Our client is a foremost firm in the economy's Oil and gas (Upstream) industry/sector. It is an indigenous energy company situated in Lagos, Nigeria. The organisation has vast experience managing, enhancing, exploring, and producing oil and Gas.
We are looking to recruit an Operational Excellence & Process Implementation Manager responsible for driving the company’s operational excellence initiatives, focusing on deploying and optimizing asset management work processes, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring the implementation of best practices across the organization. This role is critical for identifying opportunities to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and streamline operations in alignment with company goals and industry standards. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed a continuous improvement and operational excellence culture.
Job Responsibilities
The candidate's key responsibilities include
- Delivery of Operational Excellence, aiming at improving our performance within certain prioritized areas: Reliability (focused mainly on improvement of human aspects), LOPC Reduction (focused primarily on improvement of human elements), Cost Performance (Operation as Profit Driver – adding to our commercial mindset), WRFM Optimization (Maximizing and Growing Production Capacity), Supply Chain Management (Focused on optimal movement of people, goods and services) amongst others.
- Defining, implementing and updating an operations/asset management system with defined process standards and recommended practices (with KPIs) to secure predictable and replicable ways of working across the organisation.
- Collaborating with Benchmarking leads to leveraging benchmark outcomes to develop strategies to close the company's gap to the potential via discrete workstreams.
- Drive application of Operational Excellence techniques (CI, Lean, Kaizen, Go Sees, etc..) into the organisation
- Ensure alignment between Business Opportunities and Business Excellence initiatives in existing assets, driving synergies and joint approaches for maximum value generation.
Key Accountabilities
- Operational Excellence Strategy
- Process Implementation & Standardization
- Performance Improvement & Cost Optimization
- Risk Management & Compliance
- Process Analysis & Improvement
- Continuous Improvement Leadership
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, or a related field. A master’s degree or relevant Lean, Six Sigma, or Continuous Improvement certifications is preferred.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in operations, process improvement, or related roles within the oil and gas or heavy industry sectors.
- Proven experience in leading operational excellence programs and implementing process improvements in large-scale operations.
- Experience managing change, demonstrating the ability to drive cultural transformation within a large organization.
Competencies Required
- Strategic thinking and ability to align transformation initiatives with business goals.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
- Strong understanding of Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally and manage large, complex projects.
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Ethics and integrity
- Conflict Resolution
- Proven experience in leading operational excellence programs and implementing process improvements in large-scale operations.
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
The Candidate MUST BE in LAGOS.
