Continuous Improvement Analyst I - Brackenfell/Kenilworth at Unitrans

Job Advert Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a high calibre Continuous Improvement Analyst that will be required to identify CI projects based on data analysis and liaising with operational staff. Facilitates, co-ordinates and analyses all continuous improvement activities. Trains the teams on best practices of how to use the CI tools and identify continuous improvement initiatives. Liaises effectively on collection of data for analysis and facilitates team or KAIZEN meetings. Follows standard problem solving techniques, and communicates effectively with team members and senior management to ensure all CI activities are aligned with the Business strategy, and documented in the database accordingly. 

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree / NQF level 7 degree in Engineering (Industrial or Process), Finance, Logistics
• 3 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical ability
• Strong numeracy ability
• Project and pipeline management skills (applicants with relevant project management experience/qualifications will be favoured)
• A strong data analysis base
• Good teamwork, ability to work across multiple functions and teams
• Skills and relevant experience with Microsoft office packages (Excel and Word especially)
• Applicants with basic programming skills (Python, R, SQL), with a focus on programming for data science will be favoured
• Good technical report writing skills
• Costing and route modelling experience advantageous
• Analytical systems (advanced Excel, Qliksense, Power BI, PLATO)
• Independent learning. Self-starter with the ability to work alone and be responsible for identifying projects independently
• Creative thinking to find new untested solutions to complex problems
• Problem solving with the ability to think critically and find improvements for established processes
• Good teamwork, ability to work across multiple functions and teamsDuties & 

Responsibilities

• Develop process improvement procedures to improve operational efficiency.
• Analyze current process standards and metrics in order to provide solutions for improvements.
• Perform data gathering, root cause analysis and performance trending in order to develop appropriate process control changes.
• Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts to develop process improvement reports for setting forth progress, adverse trends and
• appropriate recommendations and conclusions.
• Prioritize and implement process change requirements based on the critical business needs.
• Determine fiscal requirements and personnel resources required for process re-engineering of process change.
• Prepare and manage budgetary requirements for process re-engineering.
• Inform respective teams on process improvement and re-engineering strategies.
• Work with the team to recommend appropriate changes in process/approach.
• Prepare communication plans regarding process re-engineering for multiple stakeholders.