Director, Global Operations Excellence

PlayStation; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment seeks a Director, Global Operations Excellence to lead transformation and standardisation across the global supply chain. You will manage Lean experts, drive continuous improvement, and partner with Logistics, Planning, Finance, Procurement, and regional teams to deliver measurable cost and service improvements.

The role reports into Global Operations and focuses on creating robust operational standards, cost governance, and scalable processes worldwide, while

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ experience in Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operational Excellence, Lean Transformation, or a related global leadership role.
• Proven experience leading Operational Excellence, Lean, continuous improvement, or business transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of global supply chain operations, including warehousing, transportation, distribution, 3PL/4PL management, and governance.
• Experience leading global tenders, service partner development, and supplier performance improvement; strong financial acumen with OPEX/CAPEX oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Operations Excellence agenda and transformation roadmap.
• Oversee Lean Kaizen Office and drive Kaizen events, value stream mapping, and waste reduction.
• Develop global operational standards ensuring high-quality service across markets.
• Translate business needs into operational plans and deliverable roadmaps.
• Lead service partner development, including tender activity and governance.
• Oversee budgetary analysis of OPEX and CAPEX across the global supply chain.
• Generate data-driven insights to shape strategic improvements.

Skills

Lean transformation

Global operations

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Budgeting

Kaizen / Gemba

Process improvement

Job description

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Role overview:

The Director, Global Operations Excellence will be responsible for leading Operational Excellence, standardisation, transformation, and continuous improvement across the Sony Interactive Entertainment global supply chain.

Working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, this senior leader will oversee a team of Lean experts and Operational Excellence business standardisation specialists, ensuring SIE Operations continues to improve service quality, reduce waste, increase efficiency, and deliver consistent, high-performing operational practices across all regions.

Reporting into Global Operations, this role will act as a key transformation leader across the Operations division, partnering with Logistics, Warehousing, Planning, Transportation, Finance, Procurement, Commercial, D2C, Customer Service, and regional Operations teams to drive measurable improvements across cost, service, process maturity, and customer experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the global Operations Excellence agenda for SIE, defining and executing a transformation roadmap focused on standardisation, Lean capability, service partner development, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the Operations Lean Kaizen Office, driving Lean transformation activities across operational functions, including Kaizen events, value stream mapping, Gemba practices, waste reduction, cost improvement, and operational performance improvement.
• Lead the development of global operational standards, ensuring SIE delivers a consistent, high-quality service experience to customers, retailers, commercial partners, and internal stakeholders across all markets.
• Act as the central point for translating commercial, customer, and business requirements into operational solutions, ensuring requests are clearly assessed, prioritized, and converted into realistic delivery plans.
• Lead global service partner development, including strategic tender activity, performance improvement, and commercial governance across warehousing 3PLs, control tower 4PLs, transportation partners, and other key Operations service providers.
• Oversee centralised budgetary analysis across Operations, supporting visibility, control, and governance of OPEX and CAPEX activities across the global supply chain.
• Generate data-driven insights into operational performance, ways of working, service quality, cost drivers, and customer impact, using these insights to shape strategic and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key areas of focus:

Service Partner Development

• Lead global Operations tender activity across key warehousing 3PL, control tower 4PL, transportation, and logistics service partners.
• Partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, and regional Operations teams to ensure tender processes are commercially robust and operationally aligned.
• Support service partner strategy, performance management, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Provide budgetary oversight and centralised analysis of OPEX and CAPEX spend across Operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve partner performance, cost efficiency, service delivery, and operational scalability.

Lean Transformation: Operations Lean Kaizen Office

• Lead the Operations Lean Kaizen Office as the centre of excellence for Lean transformation across SIE Operations.
• Drive Lean continuous improvement activities across all operational areas.
• Support weekly and monthly S&OE practices, ensuring continuous improvement is embedded into operational routines and decision-making.
• Lead and support Kaizen events, value stream mapping, Gemba walks, process diagnostics, and waste reduction initiatives.
• Deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, service quality, process flow, and operational performance.
• Build Lean capability across teams through coaching, standards, tools, and practical application.

Distribution Excellence

• Oversee global operational standardisation across distribution, warehousing, transportation, and fulfilment practices.
• Ensure SIE delivers one consistent, high level of operational service excellence to its global customer base.
• Develop data-driven insights into how operational practices impact customers, commercial outcomes, cost, and service performance.
• Act as the central funnel point for commercial and customer requests, translating business needs into operational realities.
• Identify global best practices and scale them across regions, partners, and operational functions.
• Establish performance metrics, governance forums, and improvement roadmaps to drive accountability and progress.

What we’re looking for:

• 15+ years’ experience in Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operational Excellence, Lean Transformation, or a related global leadership role.
• Proven experience leading Operational Excellence, Lean, continuous improvement, or business transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of global supply chain operations, including warehousing, transportation, distribution, 3PL/4PL management, and operational governance.
• Experience leading or supporting global tenders, service partner development, and supplier performance improvement.Strong financial acumen, with experience overseeing or analyzing OPEX, CAPEX, cost performance, and budgetary controls.
• Demonstrated experience with Lean tools and methodologies, including Kaizen, value stream mapping, Gemba, standard work, waste reduction, and continuous improvement routines.
• Strong ability to translate commercial and customer requirements into operational plans and scalable processes.
• Excellent leadership skills, with experience managing high-performing teams of specialists or transformation experts.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to turn operational data into strategic insight and measurable improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across Operations, Finance, Procurement, Commercial, Customer Service, and regional leadership teams.

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

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