Operational Excellence Lead

4 weeks ago


Handforth, Cheshire East, United Kingdom Pets at Home Group Plc Full time

About Our Mission

We're on a mission to create the best pet care business in the world. Our goal is to offer a whole ecosystem of services - from diet and lifestyle to grooming and veterinary care. All from one convenient, accessible source.

About Your Role

As the Operational Excellence Lead, you will be responsible for identifying, prioritising, planning, facilitating, execution and delivery of continuous improvements for all key areas of the business, Retail, Distribution, Contact Centres & the Vets. You will need to engage, inspire and work collaboratively with Business Change and other key stakeholders to embrace continuous improvement tools and long-lasting change within their areas.

Key Responsibilities

  • Working with Business Change, scope, shape and resource a CI programme of work utilising Lean Six Sigma principles to manage projects that underpin the strategic direction of the business.
  • Engage and coordinate with the business (and each business unit), to identify, evaluate, align, and prioritise opportunities, working on complex projects of large scope.
  • Support the delivery of better value and greater efficiency through the identification and elimination of unnecessary complexity within business processes and identification of better ways of working.
  • Provide regular detailed updates on the CI Roadmap to senior stakeholders translating complex statistical analysis into plain language.
  • Develop a consultative 'model' approach to unlock opportunities and build a future pipeline of activity.
  • Be responsible for the preparation, execution, and aftercare of Operational Excellence improvement projects.
  • Actively monitor project risks to foresee/identify potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address in advance.
  • Ensure the business impact and project objectives/dependencies are identified, reported on and managed at all times.

About You

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
  • 5 years of relevant experience leading Operational Excellence Teams.
  • Strategic in mind set – unlocking value to the business.
  • Inspiring and motivating leader.
  • Collaborating and influencing others beyond your team.
  • Experience of hands-on implementation of continuous improvement programs and Lean solutions to support productivity and efficiency gains.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrable experience of business improvement tools and methodologies, project management and change management are essential.
  • Ability to identify key stakeholders; engage with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders to influence direction of projects as well as develop a wide scope of influence.

We value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don't perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.



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