Lean & Operational Excellence Leader

Lean Executives Ltd.; Wollaton; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lean Executives Ltd. is seeking an experienced Head of Lean Business System / Operational Excellence Leader to drive a structured improvement framework across a key manufacturing site and partner with the Site Leadership Team to embed continuous improvement.

The role focuses on leading Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen activities, improving performance and delivering measurable bottom-line benefits, including supply chain and cross-functional transformation.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering measurable operational and financial improvements within manufacturing, engineering, industrial or supply chain environments.
• Experience of Lean/Operational Excellence systems deployed across site-wide or multi-site environments.
• Hands-on leadership style with strong stakeholder management and the ability to turn strategy into sustainable execution.

Responsibilities

• Developing and leading the CI/Lean Business System strategy.
• Driving Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and structured problem-solving activity.
• Improving manufacturing performance, productivity, quality and profitability.
• Identifying and delivering P&L improvement and measurable bottom-line benefits.
• Driving supply chain improvement, including flow, service, inventory and cost.
• Leading cross-functional transformation and process optimisation.
• Establishing governance, KPIs and data-driven performance management.
• Coaching leaders and developing CI capability across the organisation.
• Leading and developing a high-performing CI team.

Job description

Lean Executives Ltd. is seeking an experienced Head of Lean Business System / Operational Excellence Leader to drive a structured improvement framework across a key manufacturing site and partner with the Site Leadership Team to embed continuous improvement.

The role focuses on leading Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen activities, improving performance and delivering measurable bottom-line benefits, including supply chain and cross-functional transformation.