Head of Continuous Improvement EMEA

Einleitung

At Link Snacks
, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar.

As part of the Link Snacks
global enterprise, our team across EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) is focused on driving the growth of the real meat protein snack category with a strong emphasis on our brands:
Jack Link’s®, Peperami®, BiFi®, and Minuets. We operate through a network of regional offices and production sites across Europe in Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.
But we’re not just about snacks; we’re driven by our core values:
We team up, we tell it like it is, we own our game and shoot for the moon!

Values we bring to life. Every. Single. Day.

Make a difference by becoming part of the No. 1 protein snack manufacturer worldwide asHead of Continuous Improvement EMEA at
Link Snacks
.
Our spacious and modern EMEA HQislocatedinthe vibrant Amsterdam, and includes a highly international team, with more than 25 different nationalities. Our EMEA team is committed to continuing its impressive EMEA expansion, one bite at a time, and becoming the regional leader in branded protein snacks.
This position is based in Ansbach and you will be reporting to the Manufacturing Director EMEA.
The Head of Continuous Improvement EMEA is responsible for leading the Continuous Improvement transformation across the EMEA region (Germany & France) and for building a sustainable culture of operational excellence.

The role will define and deploy a common Continuous Improvement strategy, operating system, methodologies and capabilities across the organization.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• To establish Continuous Improvement as the way we work – creating sustainable improvements in Safety, Quality, Customer Service, Productivity, Cost, Delivery, People Engagement and overall operational performance.
• Partner with the Operations Leadership Team, Plant Leadership Teams, and Supply Chain organization to identify, prioritize, and execute strategic improvement initiatives across the end-to-end value chain.
• To be a subject matter expert and internal trainer for TPM, LEAN and Six Sigma, equipping leaders and employees with the knowledge, skills, and tools required to sustain a high-performance improvement culture.
• To establish a structured Operational Excellence roadmap, embed best practices across the organization, and ensure sustainable performance improvements aligned with the company's growth ambitions.
• Todelieve measurable operational efficiencies, productivity gains, cost reductions, waste elimination, process standardization, capability development, and working capital improvements across all EMEA manufacturing sites and supply chain functions.
• Continuous Improvement Strategy & Deployment
• Culture & Leadership Transformation:
  
  Lead the transformation towards a culture in which…