Continuous Improvement Manager

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. Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced and driven Continuous Improvement Manager to lead and deliver impactful improvement initiative across the business. You will play a key role in identifying opportunities and delivering change that drives measurable improvements in cost, quality, service, engagement, and safety. Key Responsibilities Identify and deliver important opportunities across health & safety, quality, cost, and service using diagnostic tools, lean methodologies, and structured problem-solving. Facilitate workshops to support Continuous Improvement and project delivery, including requirements gathering, process mapping (current and future state), root cause analysis, and solution design. Lead the delivery of 1-2 medium to large projects, ensuring structured planning, execution, and governance. Support project governance by defining and implementing best practices across planning, resource management, risk and issue management, change control, cost management, and benefit tracking. Manage and/or support project budgets, risks, issues, and changes to ensure successful delivery. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, ensuring effective communication and centralised reporting of al CI and project activity. Ensure structured project closure, including lessons learned and effective handover. Deliver training and coaching in Continuous Improvement tools, project management methodologies, and change management practices. Support the development of business cases and funding applications. Track and validate benefits realised from improvement initiatives, working closely with Finance and CI teams. Support data collection and analysis for diagnostics, solution design, and benefit tracking. Drive colleague engagement throughout the change lifecycle, embedding sustainable practices such as visual management and workplace audits. Lead, motivate, and support delivery teams to achieve project outcomes. Promote and share best practices in Continuous Improvement, operations, and project management across the organisation. Keys to Success Strong ability to identify improvement opportunities and translate them into structured, deliverable plans. Proven capability to lead and deliver projects end-to-end, balancing multiple priorities effectively. Skilled in Lean tools and CI methodologies, with a practical approach to problem-solving. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, able to influence at all leve...