Continuous Improvement Data Expert

Primary Location: BREAL SOUS MONTFORT, France

At Solina, our community of close to 5,000 people share a passion for food and live our entrepreneurial culture. We design customised savoury solutions for clients in the food industry, food service, butchery and nutrition markets. With sustainability at the heart of our business model, we aim to produce food that is good in every sense of the word: delicious, nourishing, affordable, sustainable and convenient. Solina is a fast‑growing business, with around 50 production sites and R&D laboratories present in more than 19 countries mainly in Europe and North America. By constantly rethinking culinary solutions, we make food matter for people and the planet. If you're ready for a new adventure in a dynamic, expanding, passionate, international company, join us!

Your Mission

In this role you will support the deployment of structured improvement initiatives across Solina’s manufacturing sites. You will combine Continuous Improvement expertise with strong data and digital capabilities to help sites identify losses, monitor performance, improve efficiency and implement sustainable best practices. You will work closely with site leadership teams, cross‑functional stakeholders and the Group Continuous Improvement community to translate data into actionable performance improvements. The role reports to the Group Continuous Improvement Manager, based in Rennes (France).

Key Responsibilities

• Continuous Improvement & Efficiency Plans : support sites in creating and following up Masterplans, Savings Books and concrete efficiency actions; help teams identify, prioritize and execute structured Continuous Improvement projects; facilitate cross‑functional initiatives and coach teams in Lean and CI methodologies.
• Performance Monitoring & Data Analysis : support site leadership teams in defining KPIs, loss measurements and performance tracking systems; create reports and dashboards using Power BI and Excel; define standard digital tools and deploy them to help sites with real‑time performance management; support sites in loss analysis, capacity studies, bottleneck identification, benchmarking and the translation of data insights into clear action plans.
• Best Practice Sharing : develop and promote systems to share best practices across sites, functions and the CI community; drive consistency in tools, methods, ways of working and performance follow‑up across the manufacturing network; support the deployment of proven solutions to accelerate performance improvement at group level.

Your Profile

• Solid experience in an industrial environment, ideally more than 5 years.
• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and structured Continuous Improvement projects.
• Black Belt certification preferred, or a proven track record of delivering significant operational improvements.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with KPI development, performance tracking and data‑based decision‑making.
• Advanced level with digital tools such as Excel, Power BI (create reports) and ERP systems.
• Able to translate data insights into practical improvement actions.
• Pragmatic, structured, proactive and autonomous.
• Strong team player and relationship builder.
• Able to work in an international and changing environment.
• Fluent English required – we kindly ask candidates to submit their application in English.
• Based in Rennes or Paris, France.
• Willing to travel regularly, approximately 20–30%.

What We Offer

We offer a strategic group‑level role with international exposure, where you can make a direct impact on productivity, yield and operational performance, within a collaborative environment that values Continuous Improvement and data‑driven transformation. Solina provides a competitive compensation package.

Join us

Are you passionate about Continuous Improvement, data‑driven performance management and operational excellence? Do you enjoy working close to manufacturing teams while also contributing to group‑level transformation? We would be pleased to hear from you.