Operations Continuous Improvement Specialist

Foodstuffs South Island Limited; Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equitable outcomes

Paid parental leave

Health insurance

Wellbeing tools

Training library access

Diversity & inclusion

Free parking

In-house café

Job summary

Foodstuffs South Island Limited is seeking an Operations Continuous Improvement Specialist to strengthen our Supply Chain by ensuring processes, systems, and ways of working are safe, efficient, and consistent across our distribution centres and transport operations in Canterbury.

Based at our Hornby Distribution Centre, you will observe how work is done, engage with frontline teams, identify improvement opportunities, and design practical changes, including documentation, workshops, training,

Qualifications

• Experience in Supply Chain operations and systems (SAP, EWN, TM – highly regarded).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven mindset.
• Ability to communicate complex information to diverse audiences.
• Proven experience working with frontline teams and driving changes across functions.

Responsibilities

• Observe current work processes and identify bottlenecks or risks.
• Design and implement improvements with clear documentation and training.
• Facilitate workshops and prepare business cases to support change.
• Collaborate with distribution centres and transport teams to embed new ways of working.

Skills

Supply Chain operations

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Tools

SAP

EWN

TM

Job description

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Operations Continuous Improvement Specialist

Business Unit: Foodstuffs South Island Limited

Job Type: Full time

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About the role:

O ur Supply Chain team play a huge part in our purpose of feeding the South. Every day, they keep product moving across the South Island. The Operations Continuous Improvement Specialist supports our Supply Chain by making sure the operational teams have processes, systems and ways of working in place to operate safely, efficiently and consistently.

Reporting to the Operations Continuous Improvement Lead, you'll work closely with leaders and teams across our distribution centers and transport operations to identify opportunities for improvement. You’ll use your knowledge of Supply Chain operations alongside your problem solving and analytical skills to come up with creative solutions to embed better ways of working.

This is a hands-on role based at our Distribution Centre in Hornby. You’ll observe how work gets done, talk with the teams to understand what challenges they might be facing and what outcomes are (or aren’t) being produced. From there, you’ll use that information as your base to design and implement improvements – whether that be developing documentation, facilitating workshops, training users or pulling together a business case to gain support for change.

About you:

You've got an eye for spotting the small details, things that might not yet be perceived as an issue or may be overlooked, but you can see room for improvement. You’re curious and inquisitive and enjoy digging into the root cause and finding smarter ways to get things done. It might be a small tweak, a re-design or a brand new idea.

You use your operational knowledge with critical thinking and problem solving to come up with practical solutions. Most importantly, you are passionate about continuous improvement and motivated by making things work better.

You enjoy engaging with people, building relationships, listening to perspectives, and bringing people along for the journey. You're a team player and open to feedback from your team, whilst being collaborative and working with the end users to make your idea work even better than you had imagined.

You'll also bring:

• Experience in Supply Chain operations and systems (SAP, EWN, TM – highly regarded)
• Confidence to challenge existing ways of working, whilst remaining open to the ideas and perspectives of others
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to understand and translate technical information to a variety of audiences
• The ability to influence at all levels as well as train, coach and support users through change
• A collaborative approach and genuine enjoyment working with others including front line teams
• A naturally inquisitive mindset with strong critical thinking and investigative skills

Don't tick every box? We'd still love to hear from you.

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

• We’recommitted toequitableoutcomes, andwe offeradditionalpaid parental leave, free periodproductsand financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing withSouthern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools,and aprayer and privacy roomonsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well asaccess to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’reproud of our supportiveteam environment, andour positiveandfriendly culturethat’smade funby regularsocial events!
• We’rea Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• OurHornbysite has free carparking and in-house café.

Our values:

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positivelyimpactthe lives of South Islanders every day.