Job Description
My client, a leading European savings and retirement services group, are looking for a Senior Manager Operational Excellence.
My client, a leading European savings and retirement services group, are looking for a Senior Manager Operational Excellence.
The Operational Excellence team at Corporate Centre is new and will contribute to the delivery of improvement initiatives across the Group in achieving their strategic objectives. The Senior Manager will support the functional lines by fostering efficient operational management and drive continuous improvement to ensure sustainable change.
Key Contribution Areas
* Lead the operational excellence change portfolio
* Lead and deliver selected Operational Excellence initiatives
* Is primary point for Lean Six Sigma (LSS) related questions and advise Sr management
* Develop and maintain LSS tools/processes to increase the efficiency of data gathering and analysis
* Leads Lean and/or Six Sigma projects to eliminate waste and improve performance
* Initialize improvement projects in close collaboration with BUs and Functional Lines by identifying root causes of technical, operational, service, and financial variances and to recommend solutions
* Assist in planning, execution and monitoring of continuous improvement activities such as Kaizen, Action Sheets and/or Gemba Walks
* Assist in training associates in the use of Lean tools Personal Capabilities Required
* Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in strategic and/or operational excellence consulting
* Experience in continuous improvement programmes
* Experience in and Lean Six Sigma projects; Black Belt is required
* Proven ability to lead a project team to successful completion as evidence by measurable and sustained process improvement
* Result oriented, excellent communication skills and you have a good knowledge of the English language
* Coaching and mentoring ability to act as a coach at all levels in the organization
* Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills necessary to influence a large and diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, subject matter experts and across geographic areas
* MSc Business Administration or similar field of expertise
Functional or Technical Knowledge and Skill Required
▪ Ability to deliver to tight deadlines
▪ Ability to interpret and present information and data in a practical format and articulate to all levels
▪ Excellent time management to ensure deadlines are met and critical projects are prioritised
▪ Flexibility to cater with changing work and time demands
▪ Experience in the Insurance Sector
▪ Excellent MS Office skills
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