Continous Improvement Specialist

AkzoNobel has a passion for paint. We’re experts in the proud craft of making paints and coatings, setting the standard in color and protection since 1792. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Nordsjö, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. In the Nordics we have commercial operations in all countries, production and development (R&D) sites in Sweden and employee around 1 200 people. Headquartered in the Netherlands, we are active in over 150 countries and employ around 32,000 talented people who are passionate about delivering the high-performance products and services our customers expect. 
 
Do you share our passion for continuous improvement? Would you like to join our journey to be the leader in our industry and unleash the full potential in the way we operate? We are currently seeking a Continuous Improvement Specialist to our site in Malmö. This is an exciting opportunity for you who would like to take our continuous improvement journey to the next level and at the same time, be offered great possibilities to grow within CI. 
 
What can AkzoNobel offer you?
At AkzoNobel you are met by a warm and welcoming atmosphere. We work together with a focus on innovation and sustainability, to be the leader in our industry. Diversity enriches our workplaces, and we work actively together with our employees to make them thrive and develop. We work strategically to become a better employer. This has resulted in that we have been appointed one of Sweden's Career company and received Top Employer certification 2024. We offer you an international working environment where you take on rewarding and challenging tasks that broaden your horizon and develop you in your role. You will work with competent and like-minded colleagues who share your attitude and enthusiasm. Welcome!

What you will do?
AkzoNobel are using what we call ALPS (AkzoNobel Leading Performance Systems), ensuring company-wide standardized processes, a culture of continuous improvement, process-centric behaviours, company values and required capabilities. ALPS focusses on Manufacturing - mainly production, maintenance, technology and QC – but also reaches Supply Chain, Procurement, HSE and Engineering.
 
As our CI Specialist you support the business by driving CI and operational excellence initiatives focusing on both technical and non-technical aspects. With ALPS implemented, our focus is to ensure it gets fully used and successfully absorbed into our daily work where you will be taking the important role in visualizing the profits of working with CI. You will help to engage by proving the value it brings for the organization by support, coach and train key stakeholders and employees.

The Malmö site has the aim to be in the lead within AkzoNobel, adopting the latest software and technology. You will be a part of executing, developing, and supporting our digital journey to be a forerunner in implementing digital solutions.

This is a permanent position starting as soon as possible. You will be placed at the site just outside Malmö and report to CI Manager.

Who you are?
To be successful in this position we believe that you have an analytical and structured mindset in the way of working. You are a good team player with networking skills and a strong ability to communicate on all levels in the organization. You are able to drive change and improvements by creating engagement and we believe you enjoy working in high pace within a changing environment.
 
Key competencies that we see you have:
• Degree within a technical, business or economic field
• 5+ years relevant working experience in similar roles on an operational level, e.g production, maintenance, logistics, process engineering, or/and continuous improvement
• Experience in change processes and continuous improvement tools; Lean and/or Six Sigma implementations/certifications or similar is a strong advantage
• Proved capability within project management
• Fluent in Swedish and English, written and spoken 
 
Not at least and one of the most important qualities, is to show your passion for your profession and your humble attitude. You are a genuine team player who wants to contribute to our success – to grow and deliver and be the leader in our industry.
 
 
Your application
At AkzoNobel we are very committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best selves. We strive to embrace diversity, tolerance and respect. Our recruitment process plays a major role in this journey as it lays the foundation for a diverse work environment. In our organization, all qualified applicants are treated from an equal perspective regardless of ethnic origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
 
For additional information about the vacancy, please contact Kristofer Kullenberg, CI Manager, Kristofer.kullenberg@akzonobel.com or +46 708 83 55 51.

For further information about the recruitment process, please contact, Elin Incegül, Talent Acquisition Partner, elin.incegul@akzonobel.com