Operational Excellence Manager

Siemens Healthineers; Sudbury CP; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days' holiday (with buy/sell)

Up to 10% employer pension

Share and bonus scheme

Two paid volunteering days/year

Private medical insurance & dental

CSR volunteering support & 24/7 EAP

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers is seeking a Site Operational Excellence Manager in the UK to drive Lean leadership culture and deploy the site operating system. You will coach leaders and teams to adopt Lean behaviors, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.

responsibilities include deploying DMS, 5S, Standard Work, and capacity planning to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement. Lead productivity initiatives and annual savings targets while aligning with site KPIs.

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience across strategic and tactical change initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of Lean Management-based Business Systems.
• Experience planning, facilitating, and leading continuous improvement workshops, and coaching organizational change.
• Several years in Lean Management, Business Systems, Consulting, or Business Excellence.
• Strong time management with a proactive, results-oriented mindset.
• Ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience in adapting to changing priorities and dynamic workloads.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with site Leadership Team to align on priorities and targets.
• Promote Agile Action Plans to drive site performance improvements.
• Facilitate Improvement Events addressing key business challenges and measurable outcomes.
• Train and coach HPS Enablers in HPS tools and methodologies.
• Serve as an HPS thought leader driving cultural transformation.
• Contribute to day-to-day site KPIs and budget planning as part of the Extended Leadership Team.
• Own site productivity budget and identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Conduct workload and capacity analyses to inform budget, resourcing and investment.
• Champion continuous improvement using HPS tools like Structured Problem Solving and Value Stream Mapping.

Skills

Project management

Lean Management

Leadership

Time management

Adaptability

Self-motivation

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Coaching

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Lean tools

Job description

Job Requirements

Do you want to join us in helping to fight the world's most threatening diseases and enabling access to care for more people around the world? At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

The Site Operational Excellence Manager is responsible for driving a culture transformation that embeds Lean Leadership principles throughout the site. This role serves as a change agent and coach, developing leaders and teams to adopt Lean behaviors, continuous improvement practices, and operational discipline.

The position leads the deployment and sustainment of the site's Operating System, leveraging Lean Management, Daily Management Systems (DMS), Gemba practices, 5S, Standard Work, Structured Problem Solving, and Capacity Planning to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement. Additionally, the role is accountable for coordinating and tracking the execution of the site's productivity initiatives, ensuring delivery of annual savings commitments and operational performance targets.

In this role you can expect to:

• Collaborate closely with the site Leadership Team to align on strategic priorities and set operational, financial, and performance improvement targets.
• Foster a high-performance culture by promoting the use of Agile Action Plans to achieve site-level performance improvement goals.
• Facilitate impactful Improvement Events focused on addressing critical business challenges and driving measurable outcomes.
• Train and coach HPS Key Enablers in the application of HPS mindset, tools, and methodologies.
• Serve as an HPS thought leader, driving cultural transformation and embedding continuous improvement across the organization.
• As a member and rotating facilitator of the Extended Leadership Team, contribute to the achievement of day-to-day site KPIs and operational goals.
• Take accountability for meeting the site productivity budget, identifying opportunities for optimization and efficiency.
• Conduct regular workload and capacity analysis, including departmental reviews of utilization and efficiency to identify productivity gaps. Use these insights to inform annual budget planning, resourcing, and capital investment.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, providing leadership and coaching in the application of HPS core tools such as Structured Problem Solving, Agile Visual Management, Value Stream Mapping and Hoshin Kanri.

Work Experience

• Extensive and proven project management expertise, ideally gained through leading strategic and tactical change initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
• Deep knowledge of Lean Management-based Business Systems.
• Significant experience in planning, facilitating, and leading continuous improvement workshops, as well as coaching and supporting organizational change programs.
• Several years of professional experience, specializing in Lean Management, Business Systems, Consulting, or Business Excellence.
• Strong time management skills, with a proactive and results-oriented mindset.
• Adaptable and flexible, able to adjust to changing priorities and dynamic workloads.
• Self-motivated, dependable, and capable of working independently, demonstrating ownership and initiative.
• Excellent leadership skills with a collaborative, cross-functional working style.
• Proven people management experience, with a focus on developing high-performing teams and fostering a positive work culture.

Benefits

Our Benefits:

• 26 days' holiday (with the option to buy up to 10 additional days, and sell up to 5)
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Share and bonus scheme
• Two paid volunteering days per year
• Access to our flexible benefits from private medical insurance to dental cover
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities including 2 paid volunteering days per year and support from our 24/7 employee assistance programme

Who we are:

We are a team of more than 73,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work:

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals with disabilities.

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