Head of Operational Excellence & BizEx Delivery

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 820,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salaries

Family visas

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for dependents

Education allowances

Job summary

Edge Group in Abu Dhabi leads EDGE's BRIDGE centre for Business Excellence, Learning and Innovation. The role steers the BizEx portfolio end-to-end, translating assessments into a finance-validated opportunity pipeline and delivering productivity impact across entities.

You will build a champion network, drive governance and capability programs, and partner with government and industry to accelerate transformation efforts within the UAE. Strong leadership and Lean Six Sigma are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations or a related discipline.
• 12+ years in operational excellence, continuous improvement or transformation roles, of which 5+ in a leadership position, within industrial, energy, defence or multi-entity group environments.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (or equivalent) with a demonstrated portfolio of delivered improvement projects.
• Proven delivery of Finance-validated cost-impact programmes at group scale.
• Experience leading and developing multi-grade teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and close the FY EDGE BizEx portfolio with Finance-validated productivity impact (AED 10M target); charter the following-year portfolio - categorised, capacity-modelled and execution-ready.
• Lead EDGE Excellence Model / OpEx assessments across entities and convert findings into a Finance-validated opportunity pipeline.
• Deploy Top-Down OpEx targets with the Clusters (AED 10M); drive leadership OpEx training (50% trained); coordinate a network of Business Excellence Champions.
• Implement SLAs, project charters, dashboards and tracking systems for the BizEx portfolio; ensure savings are audited and validated by Finance.
• Land and industrialise strategic capability initiatives with the team, including Digital Twin pilot, Process Mining deployment and the Quality Academy.
• Lead and develop the Business Excellence team (managers and specialists, grades G6-G8); maintain skills matrix and career ladders.
• Collaborate with Human Capital and external partners (government/industry) to drive capability programs.

Skills

Leadership

Operational excellence

Change management

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Operations

Master's degree / MBA

Tools

Digital Twin

Process Mining (SAP Signavio)

Excellence Models (EFQM)

Job description

Edge Group in Abu Dhabi leads EDGE's BRIDGE centre for Business Excellence, Learning and Innovation. The role steers the BizEx portfolio end-to-end, translating assessments into a finance-validated opportunity pipeline and delivering productivity impact across entities.

You will build a champion network, drive governance and capability programs, and partner with government and industry to accelerate transformation efforts within the UAE. Strong leadership and Lean Six Sigma are essential.