You are responsible together with your process improvement colleagues for assisting FSC’s value streams in identifying improvement initiatives in their processes.
You have a relentless drive for continuous improvement and have the tendency to always challenge the status quo. You like to attack issues and inefficiencies with proven tools & techniques of the Lean methodology to deliver fact based business benefits.
This job offers you a monthly salary of max EUR 6009,- per month (based on 36 hours), depending on your knowledge and experience.
Your impact as an Operational Excellence Expert at NN
At NN Group Finance, the Process Management & Innovation team in FSC/CS&I is discovering, implementing and using innovative ways to increase efficiency and optimize business processes in order to become better, faster and cheaper. You like to solve problems, are analytical and you are not afraid to ask difficult questions and make decisions under high pressure. You have a personal drive to achieve significant change in relatively short periods of time and you take care of your stakeholders by excellent communication and solid planning. You are action oriented, full of energy and make others enthusiastic to keep the continuous improvement flame burning.
Together, our efforts will bring us every day a bit closer towards our vision: be a Finance Service Centre with an international reach, that delivers outstanding standardised services through Operational Excellence. A Finance Service Centre where you want to (bring your) work!
Your responsibilities
• Increasing the efficiency in teams and processes by driving the implementation of lean techniques
• Alignment with value stream MT, Green and Yellow Belts (focused on continuous improvement) on process performance and major process analysis and improvement
• Create long-term solutions by addressing the root cause instead of short term fixes
• Constantly work toward simplifying and standardizing work
• Lean and Operational Excellence awareness embedded within the activities performed by the FSC
Who you are
• You are a proven expert in Operational Excellence and Lean (you carry a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification) and demonstrate strong execution power on these subjects
• You like to get your hands dirty in performing process deep dives and do not run away from a tough puzzle
• You combine your content knowledge with entrepreneurship
• You are proactive and an ambassador of Lean in our Finance Service Centre and like to share your knowledge with others
• You show strong stakeholder management skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills and present yourself as approachable, open minded, an excellent communicator (Dutch and English) and you are sensitive to your environment
• You are a creative thinker and have a hands-on mentality that gets things done
As an Operational Excellence expert your personal qualities will play a decisive role.
Your colleagues
Your team consists of a great mix of people from different nationalities that are working day in day out to improve and automate processes of our colleagues. We believe that the connection we have is more than just the day in the (now virtual) office so we also spend time on outside work activities with each other.
Continue developing
It is important to us that you continue to develop yourself. We give you the space and the confidence to grow in your career as well as a person. We help you with:
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities in our Learning & Development Centre
• A large (international) network of colleagues who are keen to share their knowledge with you
• The autonomy to set out your own development path
Employee benefits
You are more than a colleague and we understand that very well at NN. You have different roles in life and that involves choices. We give you the opportunity to select the employee benefits that are important to you and that match your personal situation. This includes flexible working hours and buying additional leave days. With a 36-hour working week, you are entitled to 194,4 leave hours and one Diversity day at NN. If you work more or less, your leave will change proportionally. Your holiday allowance and 13th month are paid with your monthly salary, so you don’t have to wait.
Because of Covid-19, all NN colleagues are currently working from home fully digitally. It is currently not yet clear when we can return to the office. The official location for this job is The Hague.
Will you be our new colleague?
If you are enthusiastic about this vacancy and think that you would be a good fit for the team at NN, we would like to invite you to apply. We are very keen to find out who you are, what motivates you and what you can contribute to this role at NN.
Apply now
If you have any questions about the vacancy, you can reach out via phone or WhatsApp to Peter Vlam, Manager Process Management & Innovation via +31 (0) 6 20 30 34 67. Any questions about the process can be directed to Michèle Borsjé (Recruiter) via 0646360105.
This is a permanent position. A candidate will receive a contract from NN and we are not open to interim/freelance assignments and/or candidates or recruitment agencies. Thank you very much for your understanding.