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Operational Excellence Lead

Posted 14 April 2022
Salary £30,000 - £40,000
LocationIpswich
Job type Permanent
Discipline SustainabilityEnergy Supply & Trading
ReferenceOEL
Contact NameEmma Carter

Job description

As the Operational Excellence Lead you will implement initiatives across the company to deliver business value and embed a culture of continuous improvement. Primarily focused on people and process optimisation, improvements will be delivered by working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to upskill and embed operational excellence tools and principles

About the role

  • You will be building and maintaining strong relationships across all levels with key stakeholders to deliver improvements
  • Drawing on your experience you will deliver initiatives which positively impact cost to serve, revenue growth and customer satisfaction
  • This role will certainly give you the opportunity to collaborate and support wider teams - working with members of the Leadership Team to agree initiative charters, including resources, outcomes, and communication approaches
  • A key part of this role is to utilise structured tools and approaches to coach and mentor teams and individuals, providing effective feedback
  • You will look for opportunities for continuous improvement in ways of working, challenging and challenging current structures of people and processes

The Individual:

  • Your experience and attitude are key to this role! You’ll have strong knowledge of process improvement and Lean/OE tools
  • You’ll provide experience of coaching, workshop planning and facilitation skills with the ability to build consensus and support decision making
  • Communication is important to this role - strong communication and interpersonal skills, challenging confidently where necessary and the ability to interact and influence at all levels
  • Confident with your ability to make effective presentations and communicate outcomes to teams and stakeholders, strong meeting management skills
  • Above all you’ll have a fantastic “can do “attitude with an energy that will inspire teams!