Operational Excellence Manager

2 months ago

StokeonTrent, United Kingdom Unipart Logistics Full time

**Location**: Field Based
**Contract Type**: Permanent
**Hours**: Full Time, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday
**Salary**: £55,000 per annum plus car/car allowance

**Benefits**: 25 days holiday rising, health insurance, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme.

**About the Job: **

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You'll have an important part to play in our automotive sector evolved from over 30 years' experience in the highly productive automotive industry, and through our dedication to innovation.
Here at Unipart we don't just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's 'From Gate to Great' training and development program.
As Operational Excellence and Unipart Way Manager you will work as part of the Operations team to support the leadership in embedding Operational Excellence and Digital technologies consistently. You will lead, coordinate and deliver Unipart projects, with your primary focus to deploy Operational Excellence and Digital technologies into operations delivering value to the business and positive outcomes measured through Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery indicators.
**As part of your key responsibilities you'll: **
- Manage, coach and develop the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team on the contract
- Lead and deliver continuous improvement activities to improve operational performance and enhance colleague capability in the use of Unipart tools and techniques
- Deliver tangible and validated financial savings through OpEx and Digital delivery
- Use OpEx techniques and digital tools to deliver 'Right First Time' principles into operations
- Learn, share and adopt best practice within the Logistics division and wider business
- Mentor and coach peers and high potential colleagues, ensuring a strong pipeline of talent and succession
- Support and coach operational leaders with their personal development accreditation programmes, particularly OpEx elements where applicable

**About You **
- Experience of delivering Operational Excellence/Lean/Continuous Improvement (CI) with data analysis and business cases to drive tangible results in Unipart
- Excellent Communication skills including effective listening, presenting and written
- Working experience of lean/CI techniques
- Excellent Customer Services skills supported by good commercial understanding
- Good attention to detail and self-motivated
- Strong interpersonal skills and have the desire to build relationships at all levels of the operation
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and in a fast paced continually changing environment
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
You may have experience of the following: Operations Manager, Project Manager, Project Management, Supply Chain Manager, Facilities Manager, Warehousing Manager, Distribution Manager, Depot Manager, Process Improvement Manager, Operational Excellence, OpEx, Operational Efficiency Manager, Business Excellence Manager, etc.
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