Process Improvement Manager

Winsearch
Barnsley
1 year ago
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Business Improvement Manager(Warehousing and Logistics)Northwest/ Midlands (Can be based anywhere in the Northwest or Midlands for this position it is agile with travel required for projects)£54,000-£60,000Benefits•Company Car•Life Assurance•Flexible benefits such as Critical Illness Cover and Dental Care My Client who is a leading player in the supply chain and logistics industry is seeking an experienced Business Improvement Manager to join their team due to continued growth and expansion.The main purpose of this role is to create, implement innovative solutions to solve operational problems, client solutions and deliver new products.Business Improvement Manager Requirements:-Experienced working within a fast-moving logistics operation (ideally 3PL/4PL)-Experienced in providing technical transport solutions -Experience in building business cases and value stream mapping-Experience working with Change Functions-Experience in process mapping and solution design -Solution design and costing experience-MS Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint-Full UK Driving License and ability to travel-Strong stakeholder management to be able to influence at all levels, including the directorate  -Strong leadership skills, able to motivate and engage direct reports, project resource and operators-Able to constructively challenge a diverse range of stakeholdersBusiness Improvement Manager Duties:-Designing, embedding, and continually improving a strategy to generate, assess and catalogue ideas for operational improvement in line with business levers and strategy.-Proactively liaise with Change, Innovations, IT, Commercial, Marketing and Product teams to capture all potential developments, ensuring they are added to the solutions roadmap where a client or operational change is required.-oBuilding strong relationships with Operational teams and Support functions to continually develop operational knowledge and capture any improvement ideas-Being a leader within the Development / solutions function to generate and recommend your own improvement ideas.-Design, Cost & Implement strategic operational change, delivering new ideas, products and initiatives whilst collaborating with the relevant operational experts including Systems Specialists, Process Managers and Finance Managers, to ensure solutions are feasible and the impacts fully understood. -Developing, maintaining, and continually improving a core Operational Cost Model to quantify solution costs more efficiently, using Data Science resource where appropriate.-Leading implementations to ensure the operation successfully embed new solutions & change whilst supporting monitor delivered vs planned project benefits.-Potential to lead & manage a solution engineer and graduate-Inspiring a high performing team through strong leadership, effective performance management, talent development and succession planning within your function.Keywords CI Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, Business Improvement Manager Winsearch acts as an employment agency for permanent staff. We recruit for roles based in Engineering & Manufacturing, Food & Drinks, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain & Procurement and Professional Services. View our latest jobs today on our website (url removed) and follow us on LinkedIn.ManHPlease contact (url removed) for further information on this role Our clients and their customers come from diverse backgrounds and so do we. We hire our people from various walks of life, each of whom make our company stronger with their talent, uniqueness, and expertise. This is what makes our company special; if you want to help us grow and take this ethos to our clients, then we cannot wait to collaborate with you!The UK has now left the European Union. Any EU, EEA or Swiss citizens living in the UK that wish to remain in the UK post Brexit need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Although the closing date for applications was 30th Jun 2021, if you have not yet applied but believe that you would qualify under the EU Settlement Scheme, the Home Office have confirmed that they will consider late applications. For further information please see (url removed) />Many Thanks

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