AI Business Improvement Partner

Castle Employment Agency Ltd; Brandesburton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 12.5%

Pension 10%

Holiday 25 days

Hybrid working

Death in Service 3x salary

Wellbeing app

On-site parking

Hybrid 3 days on site/2 days WFH

Job summary

Castle Employment Group is recruiting an AI & Business Improvement Partner for an established manufacturing business in East Yorkshire. The role combines business improvement with AI and automation to deliver measurable results across multiple functions.

You’ll work in a hybrid model (3 days on site / 2 days home), engaging with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities, pilot AI-enabled workflows and drive adoption across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in business improvement, digital transformation or technology-enabled change.
• Practical understanding of AI and automation and where these technologies add business value.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand business requirements and evaluate technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, remove inefficiencies and automate repetitive activities.
• Evaluate AI, automation and digital solutions for different business needs.
• Develop practical AI-enabled workflows, copilots and business tools.
• Run short sprints, proofs-of-concept and pilots before scaling successful solutions.
• Ensure solutions integrate with existing IT systems and collaborate with internal specialists.
• Assess technology providers and external partners when needed.
• Build and prioritise a pipeline of improvement opportunities.
• Support teams with adoption of new AI tools and ways of working.
• Deliver training and best-practice guidance; track measurable value.

Skills

Business improvement

Digital transformation

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

ChatGPT

Power Platform

Power BI

Job description

AI & Business Improvement Partner

Location: Brandesburton, East Yorkshire

Salary: £40,000-£50,000 (DOE) + up to 12.5% bonus

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours: 37 hours per week

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 3 days on site / 2 days working from home

Are you passionate about using AI and technology to solve real business problems and deliver measurable improvements?

Castle Employment Group is recruiting an AI & Business Improvement Partner for an established manufacturing business in East Yorkshire.

This is a newly created role offering the opportunity to work across the organisation, identifying where processes can be improved and using AI, automation and digital tools to turn those opportunities into practical, measurable results.

This isn't a pure AI development or Solutions Architect role. We're looking for someone who combines a business improvement mindset with practical knowledge of AI and automation, who can understand a problem, identify the right solution and work with internal teams and technical specialists to get it implemented.

What You'll Be Doing

Working across multiple departments, you'll act as the link between business challenges and technology solutions. You'll be responsible for:

• Identifying opportunities to simplify processes, remove inefficiencies and automate repetitive activities.
• Evaluating AI, automation and digital solutions to determine the best fit for different business requirements.
• Developing practical AI-enabled workflows, assistants, copilots and business tools.
• Running short sprints, proof-of-concepts and pilot projects before progressing successful solutions into live use.
• Working closely with IT and internal specialists to ensure solutions integrate effectively with existing systems.
• Evaluating technology providers and external partners where additional expertise is required.
• Building and prioritising a pipeline of business improvement opportunities.
• Supporting teams with the adoption of new AI tools and ways of working.
• Delivering training, practical guidance and best practice.
• Tracking improvements and demonstrating measurable value to the business.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on projects across Sales, Commercial, Design, Manufacturing, Operations, Procurement, Finance and People.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in business improvement, process improvement, digital transformation or technology-enabled change.
• A practical understanding of AI and automation and where these technologies can add genuine business value.
• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Power Platform, Power BI, or similar.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to understand business requirements and evaluate appropriate technology solutions.
• Confidence working with operational teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience taking ideas from opportunity through to implementation and user adoption.
• A commercial mindset with an interest in measuring whether improvements genuinely deliver value.

You don't need to be a deeply technical AI engineer or Solutions Architect. What's more important is your ability to understand where technology can improve a business and help make that improvement happen.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience with integrated ERP systems such as IFS or similar.
• Knowledge of workflow automation.
• Experience with data platforms, analytics or dashboards.
• Experience within manufacturing, engineering or another operational environment.

These are desirable rather than essential.

What Could Your First 100 Days Look Like

• Days 1-30: Meet departmental leaders, understand the business, establish opportunities and identify and prioritise quick wins.
• Days 31-60: Begin delivering short-sprint automation opportunities, establish how benefits will be measured and develop timings for the wider AI opportunity pipeline.
• Days 61-100: Deliver measurable efficiency improvements, move successful pilots into live operations, develop departmental AI use cases and help shape the annual AI improvement programme.

Salary & Benefits

Alongside a salary of £40,000-£50,000 (DOE), the package includes:

• Up to 12.5% bonus
• 10% employer contributory pension scheme
• 25 days' holiday + Bank Holidays
• Ability to purchase additional holiday
• 3x salary Death in Service benefit
• Employee wellbeing app
• Hybrid working, 3 days on site / 2 days working from home
• On-site parking

The role is 37 hours per week.

Location

The position is based in Brandesburton, East Yorkshire.

Due to the location of the site and limited public transport options, you'll need to drive and have access to your own transport.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to work with AI in a genuinely practical environment.

Rather than introducing technology for technology's sake, you'll be looking at real business challenges and asking:

Can we improve this process? Can we automate it? Is AI the right solution? How do we implement it successfully and demonstrate the benefit?

If you enjoy working at the intersection of business improvement, technology and people, we'd be keen to hear from you.