Company Description

Following several years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2 billion turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 2500 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100 depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 650 + clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

Job Description

Reporting to the Group Transformation Director you will be responsible to design, implement and lead the Culina’s Operational Excellence (OE) strategy.

You will work with the groups business units and stakeholders to establish and implement a strategy that unifies and shifts the businesses culture towards delivering excellence. You will drive the creation of tools that allow assessment of current organisational capabilities, improvement areas and will support the businesses in delivering their improvement targets.

This is a pivotal role that will shape the future of Culina on it’s road towards oneCulina that is driven by excellence and continuous improvement.

This role is for a fixed term of 24 months. The role is scoped to be full time during the first 12-18 months, then part time for up to 12 months (60%). Deliverables have a max 18 months horizon with a 6 months bedding in period.

Key Duties

Design and Implement OE Strategy: Work with the business to develop and execute a comprehensive Operational Excellence strategy aligned with oneCulina’s business goalEnhance OE Visibility Across the Business: Promote OE initiatives across all business units, creating platforms to share best practices and track performance improvements.Standardise OE Approach and Benefits Tracking: Roll out a consistent methodology for OE / CI projects, including tools for tracking benefits and measuring impact.Launch and Scale Repeater Projects: Identify, initiate, and scale standardised CI projects that can be replicated across sites and functions.Team Leadership and Development: Provide strategic direction and mentorship to the OE & CI team, ensuring alignment and capability development.Drive for Enterprise Excellence: Expand Excellence into all areas of the organisation, promote a culture change (top down) and a capability improvement (bottom up) levelling up colleagues and managers alike. Foster sustainable growth

QualificationsProven experience in leading Operational Excellence and CI at a senior level, ideally in logistics & supply chainHands on operational experience – mixing operational knowledge withExceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skillsStrong strategic thinking with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans.Demonstrated success in embedding OE culture and delivering measurable improvements.Experience managing and developing high-performing teams.Experience in complex, matrixed organisationAble to set clear objectives and goals, manage stakeholders to them and drive results in a collaborative way

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus the bank holidays.Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.Company car or Car Allowance.Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa.Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.Life Assurance -  4x your annual salary.Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme, we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!