National Grid

Manager, Business Performance Improvement

National Grid$142K — $167K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 2+ years of people leadership experience
  • 3+ years leading cross-functional initiatives
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Robust understanding of financials for decision-making
  • Proven track record in process improvement savings
  • Ability to manage change across multiple projects
  • Experience in operational and performance enhancement
  • Strong coaching and mentoring skills
  • Valid driver's license required

Responsibilities

  • Review and implement business performance improvements for MA Gas
  • Challenge current operations and seek enhancements
  • Facilitate collaboration across departments to achieve goals
  • Resolve project conflicts effectively
  • Manage competing priorities and escalate issues as needed
  • Analyze project opportunities and provide recommendations
  • Oversee performance improvement workplan for MA Gas business

Benefits

  • Career path with advancement opportunities
  • Opportunity to gain experience and technical skills
  • Supportive of hybrid working models
  • Focus on personal development and coaching
  • Engagement in performance improvement initiatives
Full Job Description
The Role

The Manager, Business Performance Improvement leads and enables the MA business performance improvement team in delivering operational efficiencies for MA Gas business, at pace. This role is focused on operational improvement opportunities that strengthen business value and ways of working across MA Gas business.

What You'll Do

  • Review & ensure effective implementation and sustainability of business performance and process improvements to ensure return of benefits (Type 1 and Type 2 savings targets)
  • Challenge existing ways of working & continuously seek ways to do things better
  • Facilitate cross-functional collaborations and problem solving to ensure successful outcomes and deliver benefits
  • Facilitate resolutions to project conflicts
  • Manage multiple responsibilities, conflicting priorities, escalate risks and issues
  • Scope and analyze potential project opportunities and decide go forward plan with leadership
  • Manage highest performance benefit process improvement workplan for MA Gas business including managing walk in work


About You

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 2+ years prior people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and team oversight required
  • 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives and working with multiple stakeholders to drive outcomes required
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting findings and recommendations to leadership required
  • Strong understanding of financials and ability to make informed decisions that support business performance continuous improvement required
  • Proven track record of delivering significant type 1 and type 2 savings from process improvement projects required
  • Proven ability to manage business performance change across a portfolio of projects that will impact stakeholders in MA Gas business required
  • Experience managing projects and activities focused on delivering superior end-to-end and/or operational performance and continuous improvement required
  • Ability to successfully bring together and drive cooperation across diverse teams with potentially conflicting goals and objectives required
  • Ability to coach and mentor others on continuous improvement tools and techniques required
  • Valid driver's license required


More Information

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Salary

$142,000 - $167,000 a year

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This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

About National Grid

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom (where it owns and operates electricity and gas transmission networks) and in the Northeastern United States (where as well as operating transmission networks, the company is a producer and supplier of electricity and gas). National Grid has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £31.4 billion as of 23 September 2021, the 26th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Learn more about National Grid
Size
23,500 employees
Market Cap
$44 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
5 Year Trend
+4%
Revenue
$14.7 billion

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