Dublin - Kylemore, Ireland, Dublin 10
Carlsberg Excellence Specialist
Role overview
This role leads and supports the end-to-end implementation of Carlsberg Excellence across production and supply chain operations. It focuses on driving continuous improvement by training, coaching, and assessing teams on core foundations, processes, and standards. The Carlsberg Excellence Specialist plays a key role in deploying priorities across all functions and organisational levels.
What you’ll be doing:
- Building organisational capability by leveraging cross-functional communities and developing individual expertise.
- Conducting robust evidence-based Carlsberg Excellence assessments across departments.
- Providing objective scoring and constructive challenge to ensure standards are genuinely embedded in behaviours, culture and operational performance.
- Contributing to the ongoing development of Carlsberg Excellence within the Supply Chain function.
- Supporting the rollout of foundations, advanced processes, and standards aligned to strategy and targets.
- Train and embed problem-solving methodologies to address performance gaps, promoting a Zero Loss mindset.
- Facilitating best practice sharing both internally and externally.
- Reviewing implementation progress, identifying successes and opportunities to improve business performance.
- Driving continuous improvement through Focused Improvement cycles, and deliver best practice through internal and external benchmarking.
What we’re looking for:
The successful person will:
- Lead implementation planning with key stakeholders and sponsors.
- Ensure appropriate resource allocation for priority initiatives.
- Drive clear understanding and effective management of Carlsberg Excellence targets.
- Maintain compliance with Group standards.
- Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and improvement activities to deliver business results.
- Build organisation-wide understanding of Carlsberg Excellence and individual contributions.
- Coach and mentor teams on applying foundations and advanced tools to achieve high-quality outcomes.
Education/Qualifications
- University degree or necessary experience from relative position in Supply Chain
- Experience within a Production & Supply Chain operations environment role, preferably at least with 1 years at management level.
- Proven experience in managing change, and implement improvement programs (Operational Excellence, Lean, TPM, SixSigma) to achieve budgeted targets.
What you can expect & you’ll be well-rewarded with:
- Competitive salary, generous annual leave, Bonus and recognition
- Life assurance & income protection
- Pension (5% employee / 10% employer)
- Free product issued
- Volunteering & wellbeing support
- Inclusive and supportive culture, Fairness and representation
- Ways of working that build inclusivity & Champion diversity at every level
Our commitment to diversity equity & inclusion
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. We actively seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for all of our colleagues, where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and inclusive practices are embedded in everything we do.
We are happy to support accessibility needs, to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, so please do let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.