Senior Manager Operational Excellence

From a secret recipe to a bold idea and very proud traditions we build the future. Coca-Cola Enterprises is one of the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottlers operating locally in eight territories in Western Europe. We manufacture, distribute, sell and market some of the world’s best brands in non-alcoholic beverages. Our vision is to be the best beverage sales and customer service company.  Best means establishing a winning and inclusive culture, being our customers’ most valued supplier, and always strive to do our business in a sustainable way. Coca-Cola Enterprises Sverige employs 800 employees within Supply Chain, Commercial and support functions. The Swedish headquarter, central warehouse and manufacturing site is located in Jordbro, south of Stockholm. Some of the brands you will find in the portfolio are, Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Bonaqua®, MER®, Powerade®, We are now looking for an experienced operational professional to lead Operational Excellence and support the development of a Continuous Improvement culture within Supply Chain Operations. Do you have deep experience of improvement implementation that will accelerate CCE’s journey to excellence? Can you apply your personal learning to partner and coach senior operational leaders and colleagues? Are you ambitious to leverage your improvement know-how in future senior operations leadership roles? Job Description As the Senior Manager, Operational Excellence you will support the management teams at the site in Jordbro. You will become a part of the local Supply Chain management team and the central Operational Excellence function on a European level. Operational Excellence is the CCE way to develop systems and people to enable “Excellence in Operations” in the manufacturing and distribution processes.  The aim is to build a sustainable culture for long-term performance improvement to support our strategic business objectives. Working together with the leadership teams at each site you will help to develop capability at all levels of the operational team, to embed a culture of sustainable high performance.  Operational Excellence will be an integral part of the challenge to deliver performance improvement via strategic & tactical initiatives. This role will require you to draw on your personal experience to guide and support the leadership team to manage change, in order to achieve a balanced approach to develop people, methods & knowledge, drive efficiency and effectiveness, conduct performance analysis and identify and share best practice across CCE. You will report directly to the Operations Director of the Jordbro site as part of the site leadership team with a dotted line into the Director Operational Excellence, based in the head office in Uxbridge near London, who is responsible for the overall OE approach in CCE’s 17 sites. Your key responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the CCE “Excellence in Operations” program
• Establish a strong culture of operational standards as a foundation for continuous improvement
• Develop ownership of operational improvement throughout the line management structure
• Implement programs to deliver improvement in equipment reliability to ensure a predictable flow of value through the supply chain
• Work with the Leadership team to improve people capability to achieve an empowered, skilled and engaged Supply Chain team
• Project manage site based improvement projects to deliver benefits for site performance
• Ensure company standards and legal requirements for product, quality, safety, environment and people are linked to the Operational Excellence agenda.
• Contribute to identification and sharing of best practice at a European level

  In your role you will be focused on the site in Jordbro but also participating in activities across the CCE network to support consistency and sharing of best practice.   Your Profile This is a perfect role for an experienced operational professional within the process industry with a passion for continuous improvement.  By joining Coca-Cola Enterprises you will get a lot of responsibility, working in a dynamic and international environment with career opportunities in operations management and support functions both within and outside of Sweden.

• If you have a relevant academic degree, it would be beneficial, but the hands-on experience is top-priority.
• Operational line management experience in a manufacturing process industry environment, preferably FMCG, with an established continuous improvement culture.
• Expertise and knowledge of driving sustainable change via TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Lean six sigma or similar approaches.
• Experience of establishing Continuous improvement culture, system and methodology, building engagement - top down & bottom up through working close to the business and the people.
• Swedish/Norwegian and English language skills.
• We would prefer if you have experience from working in an international environment, or at least are used to sharing best practices with teams outside of Sweden.

  Further we believe that:

• You have the ability to cross between Lead, Manage, Coach styles & modify approach according to the situation.
• You have a strategic mindset and know that working close to the shop floor will be a winning concept.
• You are a strong contributor when it comes to project- and stakeholder management, a trusted advisor and have the power to influence.
• You are known to be change positive and thrive in a fast paced environment.

Coca Cola offers you an international workplace with focus on sustainability throughout our business. Personal development through training, benefits to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle, salaries according to market range. Coca Cola values a diverse workforce and welcome you to apply regardless of gender, age or ethnicity. Apply here