Operational Excellence Performance Manager (OpEx)

The Compleat Food Group; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company is seeking an Operations Excellence Performance Manager to ensure effective performance management processes across their sites in the UK. This role involves managing KPIs, creating dashboards, and supporting operational excellence initiatives. The ideal candidate should possess experience in operational excellence within manufacturing, strong analytical skills, and be a fast learner. The role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and various benefits including a car allowance and bonus.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Bonus

Hybrid working

Pension match 4%/4%

33 days annual leave

2 Employee Volunteering Days per year

Online and High-street retailer discount scheme

Employee well-being and community support groups

Charity Initiatives and Team events

24/7 Access to Grocery Aid

Qualifications

• Operational Excellence experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Operational Excellence programs (e.g. Lean, TPM, 6 Sigma).
• Project management certification (e.g. AGILE / PRINCE2) desirable.
• Ability to work in both strategic and operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and subject matter expert for performance benefits tracking.
• Define and manage Business KPI’s (e.g. OEE, yield, UPH).
• Creator and owner of the OE projects tracking dashboard.
• Responsible for full life cycle of performance activities.
• Group owner for line performance systems standards.

Skills

Good level of English in writing and speaking

Highly analytical including advanced Excel and Power BI

Coaching and training skills to engage, teach and embed new ways of working

Fast learner and self-starter

Driving Licence essential

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Operations Excellence Performance Manager (OpEx)

Location: Flexible base/Hybrid role, ideally Midlands based – Regular Travel Required to Manufacturing Sites across UK.

Hours: Monday – Thursday, 8:30 – 17:00, Friday 8:30 – 16:00

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000, plus car allowance

Contract: Permanent, full time

Purpose: To support the Operational Excellence (OE) agenda by ensuring the company has the required Business Performance Management processes in place to drive performance and OE KPI’s, scorecards and tracking processes.

Key Duties

• Ownership and subject matter expert to ensure robust process for managing performance benefits tracking (capturing all productivity‑capital, performance management, OE projects etc)
• Responsible for defining, creating, managing and training Priority Business KPI’s (e.g. OEE, yield, UPH, Capacity Utilisation)
• Creator and owner of the OE projects tracking dashboard to ensure full visibility of opportunity, projects identified, projects completed, flightpaths and gaps for all sites globally
• Responsible for full life cycle of all performance activities from concept and definition to post training deployment
• Group owner for standards and configuration definitions of line performance systems ensuring consistency and understanding across the group
• Creation of Power BI dashboards to give meaningful KPI’s and KPI views at all levels of the business – plant to management board
• Agree leading KPI’s and create, manage and train across plants including systems developments (Power BI)
• Create dashboard for OE projects management to ensure we have full visibility from plant upwards of projects and their status
• Top‑down financial data analysis for categories and plants to highlight opportunities
• Definition and automation of standard diagnostic reports to identify improvement opportunities across the plant network
• Overall benefits tracking of benefits driving productivity e.g. operations performance management, capital projects or non‑capital projects

Qualifications and Experience

• Operational Excellence experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with Operational Excellence programs (e.g. Lean, TPM, 6 Sigma) with associated certification (desirable)
• Project management certification (e.g. AGILE / PRINCE2) desirable
• Ability to work in both strategic and operational levels

Skills

• Good level of English in writing and speaking
• Highly analytical including advanced Excel and Power BI
• Coaching and training skills to engage, teach and embed new ways of working
• Fast learner and self‑starter – able to turn a concept into a firm tangible plan
• Driving Licence essential due to regular travel requirement

Benefits to Include

• Car Allowance
• Bonus
• Hybrid working
• Pension match 4%/4%
• 33 days annual leave
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High‑street retailer discount scheme
• Employee well‑being and community support groups
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)

The Compleat Food Group fosters an inclusive, respectful culture where everyone feels safe, supported, and valued. We welcome diverse talent, knowing it drives exceptional results and a better workplace.

We are committed to Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect, ensuring all colleagues can thrive by bringing their whole selves to work. As an equal opportunity employer, we provide all the support you need to succeed.

Contact us at [e-mail] for inquiries.