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We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do and, best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.\nAlso, did we mention?\nIn addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap - including...\nAnnual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity/adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.\nWe also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!\nAs an Operations Improvement Manager based in Chesterfield (hybrid working), you'll be responsible for:\nLeading and developing a small team of Operations Improvement Specialists, providing coaching, support and technical direction.\nIdentifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and ways of working across the business, delivering measurable operational benefits.\nAnalysing operational data, systems and processes to investigate problems, identify root causes and develop effective solutions.\nPersonally driving and delivering improvement initiatives, combining hands-on technical expertise with leadership capability.\nCollaborating with operational and technical stakeholders to implement change and embed continuous improvement across the function.\nThis is a full-time, permanent opportunity reporting to the Head of Central Operations, offering the chance to shape and develop the Operations Improvement function while leading two specialist team members.\nAnd here's what we'd like you to have:\nStrong technical and analytical skills with a proven track record of delivering operational or systems improvements.\nExperience using operational systems, data and technology to solve problems and drive business improvements.\nLeadership capability with the ability to coach, influence and develop others. 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