Senior Operational Excellence Manager Responsibilities Include

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. As a Senior Operational Excellence Practitioner, you will work as part of the Operations team to support the leadership in embedding Operational Excellence and Digital technologies consistently. You will lead, coordinate and deliver Unipart projects, with your primary focus to deploy Operational Excellence and Digital technologies into operations delivering value to the business and positive outcomes measured through Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery indicators.

Manage the Mercia Op Ex Manager and work together to embed OpEx
Use your automation expertise to support site Senior Leaders and projects
Use your knowledge of Solution Design to support OpEx projects
Lead and deliver improvement events to improve SQCD and people capability
Deliver tangible and validated financial savings through OpEx and Digital delivery
Use OpEx and UL’s Digital Tools to deliver Right First Time principles into the operations
Share knowledge and learning of best practice within UL and the wider business
Applying the Group OpEx standards consistently
Act as mentor and coach for the OpEx team
Support and coach the Senior Leadership team with their personal development accreditation programmes, particularly OpEx elements where applicable

Senior Operational Excellence Manager Requirements: We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

Experience of delivering Operational Excellence / Lean / Continuous Improvement with data analysis and people engagement to drive tangible results - if you’ve done this in a number of different sectors it would be an advantage (Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer, Defence, Health, Technology)
Experience of delivering focused improvement events
Knowledge of the latest warehousing and distribution best practices and emerging concepts and solutions from across the logistics industry
Experience of coaching and mentoring people
Track record of influencing internal people and at all levels to drive change
Excellent communication skills - spoken, written, and presenting
Appetite to learn more about Industry 4.0 technologies and apply digital solutions to applicable operational areas and processes
Minimum of Six Sigma Green Belt - Black Belt certification would be an advantage
Experience of working with and implementing digital capabilities (particularly RPA, Automation, Cobots and data science technologies; AR/VR, IoT, Big Data, Simulation, Machine Learning etc) would be a big advantage

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day. Location: Appleby Magna (DE12 8AA)Contract Type: PermanentHours: Full Time, 40 per weekSalary: £53,000 per annum plus car / car allowanceBenefits: 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme. You may have experience of the following: Operational Excellence Manager, OpEx, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Project Management, Supply Chain Manager, Facilities Manager, Warehousing Manager, Distribution Manager, Depot Manager, etc.REF-202 654

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