Operational Excellence Lead

4 weeks ago

Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Dechra Full time
Job Introduction

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Operational Excellence Lead to join our team at Dechra. As a key member of our site leadership team, you will be responsible for driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across our Skipton site.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing global specialist in veterinary pharmaceuticals and contribute to our mission to deliver high-quality products and services to veterinarians worldwide. As Operational Excellence Lead, you will play a critical role in implementing our Dechra Production System (DPS) standards and coaching local management and team members to achieve incremental and step changes in site performance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement operational excellence initiatives to drive continuous improvement and efficiency across the site.
  • Lead the application of DPS to develop the capability of all site personnel to implement routine continuous improvement activities.
  • Ensure the routine day-to-day activities result in a continuous improvement in site performance towards the goals of Zero Harm, Zero Defects, Zero Waste & Zero Unplanned Breakdowns.
  • Coach/train site teams in the successful application of DPS.
  • Support the Site Director and Leadership team to define site strategy, goals, and develop implementation plans.
  • Lead day-to-day deployment of DPS and related improvement activities at site level, delivering business performance improvement on People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost metrics.
  • Track progress of site DPS deployment roadmap and self-assess site DPS maturity level.
  • Deploy training and capability building plan as agreed by SLT & DPMS OPEX Lead.
  • Define, deliver, and support required training, coaching site teams to develop and sustain continuous improvement mindsets.
  • Guide development of strategy and gain alignment of key stakeholders.
  • Drive continuous improvement programs using DPS tools and techniques, encouraging others to be challenging, creative, and rigorous in their solutions.
  • Manage significant business change, fully justifying change, championing, and coaching others to support and deliver business changes.
  • Define and embed KPIs and processes to drive short-term and long-term improvement through application of DPS, across a balanced scorecard (P, S, Q, D, C) in all functions and value streams.
  • Ensure routine, rigorous, and robust reporting process is in use, effectively supporting timely resolution of issues and performance monitoring/trending.
  • Coach others in definition and use of KPIs to achieve performance improvement.
  • Coach on appropriate sourcing and use of data to drive effective and efficient decision-making.
  • Be a role model of Dechra Values and DPS skills and behaviors, instilling passion and effectively coaching individuals and teams to highest levels of performance.
  • Provide active guidance for performance development of individuals and teams, creating sponsors/advocates for DPS.
  • Cross-functionally nurture shared sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability amongst others.
  • Support/ensure consistency of progress across site, share lessons learned with network.
  • Benchmark site performance against other sites/companies, identifying opportunities to 'pinch with pride,' implementing best practices from others.
  • Embed appropriate best practice project management methods and tools.
  • Train, coach, and support others in project management system(s), methods, and practices, including contingency planning and risk management.
  • Ensure appropriate and effective project governance is in use to ensure projects and project teams deliver to expectations and progress reporting is timely, efficient, and effective.
  • Track and manage project benefits, reporting on financial information such as return on investment.
  • Ensure programs and portfolios are aligned to operational and strategic objectives and prioritized accordingly.
  • Support DPMS OPEX Lead with design and updates of DPS content, i.e., standards, handbook, assessment, and templates, etc.
  • Prepare and lead DPS Site Council.
  • Collaborate with DPMS PMO to harmonize processes and reporting.
The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Operational Excellence Lead who can drive continuous improvement and operational excellence across our Skipton site. The ideal candidate will have:

  • Management of OpEx programs within a large organization that drive commercial value.
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or PMP preferred certification.
  • Degree in Science, Engineering, or Business Management with experience in implementation of Operational Excellence initiatives.
  • Strong commercial acumen/analytical capabilities and extracting insights from key operational metrics and data and creating robust action plans.
  • Attention to detail and proven communications and planning skills.
  • Ability to influence peers and business areas using verbal or written communication.
  • Strong stakeholder management at all leadership levels and across functions (e.g., business, commercial, and finance).
  • Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills.
  • Evidence of driving a continuous improvement culture through a test and learn process, including holding workshops to generate ideas and identify solutions.
  • Worked in and understanding regulated markets.
  • Fluency in Excel, PowerPoint, and other PMO productivity tools.
  • Highly organized, high energy, able to work at a high pace, a self-starter, who thrives under pressure in changing situations with deadlines.
  • Ability to facilitate sessions with senior leadership.
Package Description
  • Average 36-hour working week (with a day off every other Friday).
  • Plenty of training and development opportunities.
  • 22.5 days annual leave + Bank holidays.
  • Option to buy a week's holiday each year.
  • 8% Employer Pension Contribution.
  • Free access to the Headspace App.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Free on-site parking.

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