Operational Excellence Manager

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Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you. As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits. To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact Click "Apply" to get started. What will this role achieve? This is an exciting and impactful role, crucial to delivering value to our Manchester site through influencing and collaborating widely with others to support Excellence activities. You will be involved in prioritising, managing, and delivering specific continuous improvement (CI) projects focused on reducing cost, optimising process and driving engagement across our Manchester Bakery and Chocolate Refinery. The successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating, mentoring, and developing teams/individuals at all levels on-site as part of the implementation and successful application of Operational Excellence . You will be an integral part of the site leadership team and therefore a key part of delivering our financial and KPI targets. Working closely with Department Managers to ensure the ongoing sustainability of Excellence tools on site - ensuring that skill levels are maintained, and benefits realised on an ongoing basis, as well as taking a key role in projects. Whilst the role is site based, travel to other sites and supporting projects at other sites should be expected, which will support benchmarking across other pladis sites. The role is not shift based but you may need to be flexible in supporting the delivery requirement of business / project initiatives. What will be your key deliverables? Responsible for the communications around Excellence processes and results across site Responsible for ensuring that the site's OpEx roll out is consistent with the overall Excellence approach Leading and coaching teams to conduct 'narrow and deep' interventions aimed at reducing cost, using Excellence tools & techniques Leading Excellence training courses across the site and, if required, other pladis sites Coach Green and Orange belt candidates in project delivery on site and certification To own the annual building of a pipeline of improvement projects which delivers the site's required financial improvement targets Accountable for execution of site improvement pipeline to deliver cost base improvement which both meet site targets Responsible for the identification and submission of Capex. projects related to plant efficiency. Where appropriate, lead these projects to completion. To play a key role in the Site Leadership team driving the creation and execution of the overall site strategy aligned to business growth ambition. Bring your experience Essential Motivated and passionate about Continuous Improvement (CI), with a resilient character - you will be able to empower people! Strong understanding of Excellence tools & techniques within CI & Leadership elements Track record of operating in a Manufacturing / Supply Chain CI culture Influencing across all levels on site and the business Strong IT skills (e.g. MS Office) Time Management (including Delegation) Team Motivation/Facilitation Effective Communication & presentation skills Change Management / Sponsorship skills Effective Project Management Coaching toolkit and knowledge Lean six sigma qualifications (green belt preferable) Desirable Capex understanding and systems Insights / HPB - understanding and developing behaviours Experience of managing diversity Commercial Awareness Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) understanding Black belt qualification Our Purpose Bring happiness with every bite It's a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we're all unique, we also share the same values. Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they're incredibly powerful. Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They're part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values. Our Values Purpose led - We're energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite Agile - We're ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers Positive - We're highly motivated optimistic,

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