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Operational Excellence Lead

Nottingham, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead enterprise-wide operational transformation, shaping strategic plans to improve customer experiences and business performance.

Role type

Senior Operational Excellence Lead (Strategy & Transformation)

Builds

Enterprise transformation programmes, Lean projects, automation/AI-enabled solutions, and optimized operating models.

Domain

Business Transformation / Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, strategic thinking, cross-functional programme leadership, stakeholder influence, storytelling, process mining, workflow optimization, governance establishment

Preferred skills

Experience in matrix organizations, data-driven decision making, digital improvement opportunities

Technologies

process mining, AI-enabled solutions, automation tools

Responsibilities

Lead transformation roadmaps aligned with strategic priorities; identify improvement opportunities using operational data and financial analysis; deliver complex Lean projects from diagnosis to benefits realization; build business cases and secure senior sponsorship; establish governance and process ownership; act as an internal consultant for complex challenges.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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