Operational Excellence Expert

MacGregor – Let's shape the future together

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operational Excellence Expert to join our team. Your primary role will be to swiftly analyze existing organizational processes to identify and validate opportunities for modernization, focusing on efficiency, effectiveness, and best practices. You will act as a catalyst for continuous improvement, driving significant positive change across our workflows.

Reporting directly to the Director, Sourcing and Supply Chain. This position is based in Gdańsk, Poland.

More tasks and responsibilities

• Oversees and assesses existing processes and workflows.
• Conducts risk assessments and identifies critical steps and gaps in processes.
• Proposes mitigating actions to solve critical steps and gaps.
• Optimizes by proposing new procedures.
• Leads end-to-end process reviews using methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and value-stream mapping.
• Identifies inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and waste; proposes and implements improvement solutions.
• Standardizes processes and ensures best practices are documented and followed.
• Assembles reports to document process status and KPIs.
• Trains teams or individuals in process development and implementation.

What you’ll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you'll need a strong interest in developing existing and new processes, tools, and ways of working to increase efficiency and productivity. You must possess exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills, along with the proven ability to collaborate effectively across different cultures, both independently and within teams. 

Ideally you have

• Relevant and completed education in process development or proven experience as process expert, consultant role or similar;
• Experience in developing and implementing processes;
• Proficiency in work with MS Office, Google platforms, SAP and Salesforce/CRM;
• Six Sigma certification - as an added value;
• Highly developed exceptional interpersonal and customer service skills;
• Proven ability to identify, assess and solve problems;
• Experience in running process optimization and automation projects;
• Excellent cooperation skills, ability to work with different cultures, ability to work independently and in teams;
• A strong interest in developing existing and new processes, tools and ways of working to increase efficiency and productivity;
• Fluency in English.

Why MacGregor?

Our people are behind every success. People create the technology and product lifecycle solutions that make us great, our people are the ones who innovate, and people drive our business forward. With us you will be part of an international collaborative working culture with challenges and opportunities to further develop yourself professionally. We enable sustainable global maritime operations by maximizing efficiency in cargo and load handling. 

Values guide our work

• Integrity steers all our thinking, behaviour and the relationships with our customers and other stakeholders
• Quality is valued in our processes, products and services and helps to improve our customers’ performance and our own competences
• Safety is essential in everything we do

MacGregor is an equal opportunity employer. We recognise that diversity is key to our continued success, and strive to maintain a fair and equitable recruitment process for all applicants.

Additional information

Do you have questions regarding the role? Please contact Anna Round, Director, Sourcing and Supply Chain at anna.round@macgregor.com.

Kindly note that we will only review CVs and applications submitted in English through our recruitment portal. Unfortunately we do not consider CVs sent per email.

If you are ready to step into an exciting new role where you can make a significant impact and contribute to the success of MacGregor, apply today!