Senior Manager - Operational Excellence (Abu Dhabi, AE)

EDGE Group
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: SalesEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Communication","Team development","Governance"]

Lead EDGE’s Business Excellence function within BRIDGE, driving an Operational Excellence culture across EDGE entities and UAE companies. Own the EDGE BizEx project portfolio end to end, converting Excellence Model assessments into Finance-validated opportunity pipelines and delivering productivity impact targets. Implement SLAs, governance, dashboards, and real-time KPI visibility, while building a Business Excellence Champion network and developing team capability through digital and process-mining initiatives.

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EDGE Group
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Senior Manager - Operational Excellence (Abu Dhabi, AE)

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Job Summary

Lead EDGE’s Business Excellence function within BRIDGE, driving an Operational Excellence culture across EDGE entities and UAE companies. Own the EDGE BizEx project portfolio end to end, converting Excellence Model assessments into Finance-validated opportunity pipelines and delivering productivity impact targets. Implement SLAs, governance, dashboards, and real-time KPI visibility, while building a Business Excellence Champion network and developing team capability through digital and process-mining initiatives.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and close the FY EDGE BizEx portfolio with Finance-validated productivity impact, and charter the following-year portfolio to be categorized, capacity-modelled, and execution-ready.
  • •Lead EDGE Excellence Model / OpEx assessments across entities, convert findings into a Finance-validated opportunity pipeline, and feed it into the project portfolio.
  • •Deploy Top-Down OpEx targets with the Clusters, drive adoption of leadership OpEx training, and coordinate Business Excellence Champions across entities.
  • •Implement BizEx SLAs, project charters, dashboards, and tracking systems; ensure savings and impact are audited and validated by Finance with real-time KPI visibility.
  • •Land and industrialise strategic capability initiatives (Digital Twin pilot, Process Mining deployment, Quality Academy) and lead/develop the Business Excellence team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Family VisasHealth InsuranceEducation AllowancesAnnual Flight

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or a related discipline.
  • •12+ years in operational excellence, continuous improvement, or transformation roles, with 5+ years in a leadership position in industrial, energy, defence, or multi-entity environments.
  • •Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (or equivalent) with a demonstrated portfolio of delivered improvement projects.
  • •Proven delivery of Finance-validated cost-impact programmes at group scale.
  • •Experience leading and developing multi-grade teams.
Experience:Continuous improvementOperational excellenceTransformation
Education:Bachelor's in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or a related discipline
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationTeam developmentGovernance
Certifications:Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Languages:English
Tech Stack:EFQMDigital TwinProcess MiningSAP Signavio

Company Brief

EDGE Group
EDGE Group PJSC is an Abu Dhabi–based advanced technology and defence conglomerate (launched Nov 2019) developing autonomous systems, electronic warfare, precision weapons, cyber and naval/aerospace solutions for military and dual-use markets.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Government & Public Sector
Funding: Government Funded
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2019
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