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Operational Excellence Manager
Job Posted: 12 hours ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Are you an experienced Operational Excellence Manager? I want to talk to you!
A leading precision engineering and manufacturing group with multiple UK sites is seeking a driven and influential Operational Excellence Manager to support its continued growth. Operating in highly regulated sectors such as aerospace and power generation, the business is investing heavily in standardising processes, improving performance and enabling a culture of continuous improvement. This role will play a key part in shaping and deploying a consistent operational system across all sites while building capability and driving sustainable change.
Operational Excellence Manager (Group)
Permanent
Competitive Package + Bonus + Benefits
Welwyn Garden City (Multi-Site Role)
Key Responsibilities
Develop, deploy and evolve a standardised operating system to align processes, behaviours and performance frameworks across the group.
Coach and support site leadership teams to embed Lean, CI and operational governance structures, ensuring consistency and operational maturity.
Lead and guide improvement projects focused on delivery performance, quality, efficiency, cost reduction and customer satisfaction.
Build CI capability by developing operational excellence champions, delivering structured training and facilitating improvement workshops.
Support strategy deployment, SIOP processes and standardised performance management tools to ensure operational control and measurable improvement.Essential Experience / Skills / Qualifications
Proven operational excellence and continuous improvement background within a manufacturing environment.
Strong Lean / Six Sigma foundation with experience implementing CI methodologies.
Ability to influence, coach and guide senior stakeholders and operational teams.
Comfortable working across multiple sites and driving sustainable cultural change.
Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.
Frequent travel to UK Sites required, UK Driving License is essential .Company Benefits
Annual Bonus: 5% (subject to performance targets)
Holiday: 187.5 hours / 25 days + bank holidays
Pension: 4% employee / 5% employer contribution
Death in Service: 1x salary rising to 6x salary with minimum 4% pension contribution
Health Portal access
£75 quarterly gym membership contribution
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