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£45k-£65k
Typical base salary
12 wks
Replacement guarantee
Delivered improvement
Ask for specific projects and the measurable savings or gains.
Lean toolkit
Match their lean and six sigma experience to your maturity.
Culture change
Real improvement sticks through people. Look for someone who builds the habit, not one-off events.
How to run the hire
1. Define the goals
Be clear on the improvement targets and how mature your lean journey is.
2. Score for delivered savings
Weight real, measured improvements over training and belts alone.
3. Source and screen
Approach candidates with relevant industry and lean experience.
4. Test with a scenario
Give a waste or bottleneck problem and hear how they'd tackle it.
5. Reference impact
Confirm improvements delivered and stuck.
Fees typically run 15-20% of first-year salary, capped and agreed upfront.
Nothing is due until your hire starts.
Usually 5-9 weeks.
Industry fit and the level of lean maturity you need are the main variables.
A Continuous Improvement Manager drives efficiency and quality gains across the operation using lean and six sigma methods.
They run improvement projects, cut waste and cost, and build a culture where improvement is everyone's job.
Usually some, and we match your preferred approach, but delivered results matter more than belts on a CV.
We weight evidence of real, measured improvement over qualifications alone.
Try: Tell me about your best improvement project and the savings.
How do you make improvements stick?
How do you get sceptical operators involved? and Where would you start in our operation?
A range including automotive, food, pharmaceutical and general manufacturing.
We match industry and lean maturity to your operation.
Tell us about your role and a specialist engineering recruiter will call you. No fee until your hire starts.
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