Job Description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There\'s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.Continous Improvement Specialist, Singapore - Your future position?Reporting to: Continous Improvement Program ManagerAs a Continous Improvement Specialist, you will lead the execution of Continuous Improvement initiatives within a site in order to embed best practices, reinforce a continuous improvement mindset and streamline non-value added activities.Main Responsibilities:Strategy design and execution

• Contribute to the design of the local Continuous Improvement strategy and deployment plans for the assigned site based on global CI Road Map strategy.
• Design and execute of related projects to meet local Operations objectives.

Continuous Improvement management

• Identify and quantify improvements opportunities proactively together with site Operations teams, and use best tools/methods from the CI toolbox to develop solutions and execute these.
• Leverage internal and external Lean network to capture and eventually deploy best practices within the organization.

Project Management

• Execute approved CI projects, monitoring resource plans, project team accountabilities, change requests, deadlines, milestones, etc. and providing periodic updates to project stakeholders.
• Lead Continuous Improvement projects assigned.
• Proactively identify and quantify improvement opportunities; develop action plans accordingly.
• Leads stable operations regular activity/evens and coordinates the projects agenda and updates.
• Coach project teams on applying Lean and Six Sigma concepts and tools during solution design and project execution phases.
• Change management and Capability building.
• Support project managers in developing change management roadmaps and related communication strategies.
• Challenge existing processes/practices and coach project teams in applying effective problem solving to develop solutions and initiate change.
• Train site Operations teams on Lean principles to close capability gaps and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Performance Management

• Support the implementation of Operational Improvement Plan (OIP) for the site and cascade its KPIs.

Your professional profile includes:

• University degree in Engineering or related discipline
• LEAN certification.
• Overall work experience of 1-2 years in continuous improvement.
• Training experience with operators, shift leaders and departmental managers.
• Good knowledge of product processing and industrialization processes.
• Master Lean / Six Sigma tools & methodologies.
• Good command in stakeholder management and communications.
• Good command in process mapping and design.
• Good knowledge of value chain diagnostics tools.
• Good knowledge of EHS rules and guidelines.
• General knowledge of financial concepts (e.g. OPEX, CAPEX) and tools (e.g. SAP).
• Proficient in basic software tools with ability to learn/master new applications.

Our Benefits:Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and developmentA creative team environment that will inspire youComprehensive healthcare plansAt Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people\'s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.Remote working: HybridAt Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people\xe2\x80\x99s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture \xe2\x80\x93 where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your WorldDiversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

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