Continuous Improvement Manager

You will be joining a reputed Group of Companies with a presence in UK, Africa, Middle East & India across various sectors including Oil & Gas, Food, Agri Commodities, Transport and Logistics, Tiles, Mining, Printing & Packaging, and Hospitality. As the Continuous Improvement Manager for Lagata Group in Lagos, Nigeria, your primary responsibility will be to develop and implement a strategic plan for Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives within the group. This involves understanding business objectives, identifying improvement opportunities, and setting goals and targets. Your main duties will include analyzing existing processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. You will plan, coordinate, and execute improvement projects from start to finish by defining project scopes, setting timelines, allocating resources, and monitoring progress to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. In addition, you will lead change initiatives by effectively communicating the need for improvement, gaining buy-in from stakeholders, and managing resistance to change. You will establish metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of improvement initiatives, collaborate with employees at all levels to foster a culture of continuous improvement, and apply methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Agile to drive improvement initiatives. To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate practical implementation of TPM/5s/Kaizen/Six Sigma/CI/RCA projects involving multiple stakeholders. You should take initiatives for process improvements and demonstrate potential savings through specific CI/Six Sigma projects. Expertise in problem-solving methodologies like Why-Why analysis, Fish-bone diagram, 8D problem-solving methodology, Lean manufacturing, Value stream mapping, Kaizen methodology, TPM, Six Sigma methodology, etc., will be highly beneficial. Any training & development certification attained or suitable experience in the above methodologies will be considered advantageous for this position.,