Senior Operational Excellence Manager

at  Velux Residential

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.
The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

SENIOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE MANAGER – GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Do you see yourself driving global programs, developing and implementing global improvement initiatives in a global supply chain? Then we might be looking for you!

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

It is important and required that you:

• Bring experience in senior roles focused on projects/programmes supporting and anchoring process improvement or operational excellence initiatives working cross functionally across the supply chain, preferably in a global setting.
• Bring +7 years of experience from different levels/functions in a Supply Chain environment
• Have a holistic Business understanding
• Bring experience as a Lean expert and practitioner
• Have strong change management and stakeholder capabilities
• Is a natural relationship builder with an ability to manage ambiguity
• You are fluent in written and verbal English.

We imagine that you have an advanced degree on Bachelor’s or Master’s level within Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management or related fields.
As a person, you are structured and process oriented. You are curious by nature and with your can-do approach, you are a person, who drives projects/agendas forward while maintaining a great working relationship to your peers and stakeholders throughout the organization. Furthermore, you dare to speak your mind and bring forth your input and ideas in larger forums, e.g. project groups. You have an accommodating, open and forthcoming personality, and you enjoy and excel in collaborating with a wide variety of people.
In this role, you should expect travel days in the range of 40-60 per year.

APPLICATION AND CONTACT

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com , where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.
We are looking forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are reviewing candidates and calling for interviews on an ongoing basis.

• Program manage large global improvement initiatives
• Develop and lead an “End to End” approach to create transparency of business potentials
• Build a strong pipeline of potential improvements by focusing on “End to End” processes in Supply.
• Build and implement governance structure for “End to End”
• Participate in cross functional initiatives in Supply
• Execute trainings within VELUX Operating System e.g. Lean tools trainin