Continuous improvement manager Work, Jobs in Northampton, Nth (with Salaries)

Continuous Improvement Manager
Culina Group —Lutterworth
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
- Training & development
- Employee discount
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Regional Water Supply Manager
Anglian Water Services Ltd —Milton Keynes
- £83,000 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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General Manager
Bestway Group —Northampton
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Annual leave
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Regional Water Supply Support Manager
Anglian Water Services Ltd —Milton Keynes
- £74,000 a year
- Full-time
- Budgeting
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
8d
Contract Manager
Yusen Logistics (UK) —Northampton
- £60,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Customer service
- English
9d
Project Manager
DHL Supply Chain —Milton Keynes
- Remote
- PMP
- Continuous improvement
- Budgeting
10d
Implementation Project Manager
Whistl UK Ltd —Lutterworth
- £38,220 - £42,720 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Continuous improvement
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Project Manager - Margin Enhancement
Mitie —Northampton
- Continuous improvement
- SharePoint
- Budgeting
Head of Industry Vertical (Aerospace & Automotive) – Cluster West
Yusen Logistics (UK) —Northampton
- £90,000 - £100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Travel
- Business
Value Added Services Manager
Great Bear —Northampton
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Computer literacy
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Business Development Manager
Welcomm Communications Ltd —Market Harborough
- £30,000 - £36,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- CRM software
- Customer service
- Microsoft Office
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Annual leave
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Project Coordination Manager
Tetra Tech —Bedford
- Full-time
- Laboratory experience
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
Proposal and Engagement Manager
Initiate —Towcester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Communication skills
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
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Packing Manager
CAKEHEAD LTD —Wellingborough
- £45,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Quality control
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Operations Manager
Pattern —Northampton
- Full-time
- English
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
4PL Contract Operations Manager
Yusen Logistics (UK) —Northampton
- £40,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Travel
9d
Project Coordinator
Quartzelec —Rugby
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- ERP systems
Contract Manager
GXO Logistics —Northampton
- Up to £67,000 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
4d
Cluster Manager
Bleckmann Solutions UK Ltd —Corby
- £95,000 - £105,000 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Training & development
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Operations Compliance Manager
ID Logistics & Transport Ltd —Milton Keynes
- £60,000 - £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
- Travel
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Continuous Improvement Manager

Culina Group -
Lutterworth

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Facilitation
Stakeholder collaboration
Stakeholder liaison
Lean
Microsoft Office Suite
Change management
Six Sigma
Analysis skills
Continuous improvement
Continuous improvement cycles oversight
Change leadership
Training & development
Project management experience
Communication skills
Analytics

Full job description

Company Description

Culina Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics, warehousing, distribution, and other services for the food and drink industry in United Kingdom and Ireland. It provides chilled, ambient, contract packaging, and bonded logistics services, as well as value-added services, such as online visibility and systems integration, pallet management, and supply chain management.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced, energetic, and passionate Continuous Improvement Manager to play a central role in driving operational excellence across our Culina sites.

This is a highly visible role focused on developing Continuous Improvement capability across the business. You'll spend time travelling between sites, delivering engaging roadshows, facilitating workshops, coaching colleagues, and helping teams identify and implement meaningful improvements. You will be an advocate for Continuous Improvement, inspiring others to embrace CI principles and creating a culture where improvement becomes part of everyday working life.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about helping people learn, develop, and succeed. You'll bring strong CI expertise, excellent communication skills, and a genuine enthusiasm for engaging colleagues at all levels to drive sustainable change.

Key Responsibilities

Act as a central Continuous Improvement lead, supporting sites to identify, deliver, and sustain improvement opportunities.
Travel regularly between sites to build relationships, engage teams, and provide hands-on CI support.
Design and deliver engaging CI roadshows, workshops, training sessions, and coaching programmes that build capability and confidence across the business.
Champion Continuous Improvement principles and methodologies, creating enthusiasm and momentum for change initiatives.
Identify and deliver improvement opportunities across Health & Safety, Quality, Cost, Service, and People metrics using Lean tools, diagnostics, and structured problem-solving techniques.
Facilitate workshops including process mapping, root cause analysis, value stream mapping, solution design, and continuous improvement planning.
Lead the delivery of medium to large-scale improvement projects, ensuring effective planning, governance, execution, and benefit realisation.
Partner with site leadership teams to embed a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring clear communication and visibility of CI activity across the business.
Support project governance through robust planning, resource management, risk management, change control, and benefits tracking.
Manage and monitor budgets, risks, issues, and project deliverables to ensure successful outcomes.
Support the development of business cases and funding applications where required.
Work closely with Finance and operational teams to track, measure, and validate improvement benefits.
Use data and insight to identify opportunities, support decision-making, and demonstrate outcomes.
Drive colleague engagement throughout the change journey, embedding sustainable CI tools such as visual management, standard work, and workplace audits.
Share best practice and success stories across the organisation, helping to create a network of CI advocates.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

3-5 years' experience in project management and continuous improvement within a logistics environment, with a strong understanding of best practice tools and techniques.
Formal project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM or equivalent).
Proven experience of Continuous Improvement methodologies such as Lean and/or Six Sigma.
Demonstrable track record of delivering both tangible and intangible business benefits.
Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail; able to take a structured and methodical approach to problem-solving.
Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, including MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively at both team level and senior stakeholder level.
Strong facilitation and coaching skills, with experience leading workshops and driving engagement.
Ability to set clear objectives and manage delivery against them.
Collaborative, assertive, and resilient with the ability to influence and challenge where appropriate.
High level of commercial awareness and understanding of business drivers.

Desirable

Knowledge of the chilled logistics or long-life supply chain sector.
Experience delivering change within a transport and/or operational logistics environment, as well as office-based (transactional) settings.
Additional Continuous Improvement certifications (e.g. Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt).

Additional Information

What you get in return:

Competitive basic salary
Competitive holidays
Company car
Bonus
Private health care
Life assurance
Pension Scheme
Retail discounts

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a personable and growing business with plenty of opportunities and a great team.

When our staff have passion for what they do they work with more care and attention which is reflected to our clients, Click APPLY NOW to #JoinOurWinningTeam and begin your career today!

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