Company description: Mller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Mller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Mller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocers Top 100 list of Britains Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK. Job description: Operational Excellence Lead Bridgwater Monday Friday: 8am 4pm Were looking for an Operational Excellence Lead to join us on a permanent basis at our Bridgwater dairy. The purpose of the Operational Excellence Lead is to create and embed a culture of Operational Excellence within the site via the implementation and governance of Muller Excellence tools, systems and processes to continuously improve the performance of our business across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People and Sustainability. Main Tasks & Responsibilities for the Operational Excellence Lead: Drives the implementation of elements 1-8 of Muller Excellence with Site Lead and SLT Facilitates Muller Excellence support cycles and end of year assessments with the SLT and Central OpEx team Is the Coach, Ambassador and Police of all tools, systems and processes within elements 1-8 of Muller Excellence Facilitates the creation of annual Muller Excellence targets and activity plans with SLT Utilises Muller Excellence tools, systems and processes to drive performance improvement across the balanced agenda of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People and Sustainability Creates the anchoring strategy for each tool, system and process with elements 1-8 of Muller Excellence to ensure site ownership and continuation of value adding activity Takes an active interest in the progression of roadmaps 9-12 and supports key stakeholders in making progressive happen in all areas. Can demonstrate advanced problem solving capability in high pressured environment, utilising data for decision making based on analysis Is part of the OpEx community forums, sharing ideas, best practices and critique for UK sites to improve together Is a subject matter expert and demonstrates effective deployment of many operational excellence based tools and philosophies including DMAIC, SMED, 5S, standard work deployment, RCA Can demonstrate excellent role modelling, coaching and supporting of end to end performance management system Responsible for target setting/strategic deployment/purpose & direction of OGSM across all site functions Development of OpEx enabling culture Creates opportunities for others to actively seek out improvement opportunities within the workplace and converts to active OpEx projects People management including delivery of performance review, development and coaching of team, dealing with employee relations issues Benefits: Up to 15% bonus (paid annually) Car allowance £550 per month Partner healthcare cover via BUPA 4 x life assurance 25 days plus bank hols Career development and professional development Supportive working environment What are we looking for from an Operational Excellence Lead: DMAIC (define, measure, analyse, improve and control) Root cause analysis Waste Mapping SMART actions Strategy deployment 5s deployment Project Management Lean manufacturing FMCG Front line and departmental management ADZN1_UKTJ