National Performance Excellence Manager

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Tarmac Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled National Performance Excellence Manager to join our team at Tarmac. As a key member of our operations team, you will play a critical role in driving operational excellence and efficiency across our Aggregate and Asphalt businesses.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive operational and engineering performance continuous improvement, with a focus on plant utilization, labor utilization, waste costs, and increased use of Value Added Products.
  • Support the delivery of the performance management framework for all Business Units, while reviewing performance data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement.
  • Facilitate root cause analysis to understand problems and develop and promote sustainable solutions.
  • Promote continuous improvement by working within regional businesses to evaluate and improve operational processes.
  • Carry out regular site reviews, including Value Stream Mapping of business processes, provide a pipeline of improvement opportunities.
  • Provide Governance and support for improvement projects across the businesses.
  • Share best practice examples from other business units and product lines, benchmarking across the business to share knowledge and lessons learned.
  • Manage and direct the measuring and reporting improvements – Financial and non-financial, these arise from performance and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
  • Generate overall improvements in operational efficiency KPIs and improving trends against quality, cost, volume, efficiency, productivity, quality, and capex.
  • Identify and develop capital plans to support business sustainability or business improvement, recommending capital improvements and support/advice on development of requests and implementation of approved projects.
  • Challenge cost and KPI targets and ensuring the optimization of plant and equipment, along with reviewing KPIs monthly with regional teams, creating objectives and action plans based on these.
  • Promote customer orientation, providing technical 'know how' for operational issues linked to customer needs.
  • Drive and be proactive in the use of a range of digital tools and dashboards to support operational excellence initiatives and capability building in the business units.
  • Determine optimization projects to continually drive business improvements and cost savings across the business.
  • Champion a culture of continuous improvement and innovation throughout the business.
  • Engage with stakeholders at all levels to drive change initiatives, address resistance, and ensure strategic alignment.
  • Working with the National Operations Director to develop joined-up national strategies which maximize value chain potential through up-stream contribution.
Requirements
  • Engineering or other industry-relevant higher-level qualification, a role-related degree would prove highly beneficial.
  • Proven experience in performance and project management, or operations leadership roles within a Quarrying/Manufacturing/Engineering environment.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including coaching, mentoring, and development.
  • In-depth knowledge of lean principles, Six Sigma methodologies, and other process improvement frameworks.
  • Experience in change management while being an advocate for innovation – change agent.
What We Offer
  • Bonus scheme.
  • Enhanced holiday entitlement.
  • Contributory pension scheme.
  • Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
  • Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice.
  • Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause.
  • Training and development opportunities.


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