Operational Excellence Partner

APM Terminals Gothenburg; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking an Operational Excellence professional to embed The Maersk Way across Ocean Operations. You will drive continuous improvement, eliminate waste, and anchor new ways of working through MOS.

You will collaborate with global teams to translate improvement opportunities into sustainable results using data-driven insights. You will coach teams on The Maersk Way, Kaizen, and problem solving, ensuring improvements become part of daily operations.

Qualifications

• Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of Lean and problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and drive change.
• Continuous Improvement experience; Black Belt certification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive and embed The Maersk Way across Ocean Operations.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned to Ocean Operations priorities.
• Work with regional and global Operational Excellence teams to implement initiatives through MOS.
• Identify, solve, and sustainably eliminate operational inefficiencies and process waste.
• Ensure improvement findings and best practices are shared across areas and regions.
• Validate trade-offs between cost and quality to support operational objectives.
• Leverage global data products and insights to identify improvement opportunities and support decision-making.
• Ensure improvements are incorporated into operating routines and sustained over time.
• Coach teams on The Maersk Way, problem solving, and Kaizen practices.
• Ensure adherence to MOS standards and SOPs; accountable for implementation and sustainment.

Skills

Problem Solving

Result Orientation

Change Management

Collaborative Relationships

Continuous Improvement

Data Savvy

Job description

Purpose of the Role

To embed The Maersk Way across Ocean Operations by driving continuous improvement, eliminating waste in processes, and anchoring new ways of working through the Maersk Operating System (MOS). The role ensures best practices are shared across areas and regions, improvement opportunities are translated into sustainable results, and data-driven insights are used to effectively run and improve the operating system.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and embed The Maersk Way across Ocean Operations.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned to Ocean Operations priorities.
• Work with regional and global Operational Excellence teams to implement agreed initiatives through the MOS.
• Identify, solve, and sustainably eliminate operational inefficiencies and process waste.
• Ensure improvement findings and best practices are shared across areas and regions.
• Validate trade-offs between cost and quality to support operational objectives.
• Leverage global data products and insights to identify improvement opportunities and support decision-making.
• Ensure improvements are incorporated into operating routines and sustained over time.
• Provide feedback through Super Users on process improvement opportunities.
• Coach teams on The Maersk Way, problem solving, and Kaizen practices.
• Ensure adherence to global and local SOPs and MOS standards.
• Accountable For Implementation and adherence to the Maersk Operating System (MOS).
• Deployment and sustainment of Visual Management Systems (VMS).
• Facilitation of Kaizen events.
• Execution and follow-through of Action Planning.
• Visibility and governance of continuous improvement initiatives across the region.

Success Measures

• Initiative-specific metrics.
• Process health metrics.
• Outcome metrics.
• Usage of global data products.
• Adherence to global MOS standards.

Key Stakeholders

• Internal Stakeholders Ocean Operations Leadership Team.
• The Maersk Way Centre of Excellence (CoE).

Critical Capabilities

• Problem Solving.
• Result Orientation & Change Management.
• Ability to Build Collaborative Relationships.
• Continuous Improvement.
• Proactiveness.
• Data Savvy.

Experience & Competencies

• Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of Lean and problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and drive change.
• Continuous Improvement experience; Black Belt certification is advantageous.

Who We Are Looking For

A proactive Operational Excellence professional who is passionate about embedding The Maersk Way, enabling sustainable improvements, and helping teams solve problems through structured operating rhythms, visual management, and continuous improvement practices.

You will be comfortable working across functions, coaching teams and senior leaders, leveraging data to drive decisions, and ensuring improvements become part of how Ocean Operations operates every day.

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A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world. For more information click here. All the way.