Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead H F X

**Job Description:** Job Title: **Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead (FI Lead) H/F/X** **Segment:** Royal Canin **Location:** Cambrai, France **Contract type:** Permanent | Full-time | Onsite The **Site Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead (FI Lead)** drives the deployment and sustainability of the site's operational excellence framework, building a culture of continuous improvement and high performance across the manufacturing site. The role develops problem-solving capabilities, strengthens performance management practices, and promotes the adoption of continuous improvement methodologies throughout the organization. In parallel, the position leads the site's productivity and cost optimization program, ensuring a robust pipeline of improvement initiatives and effective governance processes to deliver annual savings and competitiveness objectives. **What are we looking for?** * University degree in Industrial Engineering or an equivalent qualification. * Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing in roles such as Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Excellence, Operational Excellence, or Productivity Improvement. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities. * Fluent in French and English. **What will be your key responsibilities?** * Champion Safety, Quality, Food Safety, and Sustainability objectives by ensuring all improvement initiatives align with company standards and site priorities. * Lead the deployment, governance, and continuous enhancement of the site's operational excellence and continuous improvement systems, driving capability building, loss elimination, structured problem solving, and performance management. * Act as a visible Operational Excellence champion, coaching teams and supporting the integration of continuous improvement practices into daily operations. * Lead the site's productivity and cost optimization program, developing and maintaining a robust multi-year pipeline of improvement initiatives to deliver annual savings and business performance targets. * Facilitate loss analysis and prioritize improvement opportunities using data-driven methodologies, ensuring the sustainable elimination of chronic losses and performance gaps. * Lead and manage cross-functional improvement projects focused on productivity, waste reduction, cost savings, operational efficiency, and overall business performance enhancement. * Facilitate improvement workshops, project reviews, and governance meetings to ensure a healthy pipeline of initiatives and effective execution of the improvement roadmap. * Monitor and report progress against operational excellence, productivity, and performance objectives through KPI tracking, audits, reviews, and leadership updates. * Drive the digitalization of operational performance management processes, partnering with Digital and Operations teams to implement tools that improve KPI visibility, standardize routines, and strengthen data-driven decision making. * Actively participate in local and regional Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Excellence, and Industrial Engineering communities to share best practices and accelerate site performance. **What can you expect from Mars?** * Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. * Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. * A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. * An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus. #LI-KD1 #mars