Global Change Agent (GCA) – Operational Excellence – F/M/X
Amaris Consulting Sàrl
Manchester
Key information
- Publication date:04 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Manchester
Job summary
Amaris Consulting is a global technology firm with 7,600 experts. Join us to tackle challenges and foster innovation!
Tasks
- Lead operational excellence and transformation projects internationally.
- Assess production performance and identify yield improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with teams to integrate new tools and behaviors into production.
Skills
- 10-15 years in production, ideally in the chemical industry, is required.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing challenges and transformation.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills across all levels.
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Who are we?
Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:
Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!
Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!
Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.
As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.
We look forward to meeting you!
Job description
We are seeking aGlobal Change Agent (GCA) – Operational Excellence – F/M/Xto lead continuous improvement and transformation projects across international production sites. This high-impact, on-site role (with up to 2 remote days per week) requires strong experience in production management, Lean methodologies, and project leadership within industrial environments.
🔥Your missions:
- Assess operational discipline in key areas such as maintenance, production performance, and mindset/behaviors to identify opportunities for yield improvement and define implementation plans for innovative solutions.
- Support local ManEx initiatives to build organizational capabilities, including designing new tools, training employees in standardized practices, and coaching leaders.
- Collaborate with functional experts to encode new capabilities (tools/processes/behaviors) into the production system.
- Conduct targeted audits of the production system and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Lead effective change management within a manufacturing environment.
- Support cross-functional teams in integrating new work methods, including tools and techniques (Industry 4.0 skills are a plus).
- Develop leadership capabilities and take on responsibility within transformational initiatives, including collaboration with third-party consultants/manufacturing organizations.
- Ensure accountability for coaching and training efforts.
🎯Your profile:
- You have an academic background in process engineering or another technical/scientific discipline related to production performance, maintenance, or Lean leadership.
- You have between 10 and 15 years of experience in production environments, ideally within the chemical industry.
- You have proven experience in manufacturing, with a strong understanding of manufacturing challenges and a track record in transformation projects or capability assessments.
- You have advanced skills in information management, including the ability to understand, analyze, and present complex and sometimes contradictory data.
- You have excellent interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills across all organizational levels, from shop floor to senior leadership.
- You arefluent in English;a third language is an asset.
💡 What we offer
- An international community, bringing together 110+ different nationalities
- An environment where trust has a central place: 70% of our key leaders started their careers at the first level of responsibilities
- A robust training system with our internal Academy and 250+ available modules
- A vibrant workplace that frequently gathers for internal events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.)
- Strong commitments to CSR, notably through participation in our WeCare Together program
Diversity and inclusion Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.
