Operational Excellence Manager

ABP UK is part of ABP Food Group, one of Europe's leading consumer food producers. With over 60-years of experience. ABP has a reputation for quality and innovation. Our food business specialises in supplying and developing award-winning British beef and lamb products for retail, food service and wholesale customers worldwide.

We work across a number of markets to maximise returns for our farmer suppliers and offer efficiency and value for our customers. From the core of our business in consumer food production, we have companies as diverse as pet food manufacturing to renewable energy, giving our colleagues a broad range of opportunities for progression throughout our group.

Location:

Yetminster

Hours of Work:

Monday to Friday, 7.30am - 5.00pm

Reporting To:

General Manager

Personal Specification:

• Ability to understand the whole process from supplier's supplier to customer's customer
• Strong interpersonal skills, and proven ability to work in a collaborative and influential manner with a range of colleagues
• Ability to lead, manage and motivate
• Numerate
• Self-confident and decisive in managing change effectively
• Creative and visionary in managing projects and initiatives, and in creating opportunities for business improvement
• Open to direction
• Logical, methodical and pragmatic
• Strategic thinking and planning skills
• Demonstrate flexibility as on occasion work may be required outside regular hours or at weekends
• Dynamic, high energy, pro-active, people focussed approach
• Excellent written and oral communication skills - ability to present written reports and documents and influence and persuade at a senior level
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Pro-active approach to planning
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure within a high-performance, fast-moving environment
• Ability to commit to high professional ethical standards and a diverse workplace
• Ability to work effectively as part of a senior management team
• Ability to multi-task across a number of disciplines and prioritise work accordingly

Key Responsibilites

• To track and manage the Opex program spend, input days and achievements
• Work closely with the regional lean manager to train site leadership and other key personnel on Lean concepts with the ABP Operational Excellence deployment strategy
• Spend ample time working with the Regional Opex Lead and other site Opex Managers to develop Opex knowledge and proficiency
• Develop a thorough, effective, and timely continuous improvement plan to address the top needs at the site.
• Identify barriers to deployment of the continuous improvement plan and work with Regional Opex Lead and GM to remove them
• Work with site leadership to update and re-prioritise the plan to maintain focus on the most critical site objectives.
• Lead the site's structured problem-solving process through DMAIC, A3 and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
• Ensure all major site issues are tracked through to sustainable closure with verified corrective and preventive actions.
• Facilitate cross-functional problem-solving teams involving Operations, Technical, Engineering and Supply Chain functions.
• Ensure learning from completed projects is standardised and embedded within site processes.
• Coach and mentor others on Opex so it becomes engrained in the site culture.
• Develop shop floor experts capable of driving Opex in their areas including implementation of CIRFs
• Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against the site objectives.
• Make recommendations, based on site experience to enhance effectiveness of Operational Excellence program in future roll-outs.
• Liaise closely with site Technical team to ensure that suggested activities do not compromise food safety or customer requirements.
• Upholding, safeguarding and promoting the organization's Vision, Values & Goals philosophies
• Raising the profile of Opex across the Business

Benefits

• Competitive Salary (On application)
• Training and Development - Clear career paths
• Free parking on site
• Subsidised staff canteen on site offering both hot meals and snacks
• Prayer Room on site
• Monday to Friday working
• Group Life Assurance Scheme
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Mobile Phone discount
• Car Leasing discount scheme
• Computer discount scheme
• Pension Scheme