Textile Performance Manager

Elis is a leading provider of professional garments and linen rental and care services. At group level, this activity represents 90% of its revenue and requires a yearly investment of several hundred million pounds. The optimization of this investment in terms of cost, quality and added value for our customers is a strategic priority for the group.

Our business is based on the circular economy, giving our customers the opportunity to use many products through rental rather than having to buy them. We ensure products are designed and maintained to provide superior functionality and durability.

Job Purpose:
The Textile Performance Manager role is to assist circa 20 laundries across the UK and Ireland, in improving their Textile investment performance and customer satisfaction, by ensuring that their textile purchase is well controlled and by leading performance improvement projects on all steps of the plant and customer flows.

• Challenge and help plants in your perimeter to improve and achieve optimum results by measuring and benchmarking their operational and supply chain performance through KPI roll-out and regular consolidation
• Review and analyse plants’ flows and processes on site to ensure linen is being managed appropriately to give their maximum possible return on investment, benchmarking best practices and proposing performance improvement action plans to the management.
  • Key processes include plant replenishment & stock management, linen upscaling (repair & re-use), new customer set-up, circulating stock sizing for new customers
• Lead improvement projects to define and improve plant operation management standards
• Develop Elis capabilities, especially at laundry level, through coaching and training of key stakeholders, with a focus on general managers and textile managers
• Act as a source of knowledge for all plant supply chain matters, providing data and analysis to the wider business
• Co-responsible for defining annual performance ambitions (over a budget base circa 30 to 40 M£)

Location: UK Elis plant + frequent travels over the UK and Ireland: 2 days/week

Individual focused on performance improvement, analytics, and change management, with over 5 years of professional experience, demonstrating:

• Validated experience of working cross-functionally, with all levels of seniority, to achieve performance improvement through structured approaches, including at shopfloor level
• Excellent numerical skills are required, with the ability to analyse & draw meaningful conclusions from data
• Validated experience within a multi-site industrial or distribution environment, either in support functions like Supply Chain and Methods, or directly managing production teams
• Track record of successful project management
• Strong academic background, with a master’s degree or equivalent experience in industrial or distribution settings

• 33 Days Holiday
• Company Car
• Company Pension
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site Parking
• Private Medical
• Life Assurance

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity. Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are able offer, and encourage career growth, and have national coverage to facilitate ambition.  

In addition we offer:

•    Competitive Salary of circa £50,000.00
•    33 days holiday per year
•    Company Pension
•    Private Medical