Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement Consultant

Valexis Consulting; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Valexis Consulting is seeking an Operational Excellence Consultant in Chesterfield to drive performance improvements across portfolio companies. You will diagnose causes of underperformance, map processes, and design future-state operating models with measurable benefits.

Ideal candidates combine analytical problem solving with commercial awareness and hands-on implementation experience, delivering practical, impactful changes.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational excellence, performance improvement, Lean, or management consulting.
• Ability to combine analytical skills with commercial understanding.
• Strong process and operating-model expertise.
• Ability to distinguish symptoms from root causes.
• Pragmatism about implementable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose performance and identify root causes of underperformance.
• Map and challenge existing processes, operating models and ways of working.
• Identify productivity, cost, service and working-capital opportunities.
• Design pragmatic future-state processes and operating models.
• Quantify improvement opportunities and build credible implementation cases.
• Establish KPIs and performance-management disciplines.
• Collaborate with management teams to implement improvements.
• Track benefits reaching the P&L.

Skills

Analytical problem solving

Commercial understanding

Process and operating-model expertise

Root cause analysis

Pragmatism

Job description

Valexis Consulting is seeking an Operational Excellence Consultant in Chesterfield to drive performance improvements across portfolio companies. You will diagnose causes of underperformance, map processes, and design future-state operating models with measurable benefits.

Ideal candidates combine analytical problem solving with commercial awareness and hands-on implementation experience, delivering practical, impactful changes.