Operational Excellence Manager

3 days ago


Cockermouth, United Kingdom James Walker Full time

Key Responsibilities

  • Chair cross-functional meetings of all functional leaders on site
  • Lead employee engagement and enablement across all teams on site to improve overall business performance
  • Manage relationships with the Union, chair Union Meetings, deal with disputes, and lead T&Cs and wage negotiations
  • Ensure the site delivers a right first time, quality product to customers
  • Drive Lean/CI initiatives to raise productivity, quality, and customer service levels while reducing cost
  • Develop and implement a site manufacturing strategy aligned to the James Walker Group and SBU strategic plan
  • Be a key sponsor for the successful site deployment of the new end-to-end IT system (Project Keystone utilising Syteline 10)
  • Maintain registration to Health & Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management Systems


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