Operational Excellence Manager

Operational Excellence Manager
Competitive Salary

The opportunity:
The successful candidate will specialise in matters of performance improvement and use this knowledge to identify, design and implement improvement opportunities in support of the company's strategic agenda.
Your Purpose:
* Contribute to the setting of the strategic agenda and operating plans for the Business Units with the Business General Manager and Business Operations Managers
* Introduce step change improvements in quality and service
* Undertake specific projects as required to support business improvement and culture change within the company and will involve working with suppliers and customers
* Continuous cost reduction, improvement in quality and service.
* Elimination of Waste in all forms
* Articulate expected benefits delivery.
* Provide knowledge and support to identify, manage and deliver performance improvement initiatives.
* Facilitate senior management teams involved in re-engineering our major business processes by providing guidance on techniques and by posing stimulating questions and radical solutions to issues.
* Ensure that links with external sources provide best practice knowledge that can be leveraged to enhance the company's competitive advantage.
* Provide a centre of knowledge for external benchmarking of processes within other companies.
* Keep abreast of Best Practice and modern improvement techniques.
* Continuous improvement programmes and agenda are aligned to the company competitive environment.
* Provide expertise and education to staff at all levels in all aspects of performance improvement e.g. re engineering, continuous improvement, Lean, 11 Principles, change management.
* Manage and develop the Business Unit operators in terms of Continuous Improvement.
* Provide knowledge and support to managers in achieving performance improvement.
* Ensure Business Improvement staff are effectively contributing to performance improvements.

Your experience:

* Design and implementation of factory improvement programmes. Project Management,
* Lean Manufacturing & Supply Chain Techniques, Facilitating, Coaching and Training skills,
* Good communication & presentation skills. Capable networker with good external contacts.
* Ability to challenge and support the management of change.
* People Management (eg small team of professionals/large number operatives)
* Able to manage a small team of experts and operate as part of a team.
* Able to influence and motivate colleagues and gain the respect of managers at all levels across the company.

If this role sounds like the new challenge you are looking for then apply today, or contact Eli Mottram on for further information

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