Operational Excellence Specialist Processes (A.I)

Operational excellence runs in your DNA. You thrive in structured, high-impact environments and know how to turn complexity into clarity. As an Operational Excellence Specialist, you play a key role in shaping how BauWatch operates today and in the future.

From process mapping and continuous improvement to performance management and project governance, you help build a strong, scalable, and efficient organization across functions and countries. By creating the right structures, standards, and ways of working, you enable teams to deliver better outcomes with less friction. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help drive operational excellence at scale.

The role

As an Operational Excellence Specialist, you play a central role in improving and standardising end-to-end processes across BauWatch. You are responsible for identifying, mapping, and improving cross-functional processes, ensuring they are efficient, scalable, and well governed.

You work closely with local teams, process owners, and key stakeholders to develop and embed standard ways of working, performance standards, and clear ownership. You support sustainable improvement by coordinating continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring alignment with the Project Management Process (PMP).

At the same time, you support digitalisation and data-driven improvement initiatives by translating operational needs into practical solutions. You turn insights from performance data, project outcomes, and stakeholder feedback into concrete improvements that increase transparency, speed, and effectiveness across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Process Mapping & Improvement

• Map end-to-end processes across functions and countries to create clarity and transparency.

• Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and risks, and translate them into concrete improvement initiatives.

• Design and execute continuous improvement roadmaps that support business performance and scalability.

• Define and monitor KPIs to measure process performance and improvement impact.

2. Project Management Process (PMP) Coordination

• Coordinate and continuously improve the Project Management Process (PMP) across the organisation.

• Support project owners with clear standards, templates, governance, and ways of working.

• Ensure consistency in how projects are initiated, prioritised, executed, and evaluated.

• Track portfolio progress and help create transparency on priorities, dependencies, and outcomes.

3. Continuous Improvement & Lean Culture

• Apply Lean, problem-solving, and Daily Performance Management (DPM) principles to improve processes.

• Facilitate workshops and problem-solving sessions with cross-functional teams.

• Support a culture of ownership, “First Time Right,” and continuous improvement.

• Enable teams to improve their own processes through structured methods and clear standards.

4. Digitalisation & Data-Driven Improvement

• Support automation and digital improvement initiatives by translating process needs into requirements.

• Use data and analytics to identify improvement opportunities and measure results.

• Collaborate with IT, Product, and other Group Functions to enable smarter and more efficient ways of working.

5. Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a linking pin between teams, functions, and countries.

• Align process improvements with strategic priorities and organisational goals.

• Support knowledge sharing and best-practice adoption across the organisation.

You will report directly to the Group Operational Excellence Manager and work closely with stakeholders in the Country  and Group Functions.

About you

We ask a lot from our Operational Excellence Specialist, but that doesn’t put you off. On the contrary, you thrive on challenge. You bring structure and energy, with a clear focus on improvement and results. You enjoy simplifying complexity, working with diverse stakeholders, and seeing tangible impact from better processes. You have an international mindset and feel comfortable working across teams and cultures. Most importantly, you know how to create momentum and help others succeed.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in process mapping, process improvement, or operational excellence roles.

• Strong analytical skills; able to translate complex processes into clear structures and improvements.

• Experience with Lean, Continuous Improvement, or similar methodologies.

• Experience working with or coordinating project management processes is a strong plus.

• Experience in an international, multi-site environment.

• Excellent communication skills in English; other European languages are a plus.

• Hands-on, pragmatic, proactive, and eager to make impact.

• Willingness to travel frequently between BauWatch locations in Europe.

This is what you can expect from us

A great opportunity to help shape and improve the way BauWatch works across the organisation. You will work in a young and dynamic environment where no day is the same. There is plenty of room for new ideas, allowing you to contribute directly to operational improvement and cultural development. You will work in an informal atmosphere and are given a lot of freedom to organise and carry out your work as you see fit.

We offer

• A full-time assignment (40 hours) for 3 - 6 months with an option for extension.

• A dynamic and growing company with motivated colleagues.

• All the tools you need to be successful.

• The opportunity to contribute to the further growth of the department and the company.

Where will you work?

BauWatch has become a household name with any party looking to temporarily secure an outdoor location. Our solution and our dedicated team of 700+ employees significantly reduce the risk of break-ins. Thus, in addition to increased security, we also ensure increased efficiency. We are unique because we do everything in-house: production, software development, drivers, service, monitoring of alarms – everything actually. Why? Because the quality of our services must be optimal.

Interested?

If so, please respond quickly.

For more information, please contact Ruud Licht, Corporate Recruiter, on 06-20172020.