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Operational excellence lead

Fareham
Saab UK
Posted: 18 February
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Introduction Saab in UK is growing rapidly, with over 500 colleagues across eight sites. We bring together Swedish heritage and British expertise to drive innovation in areas such as software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. Joining Saab in UK means contributing to the security and resilience of society while building a career with real scope for personal and professional growth. What you will be part of Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters. Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. The Role: To drive Operational Excellence throughout the Seaeye business improving efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction. Together with the Leadership Team, develop the Seaeye Business Strategy facilitating deployment into functional areas and ensuring alignment with the Saab UK and Underwater Business Unit Strategies. Key accountabilities and responsibilities: Drive the culture of Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence Analyse and measure the effectiveness of existing business processes and develop sustainable, repeatable and quantifiable business process improvements Delivery of internal training on Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence where required Research best business practices within and outside the organisation to establish benchmark data Collect and analyse process data to initiate, develop and recommend business practices and procedures that focus on enhanced safety, increased productivity and reduced cost Determine how Information Technology enhancements can support business processes improvement Facilitate the sharing of best practice across the Seaeye organisation Drive the short and long term Strategy alignment with Business Unit Under Water (Sweden) and Saab UK Operational Country Unit Internally within Seaeye, support Strategy development, rollout, follow up on execution and acting appropriately to feedback received Develop, track and report KPIs to support the delivery of the organisations Strategic Business Plan and Operational delivery performance Have oversight of the key Strategic Initiatives including monitoring, reporting progress against plan and facilitating successful delivery Key skills Proven leadership skills, ability to drive change in the organisation Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, building strong professional relationships Highly motivated self-starter who requires minimal supervision Demonstrable experience of implementing effective change in an organisation Experience of managing risks and implementing risk management Experience of implementing or managing Quality Management Systems and compliance to the requirements of ISO 9001, 45001 and 14001 Implementation and operation of Operational Excellence methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen Experience of working in complex product development environments General accountabilities and responsibilities: To use personal judgement and initiative to develop effective and constructive solutions to challenges and obstacles in day to day activities and procedures within the specified role. To maintain personal ability in, and appropriate use of, all relevant IT (Information and Technology) and other systems required to adequately perform the role. To act ethically, with integrity and in the best interest of the business at all times To maintain a professional and supportive relationship with team members and other departments in order to deliver business objectives or deadlines. To carry out any other duties as detailed by a member of the management team or authorized representative. To keep good time management to minimise any wasted time and maximise productivity and effectiveness. By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.

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