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Operational Excellence Manager

Caerphilly

26740/611

£45,000 plus profit share scheme (15% of salary), health programme, pension and more.

Package:

• A starting salary of up to £45,000
• Profit Share Scheme - up to 15% of salary
• Health and Well Being Programme
• Company pension scheme

Based in South Wales, this well-established business supplies trusted fire safety equipment and systems to professionals across the country. With a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and service and a team that values reliability, growth, and doing things the right way, it’s the perfect place to build a career with purpose.

Role & Responsibilities:

As an Operational Excellence Manager, you will be responsible for improving the operational efficiency, utilisation, and performance across the business. You will lead transformational projects using lean and operational tools such as: 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, short interval control and change management. The role involves analysing production, wastage, and other performance data streams to prioritise, plan and action process improvement projects.

• Develop and implement operational transformation plans and site performance improvement plan (PIP) strategies that optimise production processes, reduce waste, and improve product quality.
• Develop, shape, and deploy SOPs and standard work within Operations.
• Managing operational budgets by analysing and identifying areas of cost savings whilst maintaining quality and safety standards.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to lead process improvement initiatives such as structured problem-solving events and workshops, including team Kaizen events. Execute improvement activities like 5S, Value Stream Mapping events and Kaizen workshops.
• Develop a Continuous Improvement culture throughout the business including training, coaching and delivery of CI initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• A minimum 3 to 5 years’ experience in process improvement, quality management, and/or operations management within manufacturing or warehousing environments, of which at least 1-2 years are in operational excellence, lean six sigma or a management role.
• Proven experience in lean and transformation processes using tools and methodologies such as 5S, VSM, Lean Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control and in running Kaizen workshops.
• Strong project management skills
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, or a related field.
• Six Sigma/Kaizen/Lean Six Sigma (ideally Green belt)

If you are interested in more information, please contact Sam Paynter.