We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.
By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.
THE ROLE
We’re looking for an Operational Excellence Practitioner to join our New Look DC team.
You’ll receive hands-on Industrial Engineering training from day one, giving you the tools to support GoalPost, identify improvements and help drive real benefits across Lymedale Operations.
Working alongside our Operational Excellence team, you’ll be mentored to support a culture of continuous improvement — from 5S, visual management and standardisation, through to problem solving and process improvement.
This role will help maintain our Work Performance System, support project benefit cases and review SMVs and SOPs to spot opportunities that improve quality, reduce cost and make our processes even better.
Being part of the New Look Team means you get access to a great range of benefits & perks …
- You’ll *love* our generous staff discount – 40% off for you and a loved one, and 25% off for up to12 friends and family members!
- Get special access to hundreds of discounts from top retailers and gyms, along with free workout classes, on our rewards platform Runway.
- Plan for you retirement while you work with our contributory private pension scheme.
- Our family-friendly policies include enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
- Benefit from free Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you.
- Big trip on the cards? Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
- Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme.
- Driving in? There’s free secure on-site parking available for your convenience.
- Grab a bite at our on-site subsidised canteen.
- We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Leading the Work Performance Measurement Programme
- To ensure that SMV standards are accurately maintained.
- To make seasonal changes to SMV’s and maintain a historical SMV library.
- To assist the pursuit of financial opportunities (in collaboration with key stakeholders) identified from driving Work Performance/Hours Reduction within; measured, direct & indirect areas
- Supporting various ad hoc Requests (either as lead or collaborator)
- Analysis using Work Performance Techniques
- Supporting LEAN / Continuous Improvement Initiatives
- Supporting Project Requests
- Utilising Industrial Engineering toolkit to assist and advise business for Project needs.
- Supporting Production/Collaboration around Standard Operating Procedures
- Provide and support training requirements for Operations in relation to GoalPost and Work Performance related issues.
- Produce ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ E2E Process Mapping for business initiatives.
Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.
We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.
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