Continuous Improvement Lead

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- Drive and influence key decisions across our Operations network
- Opportunity to lead improvement projects for our storesCompetitive salary + bonus + career development opportunities + work life flexibility

**Ready to make an impact?**
We’re looking for a new Continuous Improvement Lead to join our Operations Support team, within the Process Transformation area, reporting to our National Continuous Improvement Manager. The Process Transformation team lead initiatives and projects across all business units within the ecosystem, including concept build through to implementation, unifying teams and stakeholders. We build strong relationships with key stakeholders within Store Operations and across other functions at National and Zone level to ensure collaboration, engagement and awareness.

**About the Role | Mō te Tūranga**

Some of the key responsibilities:

- Lead process improvement projects, engaging and partnering with the relevant BU to scope, test and implement the improvement across our national store network, including being responsible for all change management activities.
- Lead the facilitation of improvement workshops with key stakeholders, using best practice methodologies (e.g. Lean Six Sigma)
- Identify and prioritise a list of pain points by spending time in stores, observing processes and understanding opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of store processesInfluence and recommend process improvements and work with relevant BU to scope, test and implement the improvement

**About You | Mōu**
To succeed in this role you will need to bring a background of end-to-end store operations in a fast paced FMCG / Retail business where you can navigate change and adapt quickly. You will be a strategic thinker focussing on higher level goals, bringing a detailed understanding of business drivers and delivering with Agile ways of working.

To be successful in this position, you will bring:

- 5+ years experience in an FMCG/Retail environment
- Proven experience in engaging, managing and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience in project management, facilitating sessions with business leaders and operational teams
- Results orientated with a strong business acumen
- Ability to relentlessly identify business improvement opportunities and lead cross-functional project teams to find suitable solutionsExperience in or a strong desire to learn about the present & future of digital related activities

If you’re the sort of individual who strives to always do the right thing for customers, team, our communities, and our business then we ought to connect.

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