Hands-On Lean Leader: Operational Excellence & Impact

B&S Group; Ruislip; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

B&S Group is seeking a high-energy, hands-on Site Operational Excellence Lead to drive Lean and Continuous Improvement across our UK site. You will be highly visible, observe processes first-hand and deliver measurable improvements without compromising safety or quality.

The role requires leading Kaizen events, establishing baselines and targets, coaching managers, and embedding the Kaizen system across the site in collaboration with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, IT

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience in Lean, Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement or Six Sigma.
• A proven record of personally delivering measurable operational improvements.
• Experience leading change within a complex operational environment.
• Strong project-management and change-management capability.
• Experience coaching and developing operational teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience setting baselines, tracking KPIs and measuring financial or operational benefits.
• Lean Six Sigma or equivalent formal Lean/Operational Excellence training.
• Experience within pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing or another regulated environment.
• An understanding of GMP, GDP, CAPA, change control, deviations, validation and controlled documentation.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time across operational areas, seeing problems first-hand rather than managing by reports
• Identify waste, bottlenecks, poor processes and opportunities for improvement
• Lead Kaizen events, rapid improvement projects and structured problem-solving activities
• Turn opportunities into clear plans with defined baselines, targets, owners and deadlines
• Drive projects through implementation and make sure improvements are sustained
• Improve productivity, labour efficiency, service, quality, cost, inventory, flow, capacity and lead times
• Challenge missed commitments and ensure actions do not drift
• Build Lean capability through practical coaching and hands-on development
• Develop managers and Lean champions who can solve problems and hold the gains
• Embed the B&S Kaizen system across the site
• Work closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, IT and People & Culture
• Keep every improvement aligned with GMP, GDP, safety and quality requirements

Skills

Lean, Operational Excellence

Six Sigma

Change management

Project management

Coaching

Analytical/problem solving

Baseline/KPIs tracking

GMP/GDP/CAPA knowledge

Regulated environment experience

Education

Lean Six Sigma training

Job description

B&S Group is seeking a high-energy, hands-on Site Operational Excellence Lead to drive Lean and Continuous Improvement across our UK site. You will be highly visible, observe processes first-hand and deliver measurable improvements without compromising safety or quality.

The role requires leading Kaizen events, establishing baselines and targets, coaching managers, and embedding the Kaizen system across the site in collaboration with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, IT