Senior Manager, Operational Excellence

From a secret recipe to a bold idea and very proud traditions, we build the future. Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) manufactures, distributes, sells and markets some of the world’s strongest brands in non-alcoholic beverages. We are part of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc, the leading Western European marketer, distributor, and producer of bottle and can non-alcoholic refreshmenst and the world’s third-largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. Some of the brands you will find in our portfolio are  Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Powerade®, Glaceau Vitaminwater®, Monster® and Caprisun®. 

Leading brands, great people, growth and the reward that comes with it: the raw materials for success are right here. But still, success depends on our skilled management sharing thirst: a thirst for getting more and better from our people and systems, a thirst for pushing limits, and a thirst for the rigour and challenge of a fast moving business.

Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?

Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?

Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Job title: Senior Manager, Operational Excellence, Wakefield

Tenure:  Permanent

As our new Senior Manager, Operational Excellence, you will become a part of the local Supply Chain management team and the central Operational Excellence function on a European level. 

Operational Excellence is the CCE way to develop systems and people to enable “Excellence in Operations” in our manufacturing and distribution processes.  Our aim is to build a sustainable culture for long-term performance improvement to support our strategic business objectives.

What you become a part of

You will be part of the leadership team at our site in Wakefield working together to embed a culture to support a sustainable, dynamic change agenda for the site.  Operational Excellence will be an integral part of the challenge to deliver performance improvement via strategic & tactical initiatives. This role will require you to draw on your personal experience to guide and support the leadership team to manage change, in order to achieve a balanced approach to develop  people, methods & knowledge, drive efficiency and effectiveness, conduct performance analysis and reporting as well as drive Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. 

What to expect

You will report directly to the site Operations Director as part of the Wakefield site leadership team. There is a dotted line report into the Director Operational Excellence, based in our head office in Uxbridge in the UK, who is responsible for the overall OE approach in CCE’s 17 sites.

Qualifications
 
What we expect of you

Establish a strong culture of operational standards as a foundation for continuous improvement
Develop ownership of operational improvement throughout the line management structure
Implement programmes to deliver improvement in equipment reliability to ensure a predictable flow of value through the supply chain
Work with the Leadership team to improve people capability to achieve an empowered, skilled and engaged Supply Chain team
Project manage site based improvement projects to deliver benefits for site performance 
Ensure company standards and legal requirements for product, quality, safety, environment and people are linked to the Operational Excellence agenda.
Contribute to identification and sharing of best practice at a European level

Regarding travelling, in order to support consistency and sharing of best practice, you will be required to support the OE implementation across the wider European CCE network. On average, you can expect to work 80% of your time at Wakefield with 20% of your time travelling to support activities on other sites.
This is a perfect role for an experienced operational professional within the process industry with a passion for continuous improvement.  

Application

If this role is of interest to you please upload a recent copy of your CV and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

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