**Company Description**
About Smiths Interconnect:
Smiths Interconnect is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and productive, and better-connected world across four integral markets: energy, security & defense, space & aerospace and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
**Job Description** SPECIFIC DUTIES, ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO**:
- Work with leaders to understand priorities linked to the Y-Tree, creates Hoppers and assist prioritisation on an ongoing basis
- Lead project teams that deliver hard hitting results that are connected to the strategic business priorities for the organisation
- Demonstrate leadership skills by challenging projects with more uncertain outcomes
- Synthesize large amounts of data into clear management communication
- Maintain strong communication with sponsors and process owners to ensure effective project management
- Effectively deploy Lean tools to reduce waste and improve standard work
- Actively coach Green Belts (GBs) to ensure strong project attainment in a timely fashion
- Select high potential employees to train and develop further in process improvement methodologies
**Process Improvement Culture**
- Act as SES ambassadors in their area, sharing best practices with leadership and other BBs and GBs
- Support strong SES communication rhythm for their area
- Demonstrate enthusiasm and create a positive team spirit to maximise project outcomes
- Ensure continuous utilisation of SES capability throughout improvement projects
**Qualifications**




Continuous improvement mindset and interest - potentially demonstrated by pursuit of Green Belt or beyond qualification at Smiths
- Complex process efficiency, effectiveness or improvement experience - likely focused on growth or customer experience
- Experience managing a team - direct or matrix
- Stakeholder management experience in a business and complex change context
- Exceptional knowledge and demonstration of the SLB
- MBA and/or consultancy experience
- Lean Six Sigma experience would be an advantage but not an essential prerequisite
**Skills**:
- ** Strong leadership**:Change management, coaching, interpersonal and communication skills. Engaging leadership style with proven ability to drive change. Ability to develop high-potential talent and build organization capabilities. Lives the Smiths values and leadership behaviours
- ** Resilience and Determination**:ability to thrive in ambiguity. The ability to stay committed to each core process and step in the project, whilst continuously aligning and realigning stakeholders on complex challenges and topics, and ensuring benefits stay aligned and embedded
- ** Governance Mindset**:Starts with and holds firm to the standard. Seeks to understand others’ agendas and make practical decisions, but comfortable to hold tension and challenge divergence.



Comfortable to measure compliance and deal with non-compliance through data. Comfortable to escalate if required
- ** Results Orientation**:Typically, is energised by a challenge, sets new and stretching goals for self and team, and achieves beyond what is expected. Exploits opportunities to exceed goals and works towards them, even under adverse circumstances
- ** Stakeholder impact**:
- ** Collaboration and Influencing**:
- ** Solution minded**
**Additional Information**
Why Smiths Interconnect?
- ** Global Impact**: As part of Smiths Group, a global engineering leader, you’ll be working on ground-breaking technologies that make a difference in industries that are shaping the future.
- ** Career Growth**: Opportunities for professional development and career progression across Smiths Interconnect and the wider Smiths Group.
- ** Innovative Culture**: Join a collaborative and innovative team, where your ideas and contributions are valued and rewarded.
- ** Competitive Package**: We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and performance-related incentives.
- ** Location**: Dundee is an exciting city with a growing tech sector and vibrant cultural scene, making it a great place to live and work.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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