Head of Continuous Improvement

4 days ago

Mulgrave, Australia Kmart Full time

**Brighter Futures Start here**

As Australia’s biggest and most loved retailer, we’ve been brightening up everyday life for families for over 50 years. At our stores, distribution centres, and offices in Australia and New Zealand. All around the globe. Our diverse and inclusive 47,000 strong team come together for a common cause. Giving families easy access to our on-trend products and incredibly low prices - it’s the heart of everything we do.

As a leader in the retail market, we’re optimistic about our future and yours. We’re relentless in our pursuit for results, but changing at a rapid rate, giving you challenging work that you’ll be proud of. We celebrate your uniqueness and individuality. Because at Kmart it’s not just what you do, it’s who you are that makes every day living brighter.

**Join the team**

Reporting to the General Manager of Supply Chain, you will be joining a newly established team focussed on taking Kmart’s Supply Chain function to the next level. This is a great time to join the team and really make your mark

**What You’ll Be Doing**

As the Head of Continuous Improvement, you will:

- Develop a culture of operational excellence through championing and leading supply chain transformation
- Introduce methodologies for Continuous improvement and problem solving - six sigma, VSM and lean.
- Facilitate improvement methodology training
- Coach and mentor project teams
- Establish a PMO with standardised processes for project initiation, reporting and benefit tracking.
- Collate all the supply chain projects in line with budgeted improvements and develop review cadence
- Responsible with the sponsors to deliver the budgeted improvements
- Assist operations with best practice initiatives such as visual boards, standard operating procedures, automated KPI's and reporting cadence to support the Next Generation Program DC Automation
- Establish process management system in line with the supply chain operational excellence best practice model

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Businses or related field
- 10 - 15 years’ experience managing large projects, coaching, reviewing and delegating work
- Visionary thinker but also pragmatic and efficient doer
- Proven ability to work effectively in an environment of high activity, competing priorities and time pressures.
- Extensive experience leading complex cross-functional projects
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate with influence
- Excellent people leadership, stakeholder management skills, together with well developed negotiation skills
- Strong problem solving skills, including using data and insights to drive recommendations

**We’re here to make everyday living brighter**

From humble beginnings in Burwood East, Victoria, in 1969, we’re now an essential part of 300 communities, and proud of it From bedding to apparel to kitchenware and beyond. We’re designing and creating the products people reach for every day. In-store, online, or Click & Collect - getting the products we love into the hands of happy customers is what we aim to do best. From the remote outback to coastal towns and big cities, and everywhere in-between. We’re progressive in our pursuit to create seamless customer journeys for satisfied shoppers.

**A place you can belong**

**We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

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