Business Process Improvement Engineer

We have an opening for a Business Process Improvement (BPI) Engineer to join our team. This position requires extensive travel throughout our UK and European sites, and you will be responsible for identifying and achieving cost-cutting targets, meeting project deadlines, and proactively supporting customer and stakeholder expectations by adhering to the BPI governance process in Europe. This role entails providing hands-on assistance in all parts of continuous improvement and delivering results as specified by the Regional BPI Manager.

About The Role

How will you contribute:

• Project Management: Manage, plan, coordinate, and deliver assigned projects within the BPI program and associated objectives for relevant sites and operations. Support the initiation of projects to manage increased business volumes and streamline current processes to gain maximum efficiency while ensuring high productivity and customer satisfaction.
• Process Improvement: Support the application of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques for successful delivery of BPI projects across the region. Utilize 5S, Kaizen, JIT delivery, labor balancing, capacity studies, time and motion studies, AutoCAD, MS Excel, project management, facility and process design, lean manufacturing concepts, and material flow engineering.
• Root Cause Analysis: Apply knowledge and experience in process and root cause analysis tools including process mapping, FMEA, cause-effect diagrams, and Pareto analysis.
• Collaboration: Build relationships with engineering and operational teams within the region. Work with regional teams to identify potential new BPI projects to contribute towards the profitability of the site and BPI annual savings target. Work with all functions (IT, Engineering, Operations, etc.) to develop and manage the improvement project pipeline and associated priorities.
• Tracking and Reporting: Accountable for the effective use of project tracking to capture, measure, and monitor status, benefits, and issues of BPI projects. Develop appropriate reports within appropriate systems. Track the measurement of financial benefit delivery to ensure BPI projects contribute to the overall financial targets for the organization’s BPI program. Provide reporting into senior leadership and handle escalations.

What will you Bring.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• At least 3 years experience in a similar role
• 3 years of experience in designing, developing, implementing, and executing logistics solutions.
• Experience in one or more of the contract logistics verticals (Tech / Industrial, Auto, Chemical, Healthcare etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field. A master’s degree is preferred.
• Ability to travel around 75% of the time throughout Europe
• Proven experience in successful delivery of cross-functional projects with a track record of delivering savings, preferably within a logistics/warehousing/manufacturing facility environment.
• Have a proven ability to work in a cross functional environment and in both hierarchical and matrix style organizations to engage personnel from differing business units and backgrounds to achieve strategic business objectives.
• MTM certification is a plus.
• Lean Six Sigma or other lean certification preferred.
• Hands on experience with supply chain applications such as WMS, TMS, OMS, and SCM.
• Experience working with a Plant/Site/Business Unit team.

NOTE: All our roles are subject to the below:

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• We may close our roles early, depending on the number of applications received.
• A full valid UK driving licence or appropriate international licence allowing you to drive on UK roads.
• No unspent criminal convictions

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for millions of people around the world. DP World is here to make trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. With more than 106,500 employees across 73 countries, we are pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. By integrating our physical infrastructure with cutting-edge technology, we create efficient end-to-end solutions, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses – Ports and Terminals, Economic Zones, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.