Job Title: Business Improvement Analyst

Location: Frimley, Weymouth or Portsmouth - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £42,479 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Mapping processes, analysing data in excel, generating insights and producing prioritized action plans
• Preparing compelling stories (using PowerPoint, charts etc. where needed), and forming project plans that lead to sustainable results. Being able to run improvement meetings with stakeholders
• Utilizing technical problem-solving frameworks (such as ‘value driver trees’) – exact toolset needed for role will be covered in training. rking ‘in the field’ to solve problems. This will include technical, organisational, process, people problems. Includes applying ‘split-solving’
• Planning and prioritising effectively, linking KPIs to value, and communicating progress upwards to project lead
• Using appropriate tools to identify and form an understanding of relevant stakeholders, and the likely change requirement from them
• Building trusting relationships with stakeholders on projects, and will visibly add value to project conversations

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Previous business improvement experience from a manufacture environment, operation environment
• Previous experience of working in a team who have delivered business improvement experience
• Proven experience of delivering improvement solutions e.g Improving waste, Reducing operation improvement

Desirable:

• Experience in Lean background
• Degree qualification or Six sigma qualifications

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Operational Excellence team:

You will be working as a Business Improvement Analyst in the Operational Excellence team. This team is responsible for identifying and prioritising business improvement opportunities and then working with stakeholders to design and implement solutions that lead to measurable improvements for the business. Initially, you will be deployed into the Dreadnought Programme at BAE's Integrated Combat Systems business to deliver Business Improvements, carrying out projects in areas such as labour efficiency.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.