National Performance Excellence Manager

1 week ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Tarmac Trading Limited Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced professional to join our team as a National Performance Improvement Manager at Tarmac Trading Limited. This is a unique opportunity to expand your career into a national role and see the outcome of your experience throughout our business.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive Operational Excellence and efficiency within the Aggregate and Asphalt businesses, identifying, analysing and implementing process improvement and performance.
  • Support the delivery of the performance management framework for all Business Units, 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, providing 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 lesson learnt.
  • Manage and direct the measuring and reporting improvements.
  • 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 / advise on development of requests and implementation of approved projects.
  • Challenge cost and KPI targets and ensuring the optimisation 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 optimisation 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.
About the Ideal Candidate
  • Experience as a Performance Improvement Manager or Continuous Improvement Manager within a Quarrying, Construction, Heavy Manufacturing or Engineering industry.
  • 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 whilst being an advocate for innovation.
About Tarmac Trading Limited

Tarmac Trading Limited is a leading supplier of construction materials and a major player in the UK's aggregates and asphalt industries. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

What We Offer
  • Extensive range of career development opportunities.
  • Industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits.
  • 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).
  • Training and development opportunities.


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