Continuous Improvement Manager

6 months ago

Port Melbourne, Australia Workwear Group Full time

**About Us**

Workwear Group (WWG) is part of Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety a division of Wesfarmers, **a top 20 ASX listed company with over 100,000 employees.** Housed under the banner of Workwear Group, our three iconic brands - **KingGee**, **Hard Yakka** and **NNT** - have been in the business of delivering workwear since the late 1920's.

We are the trusted partner in workwear solutions, manufacturing over seven million units each year. What sets us apart is our continuous investment in innovation, market knowledge, pioneering ideas and sustainability practices.

We work as one team. We put our customers first and are passionate about what we do. Joining WWG is an opportunity to thrive in an inspiring, safe, and inclusive community.

**About the Role**

This role is a crucial part of our Supply Chain team leadership team, responsible for driving the continuous improvement agenda whilst fostering a culture of excellence. Supported by Supply Chain Analytics, you will make recommendations on business and department strategies, identify opportunities to improve business performance, and drive both internal and external growth.

In addition, you will be responsible for analysing and identifying cost optimization opportunities, and working with relevant stakeholders to implement process improvement changes to ways of working and operations to realize cost-saving benefits. You will set the company direction for continuous improvement in the Supply Chain, and lead and implement approved continuous improvement efforts identified by the specific site, by the company, DC managers, or by our sales team and customers.

As the manager of our partnership with all our external 3PL providers, you will be responsible for driving their performance against KPIs, developing relationships, exploring potential 3PL expansion, and connecting to the WWG growth strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our Supply Chain and drive growth for the company.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Lead and coordinate a wide variety of identified and approved initiatives and projects designed to improve processes and performance in all areas of the business, as well as supporting new ventures/customer solutions
- Lead the implementation and sustainability of Lean Practices across the Supply Chain
- Hands on involvement to prove process concepts and implementation of improvement activities.
- Lead and Manage studies in cost, quality, productivity, flow, safety and root cause analysis
- Identify and recommend location specific company-wide improvement initiatives and opportunities
- Communicating project objectives and progress at Executive level, demonstrating traction being achieved
- Analyse data to identify cost saving opportunities, as well as leading Process Improvement initiatives
- Working Cross Functionally to influence change and realise cost savings
- Manage all 3PL partnership to ensure best in class performance for WWG and our customers

**What we’re looking for**
- You will be highly commercial and possess strong communication skills to influence stakeholders at all levels. Along with your business acumen, you will have:

- Ability to communicate to and influence key stakeholders
- Supply Chain knowledge of what good looks like
- Understanding the drivers of our SC costs
- Previous experience in managing teams; as well as influencing a large group of employees in one location (such as warehouse at Melbourne Airport).
- Strong Analytical background with ability to use Excel to a very high level; PowerBI and understand the use of a Warehouse Management System.
- Understanding of CI/Lean practices
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral
- Excellent work ethic
- Leadership skills
- Strong focus on team and team player with a can-do attitude
- Understanding of Project Management principles

**What we offer**
- The chance to join a **great team** of like-minded, hard-working people who are passionate about achieving our vision and the growth objectives of the company.
- Flexible working environment, allowing for work from home day/s each week.
- A **competitive salary package** and **suite of benefits and perks**, including a **50% discount on our brands** Hard Yakka, King Gee and NNT and 5% Wesfarmers discount for Kmart, Bunnings, Officeworks and more.
- A **tailored career** and **development** plan, plus reward and recognition programs. Whatever your goals we’re here to support you on that journey.
- Our **Wellbeing** program, Thrive, with activities designed to support the Financial Wellness of our team, Celebrate Diversity, ensure we Get Physical and maintain Healthy Minds, including challenges, yoga, meditation and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
- We actively work on creating a **safe** and **inclusive environment** free of discrimination. At Workwear Group we aspire to build a culture where diversity is celebrated, where Team Members feel a sense of “I Belong” and ar

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