OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE PROGRAMS SPECIALIST

Company overview 

Asahi Europe & International is part of Asahi Group Holdings, a global beer, spirits, soft drinks and food group with leading positions in European and Asia-Pacific markets, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan. As of November 2020, Asahi Europe & International Group runs 19 production facilities in 8 countries across Europe, and is the custodian of some of the best beer brands in the world, including Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Grolsch and Kozel. Within the Asahi Group, the remit of Asahi Europe and International is also to develop and manage all export markets globally, outside of Japan and Oceania. Covering 90 markets and with over 10,000 passionate colleagues on board, the business is well positioned to inspire people around the world to drink better. 

Functional overview 

Information & Technology Team (#digital) aims to be the best strategic technology partner and enabler for AEI business to meet its strategic goals.  A regionally integrated function in which every employee plays a part. Organizationally, #Digital is structured to enable digital innovation and is capable of agile value delivery on pre-defined, technology platforms. We are organised around business functions and empowered to achieve goals. We will harness capabilities with suitable technologies, together with a unified data model to enable and meet expected business outcomes. Our AEI behaviours and #Digital Principles will shape the way we collaborate across business functions, fusing and working together on joint goals, strategy and execution. The function is the forefront of new technologies, deliberately reducing the constraints of the ‘old’ and enabling the ‘new’, in order to contribute directly to the increasing expansion of our premium brands at scale.

#Digital Operations Excellence Programs Specialist manages, coordinates and delivers organization-wide efforts to ensure that Operational Excellence Programs are developed, deployed and maintained in line with Operations Excellence agenda as set by the lead. This would result in streamlining procedures, processes, ways of working and work-models (with the philosophy of Constructively Discontent at the core); improving #Digital’s overall efficiency and service delivery aligned to Better Future 2030 strategy.  

• #Digital Operations Excellence Programs Specialist will be supporting the lead with overall Operations Excellence agenda (comprising various initiatives) and will have ownership / responsibility for multiple frameworks and models that support and govern business imperatives and strategic initiatives across full AEI and #Digital operational landscape. 

• #Digital Operations Excellence Programs Specialist will be responsible in proliferating a culture of Operations Excellence and Continuous Improvement within #Digital organization (and beyond including third parties as the capability matures), and will be the point of call for frameworks / initiatives including Partner Governance Framework, CI methodologies and other Operations Excellence programs 

• #Digital Operations Excellence Programs Specialist will serve as a subject matter expert for #Digital (and relevant third parties) with hands on delivery, full life cycle of Operations Excellence initiative / program (concept, curation, sign off, build, pilot, deploy, maintain, improve) and coaching / training 

• #Digital Operations Excellence Programs Specialist will own and maintain specific online repositories and platforms enabling Operations Excellence agenda / programs with internal customers and external third parties (vendors / partners) 

Accountabilities and deliverables

Supporting Operations Excellence lead on all Operations Excellence agenda (including Continuous Improvement) frameworks, methodologies and programs that drive (and govern) business imperatives and strategic initiatives across the full AEI #Digital operational landscape 

• Design, implement and maintain Operations Excellence and Continuous Improvement programs across a broad spectrum of stakeholders (internal and external)  
• Perform due diligence, collect feedback and prepare / release regular updates as per reporting cadence 
• Advise, train and support users, colleagues, leaders and third parties (as required)  
• Prepare, deploy and maintain training materials, program artefacts and toolkits 

Proliferating a strong culture of Operations Excellence by building trusted relationships within #Digital and beyond (including third parties) 

• Contribute to and maintain strong working collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders including internal audit, internal controls, information security, sustainability, PMO and other regulatory teams to strengthen compliance discipline (as driven by JSOx, local regulatory implications on Operations Excellence, ESG, audit plans, portfolio governance) 
• Promote strong collaborative relationships between CIO Office teams and wider #Digital teams for effective working and driving continuous (process) improvement that can be demonstrated with quantitative and qualitative improvements in cost, quality, service and other core metrics 
• Provide feedback and reporting insights to #Digital Leadership and Extended Leadership team covering standards of performance, adherence, compliance, deployment metrics 
• Facilitate cross teams (within #Digital and beyond) support and information sharing including adoption of best practices and willingness to challenge existing routines 

Diversity & Inclusion Statement

We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect difference, and support everyone to be true to who they are! At Asahi Europe and International, we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE, no matter your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.

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