Enterprise Excellence Business Partner - Enterprise Excellence Team
AWE is recruiting for a number of Enterprise Excellence Business Partner's within our expanding Enterprise Excellence team. As an Enterprise Excellence Business Partner, you will be accountable for delivering Excellence across the Business aligning and supporting strategic business goals as well as local improvement priorities, resulting in improved mission success as well as workforce engagement through cultural change.
You will be an enabler of change to support the delivery of the AWE vision and mission through the effective co-ordination of a transformation program of activity focussed around process improvement principles and methodologies. Working with senior leaders in the business this will include the provision of facilitation support, coaching and expertise to the organisation on improvement activities and its deployment.
Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area
Closing Date - 11/08/2024
Interviews to be held week commencing - 02/09/2024
Package (depending on experience)
Enterprise Excellence Principal: £55,440 - £80,000 per annum
Successful Candidates will be responsible for:
Scoping, building and overseeing the delivery of strategic and local transformation roadmaps and programmes.
Establishing relationships, offering leadership and managing stakeholders across the business for senior leaders
Managing the effective delivery of the roadmap, identifying and mitigating risk factors and communicating with key stakeholders
Ensuring a change in culture, behaviours and performance through overseeing the embedding of continuous improvement technical tools and methodologies.
Delivery of group or 1-2-1 training, workshop facilitation and coaching
Coaching and facilitating lean methodology across the Business, enabling transformation and realising desired efficiencies and performance
Ensuring the effective deployment of projects to ensure key capabilities and metrics are sustained post deployment
Creating presentations and reports to senior Leaders and key stakeholders on progress and results of projects and initiatives
Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:
Degree level qualification in a relevant subject and/or a suitable vocational qualification (HND or equivalent) and extensive experience in leading Operational Excellence/ Continuous Improvement transformation programmes
Track record of realising sustained benefits and cultural change
Experience of cross business improvement facilitation and coaching of process improvement techniques.
Technical and coaching experience of core continuous improvement tools and frameworks
Experience in coaching and mentoring at all levels from senior leaders through to front line teams
Experience in building strong relationships and a collaborative approach with key stakeholders across the business
Keeping abreast of developing and changing business strategy to ensure informed and relevant decision making
Experience in delivering strategic and tactical change
Experience of developing, analysing and interpreting data.
Experienced negotiator with excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication skills.
All Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:
Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
Life Assurance
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family
A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site