Group Operational Excellence Manager in Bradford

Job Details: Group Operational Excellence Manager

Full details of the job.

• Vacancy Name
• Vacancy Name Group Operational Excellence Manager
• Employment Type
• Employment Type Permanent
• Country
• Country United Kingdom
• Location
• Location Bradford
• Business Area
• Business Area Operations
• Workplace Type
• Workplace Type Hybrid
• About Princes

About Princes The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius.

Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day.

None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

• Role Description
• Job Purpose

To ensure optimal operational efficiency at lowest cost through the delivery of targets against the strategic objectives of the function: Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People.

Work with the Head of Operational Performance Transformation and General Manager to support the delivery of an agreed manufacturing vision and strategy through continuous improvement, ensuring optimum efficiencies, effectiveness, and profitability, initiating and implementing change as appropriate to meet the needs of the business through the identification and sharing of best practice through driving out waste and variability and the creation of a proactive improvement culture.

Support the vision, to be the home of operational excellence and the customer’s first choice food and drinks manufacturer.

• Dimensions
• Indirect reports
• c.400 employees across the Bradford site.
• c.55 employees across the Glasgow site.
• Contributes to budgeted production volumes.
• Principal Accountabilities
• Have in depth understanding of the Princes Operating System (POS) and maturity matrix, and sites must win battle plans
• Support and lead lean manufacturing work practices including Floor Management System, 5S, Asset Excellence, Problem Solving (including root cause analysis) to drive continuous improvement activity at site
• In conjunction with the Manufacturing Managers, roll out the consolidated medium to long term implementation timetable for continuous improvement and be accountable for maintaining and reporting the progress against the Princes Operating System (POS) for the Manufacturing sites ensuring at all times alignment with the objectives of the business.
• Support the Manufacturing Managers in performing a detailed gap analysis across site processes, performance and Operational Plans affecting any aspect of the manufacturing process.
• Support the Group Head of Operational Performance Transformation and Manufacturing Managers in the development of the appropriate technical and behavioural skills to enable a culture of continuous sustained improvement in achieving low cost, high quality operations.
• Support, prioritise, co-ordinate and lead/facilitate teams to implement sustained improvements to reduce factory costs, and ensure effective employment of people resources and facilities through successful project delivery in conjunction with the CI Plan for the Manufacturing sites, driving a culture of performance improvement with the General Manager
• Maximise people involvement and engagement in change projects to develop a change accepting culture across the Manufacturing sites.
• Coach and train all site-based colleagues so that they have the prerequisite knowledge and skills to apply CI concepts and tools on an ongoing basis.
• Challenge the status quo, support the General Manager in creating a culture of best practice and continuous improvement that focuses on elimination of waste in all forms by initiating and facilitating the development of a team working culture in pursuit of highly participative and highly motivated teams, in order to reinforce the continuous improvement culture.
• These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the jobholder.

Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the Individual’s line manager.

• All colleagues should carry out their duties in a responsible manner giving due consideration to Safety, Environmental & Quality procedures.
• All colleagues should carry out their duties in a responsible manner giving due consideration to Safety, Environmental & Quality procedures.
• Specific responsibilities can be found in the Health & Safety Management System
• Contribute to the health & safety of self and others by applying health and safety principles to the required standards whilst undertaking designated activities and tasks.
• General Responsibilities
• Understanding and implementation of lean manufacturing work practices including Floor Management System, 5S, Asset Excellence and problem solving (including root cause analysis), to drive continuous improvement activity throughout the site.
• Have a detailed understanding of the Princes Operating System (POS) and the Sites Must Win Battle Plans
• Ensure all training for direct reports is documented using the appropriate skills matrix.
• You must exercise reasonable skill and care for the health and safety of yourself and other people at work and you must not interfere with or obstruct anything provided in the interests of health and safety at work.
• The incumbent should demonstrate behaviours which are in line with the Company values & help to improve the Quality, Safety & Environmental culture.
• Support the business in working towards delivering our ethical trading and human rights vision.
• When engaging with internal and external stakeholders (such as consumers, customers or suppliers) maximise any potential opportunities to communicate Princes’ ethical trade and human rights approach.

These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the job holder.

Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the individual’s line manager

• Role Requirements
• Knowledge, Skills & Experience
• In depth practical experience of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Standardised Work, Problem Solving, VSM, TPM, SMED, Kaizen and OEE with evidence of how improvement projects have delivered real sustainable results financially and behaviourally.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, articulate and engaging and the ability to quickly establish good relationships with internal and external customers.
• The ability to motivate, mentor and engage teams to enable them to take on new skills and translate into operations.
• Negotiating and influencing skills to avoid the potential for internal tensions.
• Strong leadership, team building, coaching and development skills
• Project management skills

Benefits

• Cash Car Allowance
• 25 Days Annual Leave plus Birthday off
• 14.5% Pension – 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
• Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 Days in Office / 1 Day WFH
• Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days
• Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers Policies
• Life Assurance Cover
• Private Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities
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