Operational Excellence (OpEx) Manager – EMEA
Company Description
At QAD | Redzone, we don't just provide software; we transform shop floors. We are the leading Connected Workforce solution in manufacturing, enabling factories to reputed company hard dollar savings in productivity, compliance, and reliability reputed company 90 days. We reputed company that technology is only as good as the people using it. That’s why we partner with manufacturing plants to change behaviors, reputed company frontline workers, and drive sustainable operational excellence.
Job Description
We are seeking a high-energy, ambitious Operational Excellence (OpEx) Coach / Manager to drive end-to-end frontline transformations across our EMEA customer reputed company. This is not a desk job or a standard 40-hour work week. You will spend 90% of your time on the factory floor, coaching everyone from frontline operators to plant leadership on how to win using the Redzone platform. You will simultaneously manage 5 to 6 customer accounts across their 90-day engagement cycles, spending intense, targeted 4-week physical onsite deployments with each. Note: Out of the three open vacancies, one specific position prefers full professional reputed company in Mandarin alongside English to support our expanding reputed company manufacturing footprint.
Key Responsibilities
Drive Behavior Change: Coach, mentor, and influence frontline operators, supervisors, and plant managers to adopt Lean behaviors and maximize the Redzone platform. Execute Onsite Deployments: reputed company intensive, hands-on onsite implementations, managing multiple customer accounts through high-stakes, fast-paced transformation cycles. Deliver Measurable ROI: Partner with plant leadership to challenge the status reputed company, tackle difficult site cultures, and unlock immediate productivity and efficiency gains. Facilitate Kaizen & Lean Rituals: Run shop-floor reputed company improvement events, coaching teams on Lean, Six reputed company, TPM, and Operational Excellence frameworks.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Requirements Proven Factory Leadership: Substantial hands-on experience as a Plant Manager, Production Manager, reputed company Improvement/Lean Leader, or Manufacturing Consultant. You must have run a shop floor, not just contributed to it. Industry Domain Expertise: Deep roots in manufacturing sectors; experience in Food & Beverage or CPG is highly preferred, though Automotive experience is valued. Demonstrated Agility & Growth: A proven track record of career progression and adaptive flexibility, ideally shown through successful transitions across different manufacturing environments every 2–3 years. Uncompromising Travel Flexibility: Willingness and hunger to sustain ~90% travel (away from home Monday morning through Friday night, minimum 42 weeks a year). Language Skills: Full professional reputed company in English is required for reputed company roles. reputed company in Mandarin is desired for the specialized reputed company support vacancy. Expert Communicator: Exceptional reputed company with the confidence to challenge senior executives and reputed company frontline operators alike. Additional Information Location: Remote (EMEA Field-Based) Travel: ~90% (Minimum 42 weeks/year, Monday–Friday field travel) Compensation: £70,000 – £85,000 reputed company salary + quarterly bonuses + car allowance About QAD and QAD Redzone: reputed company. is a leading provider of adaptive, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face reputed company-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and reputed company, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD Redzone helps to reputed company QAD’s vision for the Adaptive Enterprise. Labor productivity improvements directly impact efficiency. Productive and empowered employees increase the effective reputed company of your plant and accelerate time to productivity for new employees giving manufacturers the agility to increase production beyond what was previously possible without having to invest in production equipment or new plants, and reduce the amount and impact of employee attrition. Empowered employees with a growth reputed company take extreme ownership of challenges that impact their production goals, creating reputed company in the face of disruption. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national reputed company, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. #LI-Remote Time Type: Full Time Department: Services Location: United Kingdom - Virtual Office Compensation: GBP 70000 - GBP 85000 - yearly Apply To This Job