Process Improvement Lead

Location: GBR - CC Hatfield Adm | Job-ID: 218726 | Contract type: Standard |Business Unit: Project Management

Life on the team

Location: Ideally Hatfield, but other UK locations considered

The Process Improvement Lead drives structured process definition and improvement, providing the evidence and discipline needed to ensure end-to-end processes are clearly understood, consistently documented, and reflective of how we work as an organisation.

Balancing the rigour of standardisation with the need for purposeful definition and improvement, and ensuring that process design translates into actionable outcomes, with relevant depth of categorisation to allow for role mapping / alignment, metric and KPI definitions and measurement and AI / automation opportunity delivery.

What you’ll do

As Process Improvement Lead, your role is to lead the structured discovery, definition and improvement of end-to-end processes - ensuring that every process is clearly understood, purposefully designed, and built to enable the future operating model. You will:

Process Mapping & Future-State Design (30%)

• Lead end-to-end process discovery and mapping, defining clear boundaries, interfaces, roles, controls and measures
• Facilitate current and future-state process definition workshops, driving alignment and sign-off in line with standardisation principles
• Maintain a consistent mapping methodology, ensuring process designs reflect the required depth of categorisation to support role alignment, metric definition and automation opportunity identification

Process Improvement & Implementation (25%)

• Identify pain points and root causes, translating opportunities (simplification, standardisation, controls, automation) into a prioritised improvement backlog.
• Support delivery through implementation handover, coordinating with IT/data/tooling/change to ensure solutions are feasible, adopted and measurable.

Standards, Documentation & Governance (20%)

• Own process mapping and documentation standards, producing high-quality artefacts including process maps, narratives, RACIs, controls and measures
• Support governance by preparing materials, tracking decisions and maintaining traceability from requirements through to sign-off

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration (15%)

• Partner with process owners, SMEs and transformation workstreams to prioritise scope, resolve design decisions and manage expectations.
• Provide clear progress and risk updates, escalating blockers where required.

Benefits & Continuous Improvement (10%)

• Support the definition of KPIs and baseline metrics, tracking benefits through implementation and into early life
• Capture lessons learned and actively coach others on process mapping and improvement standards

What you’ll need

Essential:

• Experience in end-to-end process discovery, mapping and future-state design (e.g., BPMN) in large, complex organisations.
• Track record delivering process improvements with measurable outcomes (e.g., cost, cycle time, quality and controls).
• Knowledge of BPM, process transformation, standardisation and digitisation best practice (Lean/CI desirable).
• Skilled in workshop facilitation and requirements capture, turning input into clear process artefacts and decisions.
• Able to define process measures/KPIs, support baselining, and track benefits through implementation.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing across senior business, SMEs, IT and third parties.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills; able to find root causes and shape practical, adoptable improvements.
• Delivery discipline: planning, prioritisation and dependency management across cross-functional workstreams.
• Strong communication, able to present to varied audiences and produce implementation-ready documentation.
• Awareness of process interactions with systems, data and controls (integration, data structures, risk/compliance).
• Results-oriented, resilient and adaptable, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Frameworks/certifications desirable (e.g., ITIL, Lean Six Sigma) and experience in a process lead/owner/improvement role.

Desirable:

• Lead by example and provide day-to-day direction, coaching and quality assurance for process mapping and improvement activity (including matrixed contributors/SMEs as required).
• Build capability and consistency through clear standards, templates, guidance and knowledge sharing across the process community.
• Communicate progress, decisions and risks effectively, ensuring stakeholders remain aligned on scope, priorities and outcomes.
• Champion high standards of ethics, compliance, controls and customer/colleague experience, with a strong focus on measurable value and operational excellence.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing environment, role-modelling constructive challenge, accountability and continuous improvement.

Critical Success Factors

• Process scope mapped and maintained to a consistent standard, providing clear end-to-end visibility (boundaries, interfaces, roles, controls and measures).
• Measurable improvements delivered (e.g., cycle time, quality, cost and control effectiveness) with benefits tracked through implementation and early life support.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and sustained adoption, evidenced by timely decisions, reduced rework and clear ownership post-handover.
• Effective governance and ways of working: risks/issues managed, dependencies coordinated, and artefacts version-controlled and traceable.
• Positive contribution to Computacenter’s transformation goals through improved operational performance, customer/colleague experience and continuous improvement culture.

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

We’re a place where you can belong

With over 21,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier-free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!