Continuous Improvement Practitioner

Ethypharm is a leading mid-sized global pharmaceutical company that manufactures and provides essential drugs, with a focus on hospital care, central nervous system (severe pain and addiction) and internal medicine.

Our commitment is to improve patients' lives and make a positive impact on society and the environment.

Ethypharm has 1,700 employees dedicated to its various pharmaceutical activities, of which 1400 are in industrial operations

Our six production sites located in France, the UK, Spain, and China have expertise in injectables and complex oral solid forms.

With a global presence in 68 countries, the company markets its products directly in Europe and China, and has strategic partnerships in the EMEA, NA, LATAM and APAC markets.

Ethypharm works closely with the authorities and healthcare professionals to ensure that its medicines are used appropriately and that patients have access to them.

To find out more about Ethypharm, visit http://www.ethypharm.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

We are now looking to recruit a Continuous Improvement Lead/ Change Agent to join our dynamic production team based at our Romford manufacturing facility.

Day-to-day responsibilities

The Continuous Improvement Practitioner role exists to deploy and embed the Ethypharm Continuous Improvement System into the site to deliver the Business Strategy and improve Business Performance (Safety, Quality, Waste/Cost, and Delivery).

As a key member of the site team (line report to the CI Manager) the CI Practitioner is accountable for:

Ethypharm CI System being used to develop the capability of all the Site personnel to implement day to day continuous improvement activities.

• Helping ensure the day-to-day continuous improvement activities improve the overall Site Performance towards the business objectives in Safety, Quality, Waste/Cost, Delivery.
• Standardising good practices across different areas and lead knowledge sharing among Site.
• To coach / train the Site teams in Lean/Ethypharm CI System.

Main Responsibilities and Duties:

• Roll out, support, and maintain the Ethypharm Continuous Improvement System
• Work with the CI Manager and Site team to identify and deliver service improvement activity across the site through implementation of the Ethypharm Continuous Improvement System and the application of innovative thinking
• To work with key business stakeholders, and multi-jurisdictional "CI Advocates", to build a continuous improvement environment to support the culture transformation
• Lead and facilitate Improvement initiatives workshops
• Conduct classroom training sessions to different level of the organization
• Lead good practices rolling out across the different departments to Knowledge leverage
• To actively monitor project risks to foresee/identify potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address in advance
• Complete post implementation reviews to ensure successful delivery has been achieved and to ensure that improvements can be made for future projects
• Assist in data analysis and processing to derive effective decisions

Skills/Experience

• You will ideally be educated to a degree level within Engineering or Pharmaceutical
• You will ideally have experience of production packing in a Pharmaceutical environment
• Experience of hands-on implementation of continuous improvement programs and Lean solutions, Power BI and Power App
• Experience of coaching and delivering training
• Experience of implementing a framework of continuous improvement in a multifunctional organisation
• Hold a qualification in Lean Six Sigma Green belt or equivalent
• Knowledge of MS Office packages
• Knowledge of structured problem-solving methods including DMAIC
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools.
• Knowledge BI and Power App

What we offer you

• A competitive salary
• Holiday – 25 days rising to 30 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Holiday Buy/Sell – an opportunity to buy or sell up to an additional 5 days holiday
• 3% Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility)
• Bravo Benefits Platform – offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle
• Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles with Tusker (dependent on meeting policy eligibility)
• Medicash health cash plan
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Employee recognition scheme
• The opportunity to develop your skills in a collaborative and supportive environment

At Ethypharm we recognise the value of diversity in the workplace and provide equal opportunities for all. We are always open to discussing flexible working arrangements where this meets with the needs of our business.