Continuous Improvement Engineer

BIC® products are recognized all over the world for their quality, safety, affordability and ease of use. The ballpoint pen, the pocket lighter, and the shaver are all part of the daily lives of millions of consumers. These products make BIC® an iconic international brand, present in more than 4 million retail outlets in more than 160 countries around the world.

BIC’s founder, Marcel Bich, understood that to succeed, BIC needed hands-on team members who were willing to take measured risks and assume responsibility for their role in a team. Today, we provide our more than 15,000 team members in 61 countries with the opportunity to invent BIC’s future – together – while honoring our past achievements. We are committed to our team members’ development and empower those who wish to discover different areas of our business or acquire international experiences.

As a Continous Improvement Engineer, you will support company strategy pertaining to processes alignment and streamlining within the plants by implementing and developing a lean culture and change process that can be shared across all areas of the business from front line to executive level. As a result, the firm will achieve maximum cost reduction, profit improvement, operational excellence, and customer benefits.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop Strategies: Develops, short and long-term strategies for the organization, incorporating lean tools and other practices. Facilitates progress and reduce costs, in terms of workflow inefficiencies.
• Lead Activities: Coordinates and leads key projects for improvement across all levels of the organization. He may supervise several teams directly or collaborate with managers to re-engineer processes.
• Monitor Progress: A crucial aspect of the continuous improvement methodology is monitoring progress in order to check if changes yield desirable results. Continuous improvement manager establishes measurable standards at the start of a project and then compares actual project results against these, regularly generating detailed update reports for management.
• Continuous Improvement Culture: Develops a culture of continuous improvement and lean thinking in each plant. Promotes the sharing of best practices locally and globally.
• Lean Manufacturing Tools:  Directs and facilitates the ongoing lean improvement process using techniques such as Kaizen, 5’S, TPM, Kanban, Value Stream Map, etc. Identifies the needs of each factory and applies the appropriate lean tools in each of them by taking into account the maturity level of each factory and the different cultures.
• Training: Identifies ongoing lean improvement training needs and assist with developing and implementing the required training.

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Production, or Industrial)
• Solid experience in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing projects or process engineering : TPM (total productive maintenance), VSM (value stream mapping), WCM (World Class Manufacturing), Capex
• Excellent English command
• Ability to engage a cross-functional team towards a desired outcome
• Strong change management skills to include the practical implementation of Lean Manufacturing Principles, Concepts and Tools
• Comfortable to travel frequently in France

BIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers.  We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. 

BIC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.