Senior Global Manufacturing Excellence Leader

pladis Foods Limited

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

pladis Foods Limited is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Manager to drive world-class manufacturing performance. You will lead OE framework deployment across sites, improving safety, quality, cost and service while embedding a strong continuous improvement culture.

The role requires deep sector experience in snacking/confectionery, proven Lean six sigma capabilities and ability to influence across a global matrix organization. Regular travel to manufacturing sites is expected.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related discipline.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
  • Fluency in English required; additional languages advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, deployment and sustainment of the OE framework across manufacturing sites, aligned with global standards.
  • Drive measurable improvements in OE%, cost, losses, quality, conformance to plan and safety performance.
  • Coach factory leadership teams to embed continuous improvement behaviours and standard ways of working.
  • Identify, prioritise and execute improvement initiatives with clear business cases and quantified benefits.
  • Partner with site, regional and global leaders to improve end-to-end operational performance.
  • Support capability building across factories through training, coaching and hands-on support (Lean tools, root cause analysis, standard work).
  • Ensure consistency of KPIs and best-practice sharing across the network.
  • Act as SME for operational excellence within snacking/confectionery manufacturing.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma
Continuous Improvement
Problem-solving
English fluent

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Operations
Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt

Tools

Data analytics
KPIs tracking

Job description

pladis Foods Limited is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Manager to drive world-class manufacturing performance. You will lead OE framework deployment across sites, improving safety, quality, cost and service while embedding a strong continuous improvement culture.

The role requires deep sector experience in snacking/confectionery, proven Lean six sigma capabilities and ability to influence across a global matrix organization. Regular travel to manufacturing sites is expected.

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