National Performance Improvement Manager

Job Introduction

Are you experienced in Performance and Continuous Improvement and looking to expand your career into a National role then the role of National Performance Improvement Manager where you can see the outcome of your experience throughout our business may be the role for you. If so; then please read on as we are offering a permanent role here at Tarmac.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters.  We want to get to know you.  If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are recruiting for a National Performance Improvement Manager to join Tarmac. The fundamental aspect to this role will be working across the whole of the Tarmac Aggregate and Asphalt business units. You will be working with the National Operations Director, regional and national business teams, support the delivery of business goals and strategic objectives to drive the implementation and delivery of key business initiatives and optimisation projects through process improvement and performance efficiencies.

This is a Hybrid working role with the expectation to travel across GB to our Aggregate and Asphalt sites and plants, so whether you live in Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Swindon, Bath, Portishead, Newport, Cardiff, Chippenham, Yate, Tewkesbury, Hereford, Oxford, Reading, Slough, Swansea, Port Talbot, Chepstow, Bridgend or Neath we would like to hear from you.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

The National Performance Improvement Manager will work to Drive Operational Excellence and efficiency within the Aggregate and Asphalt businesses, identifying, analysing and implementing process improvement and performance; thus, contributing to the overall business strategy.

As the National Performance Improvement Manager you must be well-versed in all construction methodologies and procedures and be able to coordinate a team of professionals of different disciplines to achieve the best results. The ideal candidate will have an analytical mind and great business performance skills.

Your responsibilities will include (not exhaustive):

• Driving operational and engineering performance continuous improvement, with focus on plant utilisation; labour utilisation; waste costs and increased use of Value Added Products
• Support the delivery of the performance management framework for all Business Units, whilst reviewing performance data to identify trends, patterns and areas for improvement
• Facilitate root cause analysis to understand problems and develop and promote sustainable solutions
• Promote continuous improvement by working within regional businesses to evaluate and improve operational processes
• Carry out regular site reviews, including Value Stream Mapping of business processes, provide a pipeline of improvement opportunities
• Provide Governance and support for improvement projects across the businesses
• Share best practice examples from other business units and product lines, benchmarking across the business to share knowledge and lesson learnt
• Manage and direct the measuring and reporting improvements – Financial and non-financial, these arise from performance and Continuous Improvement initiatives 
• Generate overall improvements in operational efficiency KPI’s and improving trends against quality, cost, volume, efficiency, productivity, quality and capex
• Identify and develop capital plans to support business sustainability or business improvement, recommending capital improvements and support / advise on development of requests and implementation of approved projects
• Challenge cost and KPI targets and ensuring the optimisation of plant and equipment, along with reviewing KPI’s monthly with regional teams, creating objectives and action plans based on these
• Promote customer orientation, providing technical ‘know how’ for operational issues linked to customer needs
• Drive and be proactive in the use of a range of digital tools and dashboards to support operational excellence initiatives and capability building in the business units
• Determine optimisation projects to continually drive business improvements and cost savings across the business
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and innovation throughout the business
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels to drive change initiatives, address resistance and ensure strategic alignment
• Working with the National Operations Director to develop joined up national strategies which maximise value chain potential through up-stream contribution 

Key Stakeholders you will engage with:

Tarmac and Acquisitions Management Teams – CRH Colleagues Globally - Area Operations Managers - Finance – Sustainability – HSE – Technical – Operations – Human Resources

You will hold a FULL UK manual car driving license with no more than 6 penalty points

The Ideal Candidate

The successful applicant in the role will be instrumental in the future development and support of our culture. You will have experience as a Performance Improvement Manager or Continuous Improvement Manager within a Quarrying, Construction, Heavy Manufacturing or Engineering industry, this experience will be an essential requirement for this role.

Qualifications/Requirements/Capabilities:

• Engineering or other industry relevant higher-level qualification, a role related degree would prove highly beneficial
• Proven experience in performance and project management, or operations leadership roles within a Quarrying / Manufacturing / Engineering environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels and collaborate across cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including coaching, mentoring and development
• In-depth knowledge of lean principles, Six Sigma methodologies and other process improvement frameworks
• Experience in change management whilst being an advocate for innovation – change agent

Why Us

In the role of National Performance Improvement Manager we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits: 

• Bonus scheme 
• Enhanced holiday entitlement 
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more?  Go on… are you ready to build your future? 

Tarmac is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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