Senior Manager Operational Excellence

As the Senior Manager Operational Excellence, you'll drive and develop frameworks and effective direction, concepts and ways of working on which our organisation can build operationally in the forthcoming years and ensure that our business operations is consistently at their best.

You'll ensure that we fully integrate a continuous improvement culture into our company and develop it further through Lean & Six Sigma expertise and skills with the goal to create value for both our company and our customers. In this manner you'll drive continuous improvement initiatives and enhance operational efficiency within our organisation and partners. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in process improvement methodologies, change management, and a proactive approach to win and train people as well as implementing concept and program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

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• IMPLEMENT OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STANDARDS ACCORDING TO LEAN & SIX SIGMA

As Senior Manager Operational Excellence, you'll develop efficient management frameworks and operational excellence standards across the operations organisation with focus on our production and logistics sites globally.

• LEAN & SIX SIGMA

You'll develop concepts and implement governance to drive Lean & Six Sigma excellence across departments, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and objectives. You'll identify and manage programs of improvement initiatives using Lean & Six Sigma methodologies and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to identify gaps. You'll also define metrics to measure performance of program and track improvement. By fostering innovation, encouraging feedback, and implementing best practices,, you'll also drive a culture of continuous improvement and act as a change agent to ensure successful adoption of new processes and initiatives. Finally, you'll prepare and present reports and recommendations to senior management regarding programs for process improvements and their impact on organisational performance.

• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

You'll drive a continuous improvement mindset and ensure accountability through trainings and governance set up. Together with your trained colleagues, you'll challenge the status quo to improve ways of working across the organisation and to be able to quickly adapt to changes in the market.

• TRAINING

You'll develop and implement training courses to ensure sufficient trained people in the organisation according to belt systematic. You'll also assist, train and engage cross-functional teams to analyse existing processes, identify areas for improvement, and implement solutions that enhance efficiency and productivity.

• INTERFACING WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS

Finally, you'll lead and support for interfacing with internal and external stakeholders and Co-Packers.

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

• University degree in Engineering, Business or other related field
• At least 10 (preferably more) years of professional experience in operational excellence, process improvement, or related roles with a high ability to solve problems
• Experience in the FMCG/Beverage industry is of strong advantage
• Lean & Six Sigma (Master) Black belt qualified with a proven track record of successfully leading and implementing Lean & Six Sigma concepts and process improvement initiatives with demonstrated financially tangible results
• Proficiency in multiple elements of lean manufacturing (e. g. 5S, single piece flow, SMED, daily visual management, DFM, bottleneck management)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (e. g. 8D, DMAIC, PDCA), with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Experience in project management processes and tools (e. g. benefits identification, business case formation, ROI calculation, progress reporting, risk mitigation)
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to address all levels within Global Operations and other Red Bull departments, including presentation and training skills
• Aware of organisational, cultural and interpersonal dynamics through attentive listening and ability to read the environment
• Proven leadership skills to coach and coordinate teams to fully deliver chartered objectives and projects that drive continuous improvement
• English and German fluent.
• Travel 40-50%