Job Description
Biocomposites, Ltd. is an international medical devices company that engineers, manufactures and markets world leading products for use in infection management in bone and soft tissue. Based in Keele in Staffordshire, UK, it has global operations across Europe, USA, Canada, Argentina, China and India, and helps more than 1 million patients worldwide every year!
We are distinct in that our team of specialists is singularly focused on the development of innovative calcium compounds and all research, manufacture and distribution takes place at our headquarters in Keele, England. In 2022, Her Majesty the Queen honoured us with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation and International Trade in recognition of the impact of STIMULAN in infection cases and our outstanding continuous growth in overseas sales of more than 200% over six years. Biocomposites products are now used in over 120,000 procedures every year and sold in more than 40 countries around the world.
The Operations Excellence role is responsible for driving continuous improvement, efficiency, and performance optimisation across the organisation. The role focuses on embedding our operating principles, building operating systems and developing our lean tool kit. Through this approach this role will facilitate teams to focus on customer value, remove waste and improve manufacturing flow. Core to this role is the experience and capability in operational transformation programs across the breadth of manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and quality. Leading through humility and respect for all, this role ensures alignment of people, processes, systems, and behaviours to create a high-performance, continuously improving organisation.
Responsibilities:
Continuous Improvement Leadership
- Translate strategic goals into practical, measurable improvement plans
- Lead and implement continuous improvement and system development for operations
- Create, educate and facilitate teams' ability to see waste through collaborative tool kit development and deployment
- Drive manufacturing flow through system thinking
- Build and manage a clear value creation pipeline
- Track ROI and ensure initiatives translate into financial outcomes
- Facilitate improvement workshops grounded in process and system flow improvement
Process Optimisation
- Analyse current processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks and waste
- Design and implement streamlined, standardised processes
- Develop and maintain process documentation and SOP's
- Ensure best practices are shared across the organisation
Culture & leadership
- Drive a high-performance culture aligned with continuous improvement principles
- Build coaching and leadership capability across functions
- Embed strong behaviours, accountability, problem solving, purpose
- Define and track KPIs and operational metrics
- Establish performance dashboards and reporting frameworks
- Drive accountability for operational results
- Develop and track improvements sustainability
Change Management
- Lead cultural transformation toward a continuous improvement mindset fostering true collaboration along the journey
- Coach and engage stakeholders at all levels
- Embed sustainable change practices within teams
Data-Driven Decision Making
- Use data analysis tools to identify trends and root causes
- Develop and apply standardised problem-solving techniques/tools (e.g., DMAIC, 5 Whys, A3,etc)
- Ensure decisions are evidence-based and measurable
Capability Building
- Develop internal CI capability and talent pipelines
- Train and mentor teams in Lean and continuous improvement techniques
- Support leadership in Operational Excellence maturity development
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Drive end-to-end value chain optimisation
- Align initiatives as part of and with the operations SLT (senior leadership team)
- Partner with Executive Leadership to align Operational Excellence initiatives with strategy
Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
The role performance will require, as a minimum the following KPI’s
- Cost reduction / cost avoidance
- Productivity improvements
- Process cycle time reduction
- Quality improvements (defect reduction). /COPQ
- On-time delivery / service levels & Inventory and working capital improvement
- CI maturity and adoption
- Employee engagement
Person Specification
- Level 6 degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or similar
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in continuous improvement or operational excellence roles
- Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or service operations
- Leadership capability to drive cultural change
- Background in leading teams through transformation
- Track record of delivering measurable business improvements
- Strong knowledge of Lean and CI methodologies
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Facilitation and coaching skills
- Strategic thinking with execution focus
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing ability
What do we offer?
Competitive salary and benefits! With us, you will receive a competitive salary package and benefits.
We grow talent. At Biocomposites we create opportunities to thrive and grow.
One Biocomposites – team spirit & engagement. Our culture is important and we strive to create engaged and inclusive global teams that encourage colleagues to share their diverse perspectives and opinions.
Who do we look for?
People who are passionate about what we do.
People who are open minded to evolving the way we work.
People who can work together to transform outcomes and change lives.
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free on-site parking
