Operations Excellence & Asset Performance Lead (Ireland/UK)

Elis Ireland; Leinster; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Career progression opportunities

Ongoing training and development

Supportive team environment

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Elis Ireland is seeking a high-potential professional to drive the transformation of operational and asset performance across the Irish business, reporting to the UK & Ireland Performance Lead. The role offers a development path and will later expand to supporting one UK region.

Based in Ireland with frequent travel, you will influence frontline teams, build improvement roadmaps and coach managers while collaborating across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales and Customer Service.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent, ideally in industrial engineering, operations, supply chain, manufacturing or a related discipline.
• First successful experience, typically 2 to 4 years, in an industrial environment, operational excellence, supply chain, continuous improvement or operations consulting.

Responsibilities

• Use KPIs, benchmarking and site reviews to identify performance gaps and priorities.
• Build and drive focused improvement roadmaps for Ireland, with clear actions, owners and milestones.
• Analyse plant and customer flows at shopfloor level, identify root causes and implement pragmatic improvements.
• Improve key processes including replenishment, inventory management, repair and reuse, new customer set-up and asset sizing.
• Lead improvement projects, strengthen operational standards and ensure sustainable execution.
• Coach plant managers and key process owners, and work cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales and Customer Service.
• In a second phase, support the performance of one UK region and help share best practices across the UK & Ireland network.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Shopfloor operations

Structured problem-solving

Cross-functional communication

Lean or DMAIC knowledge

Willingness to travel

Influence without authority

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Elis Ireland is seeking a high-potential professional to drive the transformation of operational and asset performance across the Irish business, reporting to the UK & Ireland Performance Lead. The role offers a development path and will later expand to supporting one UK region.

Based in Ireland with frequent travel, you will influence frontline teams, build improvement roadmaps and coach managers while collaborating across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales and Customer Service.