Senior Operational Excellence Manager

Arabelle Services UK Ltd; Rugby; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arabelle Solutions, part of EDF Group, is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Manager to lead lean transformation at the Rugby site, driving KPI-based improvements and daily management systems. You will coach cross-functional teams, promote Kaizen events, and deploy standard work to reduce waste and lead times, including Naval scope.

You will work with operators and managers to embed Lean culture, support daily management rhythms, and coach teams through Kata cycles, while ensuring alignment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (Or a high school diploma with extensive experience in Manufacturing/Assembly industries Management experience across Manufacturing, Operations, and/or Lean disciplines.
• Fluent English communication skills, with a collaborative and transparent interpersonal style.
• Proven experience successfully guiding Lean transformations and a comprehensive understanding of Lean principles, methodologies, and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the lean transformation within Arabelle Solutions to achieve operating goals using KPI-based performance management for Repair Shop sites of Rugby, including Naval (UK Defense) scope.
• Coach and collaborate with all levels of the organization and functions including operators, support staff, and the leadership team to help progress our lean culture and drive continuous improvement.
• Be an advocate of Kaizen and facilitate Kaizen events to drive improvements using Pull, Kanban, Standard Work, 5S and Single-Piece Flow.
• Teach, promote, and practice the Systematic Approach to Lean and build Kaizen capability.
• Implement daily management process including daily management meetings, Gemba walks and Kata coaching cycles.
• Coach teams using the Kata process to drive daily rapid experiments and problem solving in a systematic way.

Job description

At Arabelle Solutions, part of EDF Group, we’re proud to design services and solutions that are generating power not just for today and tomorrow but for generations to come. You’ll work alongside passionate bright minds. We offer a broad range of opportunities for those eager to build tomorrow’s world. We believe a supportive culture is key to reach common goals. Diversity and an inclusive mindset makes us and our business stronger. Senior Operational Excellence & Lean Leader Reports To: Process Improvement & Lean Leader Location: Rugby Facility Travel Requirement: Up to 20% As our Senior Operation Excellence Manager you will play a pivotal role in ensuring operation and coordination along Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost of the Services Operations Organization in Rugby, as well as harmonized standard work and daily management rhythm adhering to defined Business Processes and their further improvement. You will create and help implement the LEAN vision for the Manufacturing part, with the goals of reducing losses (7 Muda) and deploying the Lean culture. This involves strong interaction with all stakeholders on the production sites (from operators to the factory manager). Your responsibility will be to lead, build and enable service wing-to-wing capabilities for the regions to execute outages and upgrade projects and use LEAN to improve Services processes and tools. You will be responsible for the direction (Lean Roadmaps), execution (improvements plans), and coaching of Arabelle Solutions Services Organization in Rugby. You will drive improvement in SQDC aligned with both the annual goals as well as the Lean Objectives of reducing lead time, and problem solving, designing and implementing Daily Management System.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and execute the lean transformation within Arabelle Solutions to achieve operating goals using KPI-based performance management for Repair Shop sites of Rugby, including Naval (UK Defense) scope. Coach and collaborate with all levels of the organization and functions including operators, support staff, and the leadership team to help progress our lean culture and drive continuous improvement. Be an advocate of Kaizen and facilitate Kaizen events to drive improvements using Pull, Kanban, Standard Work, 5S and Single-Piece Flow. Teach, promote, and practice the Systematic Approach to Lean and build Kaizen capability. Implement daily management process including daily management meetings, Gemba walks and Kata coaching cycles. Coach teams using the Kata process to drive daily rapid experiments and problem solving in a systematic way.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (Or a high school diploma with extensive experience in Manufacturing/Assembly industries Management experience across Manufacturing, Operations, and/or Lean disciplines. Fluent English communication skills, with a collaborative and transparent interpersonal style. Proven experience successfully guiding Lean transformations and a comprehensive understanding of Lean principles, methodologies, and tools.

Desired Characteristics

Working knowledge or experience with the S4 Hana (SAP) ERP system. Ability to influence without direct authority. Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines. Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborator Problem solver: challenges existing processes, critical thinker

This work is undertaken with UK Defence customers which will require any individual applying for the role to hold or be capable of getting SC Level clearance as a UK Passport Holder. Applicants not cleared will not be accepted into the business until this clearance is provided. Dual passport holders are acceptable if the second country is approved by the vetting authority.

Join us and work with global teams to support global customers ! At Arabelle Solutions, we have team members of more than 49 nationalities spread across 16 countries. At Arabelle Solutions, we know diversity makes teams and business stronger. Arabelle Solutions is a leading provider of nuclear turbine island technology and services. A third of the world's nuclear power plants rely on our technologies and services. Our innovative solutions and highly skilled teams energize the world with reliable, low-carbon electricity - critical for a sustainable future. With a heritage going back to the industry's early days, our expertise is built on continuous design innovation, manufacturing world-class turbine island technology and providing essential services to maintain, maximize and extend the lifetime of nuclear power plants across Europe, Asia and Africa. Our technologies range from the world's most powerful steam turbine in operation to modular designs optimized for SMRs, as well as generators, pumps, heat-exchangers, controls systems and cyber security. Arabelle Solutions has around 3,300 employees working across 16 countries. Arabelle Solutions believes that investing in employee development is key to our success. Our culture of learning focuses on developing our people and promoting the skills for the future. Thrive in a supportive work culture that is committed to continuous learning.