Group Operational Excellence Manager

PRINCES

Bradford

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

Application generator

Get a reply from this employer — a resume and cover letter tailored to exactly what they’re hiring for.

Get past ATS filters

Benefits offered by this job

Cash Car Allowance

25 Days Annual Leave plus Birthday off

Pension – 14.5%

Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 Days in

Life Assurance Cover

Private Medical Insurance

Critical Illness Cover

Learning & Development Opportunities

Job summary

Princes Group is seeking a Group Operational Excellence Manager to drive lean transformation and continuous improvement across Bradford and Glasgow sites. You will own the rollout of the Princes Operating System, lead CI projects, and coach site teams to sustain high performance and cost efficiency.

With hybrid working and a strong focus on safety, quality, and People, you will create a proactive improvement culture and engage stakeholders to deliver best practices across the manufacturing

Qualifications

In depth practical experience of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Standardised Work, Problem Solving, VSM, TPM, SMED, Kaizen and OEE with evidence of how improvement projects delivered results.
Excellent interpersonal, coaching and leadership skills to mentor teams and drive cross-site CI initiatives.
Strong project management capability with a track record of delivering cost reductions and productivity gains.

Responsibilities

Lead lean manufacturing initiatives across sites to drive continuous improvement and reduce costs.
Coordinate with site managers to implement the Princes Operating System and CI plans.
Develop and sustain a culture of performance improvement through training and engagement.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Standardised Work

Problem Solving

Value Stream Mapping

TPM

SMED

Kaizen

OEE

Job description

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