Senior Operational Excellence Manager

Job Description

Location: Based from Appleby Magna with travelSalary: £60,000 - £64,000 per annum depending on experience, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits schemeContract: Full time, permanentAbout the JobRelationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years. Working closely with operational teams and alongside site leadership you’ll be embedding OperationalExcellence (OpEx) and Digital technologies consistently.Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Uniparts ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.As a Senior Operations Excellence Manager, you will lead, coordinate and deliver process improvement projects aligned to agreed business priorities. Your primary focus will be to deploy Operational Excellence & Digital technologies into operations deliveringvalue to the business and positive outcomes measured through safety, quality, cost and delivery indicators.As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Lead and deliver continuous improvement activities to improve operational performance and enhance colleague capability in the use of Unipart Way tools and techniques
• Deliver tangible and validated financial savings through OpEx and Digital delivery
• Use OpEx and Unipart digital tools to deliver ‘Right First Time’ principles into operations
• Learn, share and adopt best practice within our Logistics division and wider business
• Work with site leaders in applying the Group OpEx & Digital standards consistently and as measured through the Group’s internal auditing process.
• Act as a mentor and coach for peers and high potential colleagues, ensuring there is a strong pipeline of succession.
• Support and coach operational leaders with their personal development accreditation programmes, particularly OpEx elements where applicable

About You:

• We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!
• Experience of delivering Operational Excellence with data analysis to drive tangible results in Unipart - or similar experience of delivering OpEx / Lean / C.I activities and outcomes
• Experience of leading, coaching, developing and mentoring a team
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent communication skills; verbal, written and presenting
• An appetite to learn more about Industry 4.0 technologies and apply digital solutions to applicable operational areas and processes
• Good IT skills with skills in Microsoft Office
• Proven logical thinker with skills in understanding and interpreting data
• Awareness of H&S standards
• Desirable
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certified
• Experience of working with and implementing digital capabilities

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the groundsof race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristicas defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and doyour best work every day.You may have experience in the following: Continuous Improvement Manager, Lean Operations Manager, Process Improvement Lead, Operational Efficiency Director, Performance Improvement Manager, Business Process Optimization Manager, Lean Six Sigma Manager,Operational Excellence Lead, Continuous Improvement Director, Process Excellence Manager, etc.REF-211 421