Enterprise Agility Lead

Job description

Job Type

Strategy

Location

Bracknell Campus

Additional Locations

London - Victoria

Partnership Level

5

Closing Date

17/05/2024

Vacancy Type

Permanent

Salary

£68,500.00 - £128,000.00 Annual

Salary Frequency

Annual

Hours of Work

35

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We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

Our Purpose

Working in Partnership for a happier world – our shared Purpose that guides us in everything we do and inspires 3 important principles; happier people, happier business, happier world. The John Lewis Partnership is a truly unique business, one that seeks to make a positive difference to the lives of everyone.

At a glance

This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and the Bracknell Head Office. However, there will also be an expectation to visit other locations (London) on occasions as the need arises. 

The salary range for this role is set at £68,500 to £128,000

Contract type  

This position is Permanent

About the Role

At the John Lewis Partnership, we are driving change through a value stream model the purpose of which is  Enable aligned business, change and technology outcomes at the right pace and lower costs

As a leader, your focus is to enable and ensure ongoing improvement and maturity with regard to ways of working for how change is delivered in the value streams. This will be delivered within a value stream construct using agreed frameworks and enabling adherence to them by Product teams, Projects teams, Continuous improvement squads and through communities of practice.  As the Lead, you will coordinate improvement of delivery of products, projects, and CI depending on the type of work within the value stream. 

Within value stream delivery, your core focus in each of these will be:  

Product 

Driving accelerated maturity in product ways of working from strategic product roadmap creation for a value stream to the method of delivery at the team level in the value stream. This will include an improvement in work flow adoption, data driven improvement of delivery and the use and maturity of flow metrics for the purposes of learning and improving how we work.

Projects/Programmes

Engage with senior value stream leaders and teams as a hands-on coach to enable the application of flow principles to project work, ensuring efficient delivery of projects in a value stream, removing waste and delays and improving the flow of value. Create an increase in throughput for project ways of working through coaching and training leaders and teams. 

Continuous Improvement

Where CI/Service redesign underpins key initiative-level changes, ensure that work is enabled by the Partnership  CI framework. You will provide seasoned expertise to ensure problems are diagnosed correctly from the customer’s point of view, and that they are systemic/holistic and end-to-end in nature based on real world observations and reliable data. Solutions are design led and hypothesis-based and can be tracked reliably  by driving measurable outcomes and applying the Partnership CI framework and methods. This role will ensure that the changes are lasting and significant in that they solve real end-to-end problems that create better service outcomes at lower cost.

This role will be operating at value stream level, effectively acting as a leader to their own team of Enterprise Agility Coaches and as a member of the cross-functional leadership  team in the values stream.

Through your Enterprise Agility shared capability area you will have the opportunity to develop and stretch personally and professionally to achieve your potential.

Essential Skills

Proven experience of Leadership in a complex environment (e.g. multiple teams environment, significant transformation or end to end cross functional environment)

Experience in one of these or more is essential, Systems thinking, lean and agile/product techniques which should  include higher-level certifications such as Prokanban APK, recognised lean qualifications or any academic systems thinking certifications 

Understanding of and proven experience in facilitating, mentoring, training and/or offering professional coaching 

Working experience in one or more of the following Agile methods or frameworks: Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, LeSS, DAD,  or A proven track record in applying lean and/or systemic e2e system redesign outside of software teams 

Ability to flex between applying lean and flow principles in many situations in different work systems

Desirable

Working experience in applying the vanguard method and or Deming's system of profound knowledge, 

Experience of applying the above in a retail environment 

Benefits of the Partnership  

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  - Hybrid Working. 

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️ - Full - time working holiday entitlement 25 days holiday  plus public and bank holidays (this is prorated for part time hours).

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⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy

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- Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not

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- You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply) You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

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-  Simple cycle to work support scheme

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- We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them

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- Health Care cover

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- Car allowance  

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-  Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - ttps://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/  

Next Steps

The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process"

Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, will include a 1stage virtual interview followed by a more detailed Stage 2 Interview.

You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you. 

Thanks for your interest in joining the John Lewis Partnership

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At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself. Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers. We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference. Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/diversityandinclusion/