Heidelberg Materials
Senior Process Transformation Manager
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Senior Process Transformation Manager
Location: Chipping Sodbury (Hybrid working) Employer: Heidelberg Materials UK
About the Company
Heidelberg Materials UK (previously Hanson UK) is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of construction materials, employing over 4,000 people across 300+ manufacturing sites. We’re pioneers in driving sustainability, aiming for carbon neutrality and advancing the circular economy in the building materials sector.
With a commitment to diversity, innovation, and digitalisation, we empower our workforce to create a greener, more efficient future. Work-life flexibility, strong benefits, and a culture of openness and individual achievement define our workplace. Our Chipping Sodbury office—located in rural Yate, near the M4/M5—offers free parking, an onsite café, and the perfect balance of trend and accessibility.
As part of the Heidelberg Materials International Business Service Centre (BSC), this role focuses on re-engineering processes, simplifying systems, and accelerating digital transformation to deliver synergies across our global operations.
Role Purpose & Responsibilities
Key Purpose
As a Senior Process Transformation Manager, you’ll lead end-to-end process redesign and digital transformation to reshape how the Heidelberg Materials BSC operates. Your role is to:
- Drive strategy execution to align evolving business needs with future-proof processes.
- Build and support fast-moving change by fostering innovation and AI adoption (e.g., simplifying digital tools, reducing friction, and scaling sustainable practices).
- Shape and influence senior stakeholders to secure buy-in for visionary, value-driven transformation.
- Partner with global teams (including Process Owners and Digital Leads) to embed customer-centric operating models.
You’ll balance processual efficiency (e.g., cross-country workflows) with people-centric coaching—empowering teams to acclimate to agile methodologies and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement.
Core Accountabilities
1. Transformation Expertise
- Subject Matter Expertise:
- Act as a senior lead on end-to-end process redesign, challenging siloed thinking.
- Apply journey-based analysis to unify processes around value creation and stakeholder outcomes rather than individual silos.
- Translate global, local, and technological nuances into practical, scalable solutions—reducing complexity and friction.
- Deeply understand people-process-data-tech interactions to ensure transformation delivers measurable and lasting impact.
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2. End-to-End Process Redesign & Delivery
- Lead transformational change projects, working alongside:
- Head of Transformation
- Global Process Owners
- Digital & Business Teams
- Use service-design frameworks to move beyond incremental improvements and reshape core work flows.
- Adopt AI-accelerated and data-driven interventions where appropriate.
- Redesign operations for speed, simplicity, and scalability.
- Partner with technical and non-technical teams to:
- Define clear value delivery paths.
- Align new digital tools with business needs.
3. Stakeholder Influence & Change Enablement
- Senior Partnering:
- Engage Steering Committees (SteerCo) and cross-border teams to secure commitment to transformation goals.
- Influence executive leadership where necessary to align initiatives.
- Change Coaching:
- Foster agonism and collaboration during complex adjustments.
- Improve leadership confidence in implementing change.
- Streamline cross-team coordination to avoid ambiguity.
- Role Model & Mentor:
- Coach colleagues on transformation methodologies.
- Drill down into your specialties (e.g., wayfinding, experimentation) but mirror collaboration at all levels—as much tea party facilitator of ideas as expert.
4. Coaching, Leadership & Capability Growth
- Culture Champion:
- Champion evidence-based, innovation-focused ways of working.
- Normalise healthy pushback from cross-divisional stakeholders.
- Flexible Leadership:
- Adapt guidance to portfolio timelines in a dynamic hybrid environment.
- Team Support:
- Oversee a team of 5 Transformation Analysts (Grades 10–13) across multi-site projects.
- Mentor peers on modeling hybrid work, integrating data, and emotionally sustaining teams.
5. Financial & Business Impact
- Accountability Scope:
- Steward multi-country, task-etched transformation initiatives across multiple legacy and new systems.
- KPIs: Monitoring output efficiency, cost savings per project transformation, stakeholder satisfaction metrics.
Requirements
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- 10+ years of experience in transformation roles, ideally with expertise in process optimization, digital enablement (SaaS/ERP involvement), or operational excellence.
- Leadership in design-thinking+quality methodologies (including Lean/Six Sigma, Agile/DevOps, or blueprinting sprints).
- Hands-on B2B, multi-country process transformation experience.
- AI/Digital transformation flair—proactively-scripting when change-through-technology makes broader regroups feasible.
- Demonstrated history of coaching cross-divisional teams toward outright productivity growth via behavioural shifts.
- Change Agility: Eumerating pilots and cascading visibility within complex operational structures.
- Soft Power: Choosing collaborations with an inclusive tone. Strengthening arguments as endearing as bulldozing.
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Desirable
- Background in construction, manufacturing, or logistics—however, a classically business-intentSwitch experience suits also.
- Professional certifications in transformation modalities (e.g., TOGAF, Certified Scrum Master, ATOs).
Why Join Heidelberg Materials?
Competitive Offerings
- Salary + Bonus Incentives (benefits total structure available upon request).
- Generous Pension Plan: Top-tier retirement savings scheme.
- Generous Leave Policy:
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays
- Flexible scheduling including sabbaticals and holiday buy/sell options
- Transport Discounts: Season and annual travel ticket loans.
Wellbeing & Culture
- Employee Assistance Programme: Online mental health support.
- Diverse Communities: Active Networks (LGBTQ+ Talent Group, Women in STEM Ambassadors).
- Paid Volunteer Day: Encouraging communities and causes we care about.
- Career Growth:
- STEM Ambassador Programme for entry-level innovators.
- Pathways to Mentoring roles and leadership.
Inclusivity Initiatives
- Gold Accreditation for Armed Forces Covenant and active Militarisation Linkage.
- Disability Confident Employer.
- Family-Friendly Perks:
- Women: Maternity, paternity, and ill parent care support tailored with maternity charity collaborations.
- Adoption sponsorship, Sleep Depri-avaison support, and IVF programmes.
- Menopause & MHR Amends: Work environment accommodations.
Life at Heidelberg Materials
Location Perks
- Chipping Sodbury: Suburban greenery yet “connected” via M4/M5. Housing options to explore with your flexible hybrid setup.
- Workspaces provide office grinding or home-office with) equipment loaned.
Workplace Ethics
- Diversity comes first. Our teams thrive off a difference-drawn culture.
- Topic fronts—paying additional doors required—when Olipo encoding isn’t yet resolved.
Candidates ready to build, simplify, and champion tomorrow’s change? Apply now—flexible expertise here can speak for itself. (Note: This role is eligible for BIPOC, veteran, women, and disabled workers discourse.)
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