Continous Improvement Manager

EMS/EPS/Continuous Improvement

Permanent

Job Description

Continuous Improvement in everything we do.

Electrolux Group is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our group of leading appliance brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell household products in around 120 markets every year. In 2023 Electrolux Group had sales of SEK 134 billion and employed 45,000 people around the world.

Continuous Improvement Manager

About the role:

Continuous Improvement at Electrolux is one of our top strategic drivers in order to deliver outstanding consumer experiences. Electrolux launched Continuous Improvement through onbeat to accelerate overall business improvements and culture change enabled through lean & agile methodologies across the business.

We’re looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager who can create, enhance and adapt the way we build & implement onbeat in Electrolux. Only 8 years into the journey, the core of onbeat is established with high acceptance and engagement in the organization. In our fast-changing environment there are significant opportunities to further enhance and adapt it to enable Electrolux to deliver outstanding consumer experiences.

What you’ll do:

As Continuous Improvement Manager, based in our office in Warsaw, you will lead functional and cross-functional end-to-end process improvements across our Business Area Europe and Asia with high-impact results as well as drive strong stakeholder management at all levels of the organization.

The main objective of enhancements is to reduce costs, waste and improve our sales and services and business performance.

You will drive (leading, co-leading, coaching, supporting) the execution of various onbeat initiatives across Business Area while building capability among employees. You will lead the planning & performance management of onbeat initiatives in Business Area and embed it within Electrolux. As this is a role that covers our entire Business Area Europe and Asia occasional travel is a requirement.

Who you are:

• Engaged. You are an independent self-starter, have a lot of personal drive as well as the ability to lead and engage people at all levels of the organization.
• Agile. You are confident with strong social skills with an ability to maneuver smoothly in the organization and have delivered high-impact results in challenging environments.
• A strategic-thinker. You are organized, strong in planning, follow up and securing delivery as per plan.
• Achiever. You can work independently and produce results 
• Expert. You have a passion for creating & optimizing processes and methodology easy to be implemented.

Requirements:

• Master Degree in Engineering or Business/Economics.
• Previous experience in managing CI initiatives
• Exposure to Group Functions of a similar company, especially sales, marketing, product line, finance and supply chain.
• Knowledge & deep understanding of Lean / Agile Tools & Change Management.
• Experience of leading/driving people engagement and working with cross functional teams without formal reporting lines
• Experience in remote management & virtual collaboration.
• Strong project/process management skills, PMI or Prince certification is a strong plus.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects at the same time to meet agreed deadlines.
• Strong coaching skills and experience of coaching different levels of large organization.
• Required: English (additional European language is considered a plus).

Benefits insights:

• Worksmile cafeteria (cinema or shop vouchers or co-financing of Multisport card)
• Luxmed private medical package 
• Discounts on Electrolux award-winning products and services 
• Insurance policy plan with Warta – preferential prices for our employees, but the insurance is paid by the employee 
• Subsidized language courses after the probation period 
• Flexible work hours, Home office – 13 days HO limit / month 
• Employee Pension Schemes (PPE) after 3 years from joining 
• LinkedIn Learning Premium
• EAP Employee Assistance Program „You can count on us” - designed to support employees and their family members in confidentially resolving personal, financial, legal, mental health, and well-being issues.
• #beWELL - well-being educational webinars series for our employees led by the top well-being experts
• Access to benefits offered by the Social Committee, incl.:
  • Co-financing for holidays (value depends on the declared income)
  • Possibility of taking out a loan with a preferential interest rate
  • Possibility of receiving aid in the event of a difficult life situation
  • Christmas bonus
  • Gifts for anniversaries (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 etc. years)