Senior Engineer, Continuous Improvement

ZipRecruiter; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Job description

Job Description

At Revlon, we create beauty innovations for everyone that inspire confidence and ignite joy every day.

Breaking beauty boundaries is in our company’s DNA. Since its game-changing launch of the first opaque nail enamel in 1932 (and later, the first long-wear foundation), Revlon has provided consumers with high-quality product innovation, performance, and sophisticated glamour. Elizabeth Arden made waves as a woman-led beauty company in the 1920s. In 1931, Almay became the original hypoallergenic, fragrance-free beauty brand.

Today, Revlon resiliently continues its legacy as a leading global beauty company. Our diverse portfolio—which consists of some of the world’s most iconic brands and product offerings in cosmetics, skin care, hair & care, personal care, and fragrances—is sold around the world through prestige, professional, mass, and direct-to-consumer retail channels. These brands include Revlon, Revlon Professional, Elizabeth Arden, Almay, American Crew, CND, Cutex, Mitchum, Sinful Colors, Creme of Nature, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, John Varvatos, Juicy Couture, Ed Hardy and more.

We honor our heritage, embrace change, and applaud our employees and consumers. We are Revlon, together, transforming beauty.

Purpose Statement: Utilize Lean/Six Sigma concepts to provide continuous improvement in all areas of manufacturing. Serve as a technical resource for production activities in Bulk manufacturing, pre-weigh, and packaging area as assigned in order to achieve production needs while investigating and implementing ways to maximize total process performance.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide process engineering and technical leadership as assigned in order to produce quality products in a safe environment at a competitive cost.
• Lead continuous improvement teams to find root cause and resulting action items using TPS, Lean and Six Sigma principles with the goal of improving efficiency, productivity, downtime and scrap issues.
• Explore new technologies, controls and tools to improve production.
• Utilize six sigma/lean tools to drive continuous improvement.
• Develop new processes/methods to reduce cycle times, improve bulk yields, reduce waste and increase uptime through improved control, functionality.
• Provide internal customers engineering support in order to meet daily production needs.
• Provide training on new or modified processes or products.
• Provide training on controls or procedural changes.
• Continually investigate, communicate and sell potential cost savings ideas to upper management.
• Support the build of the Annual Operating Plan (budget) for the facility.
• Responsible for executing a minimum of 1 Green Belt project per year.
• Responsible for assisting all Green Belts’ projects within the facility.

Typical Tasks:

• Work with Operations to determine waste streams and implement corrective actions to minimize waste.
• Design, plan, direct and coordinate manufacturing improvements as assigned.
• Perform data analysis and make recommendations on improving manufacturing efficiencies.
• Troubleshoot process/manufacturing problems and identify solutions which reduce downtime and conserve maintenance costs.
• Monitor processes to identify potential areas of improvement and cost savings.
• Design and conduct plant trials or experiments to determine performance capabilities.
• Develop and update process procedures to ensure that documentation is accurate and understandable.
• Provide reports on project milestones and adjust schedules accordingly.
• Work with or lead cross-functional teams to implement new processes or changes in existing processes.
• Train associates on new or altered processes, process operation and maintenance requirements.
• Report out daily Efficiency Performance to all Business Unit leaders.
• Report out daily Material Usage Variance to all Business Unit leaders.
• Support RGGA projects tied to the Operations team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing line operations, including issues such as yield losses and adjustments of machine set up to improve efficiency of production runs.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and optimize resources to meet/exceed production performance on quality, cost, delivery, and budget required.
• Ability to lead plant level improvement projects including Operational Excellence and cost reduction initiatives required.
• Ability to take appropriate corrective action to resolve discrepancies and maintain production balance after reviewing actual performance as compared to plan required.
• Proactively foresees issues and balances trade-offs to maximize overall efficiency and performance of a manufacturing line.
• Ability to identify and apply relevant product cost benchmarks to quantify improvement opportunities.
• Ability to leverage understanding of the broader business and financial process context to make trade-offs that help reach the financial business plan.
• Able to deliver strong oral and written communications and presentations around process improvement projects required.
• Organized, analytical approach to problem solving required.
• Familiarity with FDA, GMP requirements for manufacturing in a regulated industry.
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing Experience.
• Computer skills in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Access.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required from ABET certified University; Discipline in Engineering.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience with proven track record leading successful cost savings projects.
• Certified Green Belt; working on Black Belt certification.