Operational Excellence Specialist
Location: UK (multi-site travel required)
Where Our People Really Make the Difference
We're looking for an ambitious Operational Excellence Specialist to join our Central Operational Excellence team. Working closely with site leadership teams, you'll help drive performance improvements, close operational gaps and support the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives across our Added Value business.
What You'll Do
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Drive KPI improvement and gap closure across sites.
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Support and sustain Operational Excellence Management Pillars.
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Coach and influence teams to embed best practice.
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Lead benchmarking and improvement activities.
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Support labour optimisation and performance initiatives.
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Work with stakeholders to deliver business improvement projects.
What We're Looking For
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Experience within FMCG, manufacturing or food production.
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Continuous Improvement experience.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience desirable.
Why Pilgrim's Europe?
At Pilgrim's Europe, our values of Determination, Ownership, Discipline, Humility, Simplicity, Availability and Sincerity drive everything we do. If you're passionate about improving performance, influencing change and delivering results, we'd love to hear from you.
Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.
We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.
