Operations Excellence Lead - 6326

8 Days Old

Join to apply for the Operations Excellence Lead - 6326 role at Cambridge University Press & Assessment

1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Join to apply for the Operations Excellence Lead - 6326 role at Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

Job Title: Operations Excellence Lead

Salary: £43,800 - £55,600

Location: Whittlesford, Cambridge or Papworth, UK/Hybrid

Contract: Permanent – Full time, 35 hours per week

Are you skilled in business processes and enjoy connecting different business areas? We are seeking an experienced Operational Excellence Lead to join our team at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. You will support Continuous Improvement initiatives and Lean Six Sigma projects, making a real difference in the educational sector.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About The Role

As an Operational Excellence Lead, you will report to the Operations Excellence Manager and utilise Continuous Improvement (CI) Methodology, project, Lean tools and program management to deliver significant projects and cultural changes. Your goal is to drive, maintain, and develop a well-established Operations Excellence culture for our operations, learners, and the wider organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

This role involves working closely with all levels of the organisation, including Senior Management and cross-functional teams, to align processes and capabilities with overall strategic goals. This may involve implementing new technology, re-engineering processes, design of new processes and changing the way we work.

About You

You will have Lean Six Sigma and other Operations Excellence knowledge and have an intuitive understanding / extensive experience of how to use these practically to deliver successful outcomes for all stakeholders. You will also use this knowledge to bring others on the journey with you, sharing it through mentoring, coaching, collaboration, workshops, and training.

You will most likely be from an operations or supply chain background and be a highly motivated self-starter with a desire to achieve success and make a difference. You will have a track record of identifying, delivering, and sustaining improvements, efficiencies and projects in a busy and demanding environment.

You will have proven project/change management experience, along with advanced problem-solving, strong communication, influencing and time management skills.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards And Benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 18th September 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 22nd September 2025.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

Seniority level

Employment type

Job function

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment by 2x

Sign in to set job alerts for “Operations Lead” roles.

Stansted Mountfitchet, England, United Kingdom £45,000.00-£60,000.00 1 month ago

Royston, England, United Kingdom £40,000.00-£50,000.00 1 month ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 35 minutes ago

Croydon, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago

Bishop's Stortford, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

St Ives, England, United Kingdom 1 hour ago

Harlow, England, United Kingdom 1 hour ago

Haslingfield, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Broughton, England, United Kingdom 3 hours ago

Stevenage, England, United Kingdom 22 hours ago

Harlow, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Letchworth, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Bishop's Stortford, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Analytical Operations Manager, Huntingdon

Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom 13 hours ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Field Manager - South East and South West

Widford, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Bishop's Stortford, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Croydon, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Strategic Lead for Emergency Operations Centres

Royston, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom 5 days ago

Braintree, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Project Supervisor – Gas Construction / Decommissioning / Up to £500 p/day / 6-month contract

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.

#J-18808-Ljbffr
Apply
Location:
Whittlesford, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£80,000 - £100,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Management & Operations

We found some similar jobs based on your search