Operational Excellence Manager
Headquartered in Cham, Switzerland since 1957, Selecta Group is a Foodtech company with a leading route based, self-service distribution network in Europe, offering innovative convenience food services and world-class quality coffee brands in the workplace and public spaces. Active in the foodtech business we continuously push on new innovations and solutions, we serve premium coffee and beverages, snacks, and fresh meals to more than 10 million people in 16 countries across Europe every day. With an annual turnover of €1.2 billion, we owe our success to our ca. 7,000 highly skilled, dedicated, and passionate Selecta employees who are committed to creating millions of moments of joy for our clients and their consumers every day. Sustainability is an integral part of the way we do business, focused on the key areas in which we can make a positive difference.
Place of work
Kirchberg BE
Starting date
tbd
Main duties
- Initiate and coordinate group-wide operational improvement programs which address productivity of field force and general operations or allow to improve asset productivity (Sales / Vending Machine)
- Directly manage projects or pilots in individual country organizations (project management)
- Identify new technologies which can be applied to achieve step-changes in field force productivity, and oversee their roll out as the link between Operations, R&D and Purchasing (program management) incl. tracking of roll out progress
- Define KPIs to monitor productivity and quality of operations of different countries and identify improvement areas
- Secure sharing of industry best practices across country organizations
Professional competence
- Consultant in major consulting company (Project Manager, 3-4 years)
- Alternatively, strong track record managing operational improvement projects in an organization with distributed field forces
- Engineering or business degree
Profile
- Strong drive and performance orientation
- Proven ability to manage international projects across different functions
- Good understanding of business processes and affinity for technology & applications
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Multilingual: English and German (must), French (a plus)
Specialities
Willingness to travel in Europe (40-60%)
Application
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