Average Improvement Manager salary in Reading

Circa £60,000 per annum Newbury (Hybrid) Permanent Your New Role Our client is a global manufacturer based in Newbury seeking an experience Lean/CI Engineer to join their global team. You will be working directly on supporting transformation and daily management initiative by taking ownership of ensuring strategies are implemented into the culture and processes in relation to the transformation. You will be making improvement changes in several different departments, including, quality, delivery, inventory, margin expansion, culture and safety. You will work with the senior global team to devise an improvement strategy and move ahead to ensure delivery within timeframes. You will be tasked with delivering and providing ongoing training to facilitate change. Ensuring Your Success Ideally you will have similar experience within a manufacturing environment. Having a demonstrable background in implementing transformation is essential, with the ability to develop short and long term strategies. A background in delivering change is also essential, dealing with stakeholders of all different levels, reporting on KPIs and progress is also a key element of the role. Personality wise, you must be a self starter with exceptional communication skills both written and verbal, who can show empathy. You must have experience developing and delivering training programmes. In Return Other than a strong salary, bonus and benefits package. You will be joining a global organisation at a key point of their transformation journey.

Process Improvement Manager required for a manufacturer of machinery based in Hook, Basingstoke. As the Test and Commissioning Manager, you will oversee the implementation of manufacturing improvements working collaboratively with departments directly affecting the areas managing and continually strive for excellence and best practice. Process Improvement Manager Job Overview Maintain open communication with managers, staff, and other departments to ensure smooth operations.Oversee monthly production schedules, aligning with customer deadlines to enhance lead time accuracy.Ensure team members stay up to date with products and related technical knowledge.Implement and maintain effective processes and procedures within the area of responsibility.Encourage a culture of reporting non-conformance and near-misses, leading root cause analysis when required.Support and develop team members, helping them reach their full potential.Effectively delegate tasks while maintaining overall responsibility and control.Continuously assess and improve team efficiency.Manage the team's daily operations and maintain high safety and manufacturing standards.Conduct performance appraisals, provide constructive feedback, and address any performance concerns proactively.Clearly communicate objectives, expectations, and strategic goals to the team.Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Process Improvement Manager Job Requirements Bachelor's degree or at least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of optimizing team performance and development.Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to engage key stakeholders across departments.Strong verbal and written communication abilities.Exceptional organizational and time management skills.Ability to work under pressure with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.Experience driving process improvements and managing change effectively.Proficiency in conflict resolution and negotiation techniques.LEAN experience Process Improvement Manager Salary & Benefits Salary dependent on experience likely £40k-£43k We provide free lunch, sandwiches, baguettes, salads, hot food Holiday - Non contractual bonus (1 months' salary) - Xmas time we close down, (3 days of holiday) - Working hours are a 40 hr week - Parking on site Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.

We are looking for two experienced individuals who have the following experience: 1. Extensive Social Work and supervisory experience across a range of children's services. 2. Experience of undertaking audits, using different models, tools and frameworks. 3. Experience of working closely and alongside quality assurance frameworks and systems as well as closing of the loop activity. You will be able to demonstrate: • Knowledge and experience of what good and outstanding looks like. • Experience of challenging practice of practitioners and managers and contributing to improvement / transformation plans. • A meticulous attention to detail, critical thinking skills, and the ability to analyse complex information.• The ability to deliver reflective practice, critique practice, as well as recognising and celebrating good practice. • The ability to identify learning, develop plans and monitor the progress and impact of improvement plans. Key responsibilities will include: • Completing audits of case files, using strength-based tools to assess each area of work to understand the effectiveness of children services to safeguarding and meeting the needs of children and young people.• Scrutinise quality of practice across our front-line teams with a focus on knowing good beginnings have a better chance of making good endings. • Collaborate with social workers, managers and the leadership team to implement quality improvement initiatives. Collate good practice from audits and quality assurance activity across services.• Analysing audit findings, identifying learning and developing improvement action plans. Produce reports of evidence-based evaluations. • Ensure the robust triangulation of audit findings together with obtaining, collating and reporting feedback from children and families and multi-agency partners.• Identify internal policies, procedures and frameworks that require review and update.• Deliver training and guidance to social work managers who undertake audits, quality assurance activity. • Assist with inspection readiness. You will: • Report directly to the First Response Head of Service and/or Principal Social worker• Be based in our offices a minimum of 3 days a week To apply for this role you must have:Be eligible to work within the UKWe offer:An excellent referral scheme for each successfully placed referralCertified complimentary training24 hour one on one specialist social work consultant based within your geographical areaEmployee Benefits ProgrammeOur own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment - we offer twice weekly payroll too! For more information or details of other roles, please contact Simone at Social Care Locums or visit our website to upload your CV.