Location: Cambrai, France
Contract type: Permanent | Full-time | Onsite
The Site Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead (FI Lead) drives the deployment and sustainability of the site's operational excellence framework, building a culture of continuous improvement and high performance across the manufacturing site. The role develops problem-solving capabilities, strengthens performance management practices, and promotes the adoption of continuous improvement methodologies throughout the organization.
In parallel, the position leads the site's productivity and cost optimization program, ensuring a robust pipeline of improvement initiatives and effective governance processes to deliver annual savings and competitiveness objectives.
What are we looking for?
- University degree in Industrial Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing in roles such as Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Excellence, Operational Excellence, or Productivity Improvement.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Fluent in French and English.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Champion Safety, Quality, Food Safety, and Sustainability objectives by ensuring all improvement initiatives align with company standards and site priorities.
- Lead the deployment, governance, and continuous enhancement of the site's operational excellence and continuous improvement systems, driving capability building, loss elimination, structured problem solving, and performance management.
- Act as a visible Operational Excellence champion, coaching teams and supporting the integration of continuous improvement practices into daily operations.
- Lead the site's productivity and cost optimization program, developing and maintaining a robust multi-year pipeline of improvement initiatives to deliver annual savings and business performance targets.
- Facilitate loss analysis and prioritize improvement opportunities using data-driven methodologies, ensuring the sustainable elimination of chronic losses and performance gaps.
- Lead and manage cross-functional improvement projects focused on productivity, waste reduction, cost savings, operational efficiency, and overall business performance enhancement.
- Facilitate improvement workshops, project reviews, and governance meetings to ensure a healthy pipeline of initiatives and effective execution of the improvement roadmap.
- Monitor and report progress against operational excellence, productivity, and performance objectives through KPI tracking, audits, reviews, and leadership updates.
- Drive the digitalization of operational performance management processes, partnering with Digital and Operations teams to implement tools that improve KPI visibility, standardize routines, and strengthen data-driven decision making.
- Actively participate in local and regional Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Excellence, and Industrial Engineering communities to share best practices and accelerate site performance.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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