Associate, Business Process Excellence
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About the Role
TAQA Distribution seeks an Associate for Business Process Excellence to drive process improvement, Lean initiatives, and operational performance. The role involves facilitating Kaizen, A3, DMAIC projects, supporting digital transformation and analytics, and tracking value realization.
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Responsibilities
- Support identification, analysis, and prioritization of process improvement opportunities across end to end value streams
- Facilitate Lean improvement initiatives (Kaizen, A3, DMAIC, PDCA) from problem definition through implementation and benefits tracking
- Conduct process diagnostics, root cause analysis, waste identification, and baseline performance assessments
- Support standardization, documentation, and optimization of core and supporting business processes
- Actively support delivery of Lean trainings and TAQA Way deployment across functions
- Coach and support improvement initiative owners in developing charters, A3s, and implementation plans
- Track initiative progress, risks, dependencies, and value realization
- Contribute to change management, engagement, and communication activities linked to Lean
- Support identification and assessment of automation, RPA, AI, and digital optimization opportunities
- Contribute to process analytics, performance dashboards, and KPI monitoring (e.g., Power BI, process mining)
- Assist in data analysis, reporting, and insights generation to support decision making
- Support governance processes for improvement initiatives, including stage gates, approvals, and documentation
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field
- 5 10 years of relevant experience in business process excellence, continuous improvement, operations excellence, or consulting
- Hands on experience in Lean methodologies
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Black Belt preferred)
- PMP or similar certification
- Experience supporting cross functional improvement initiatives in large or complex organizations
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Role Purpose
- The Associate, Business Process Excellence (BPE) drives process excellence, continuous improvement, and operational performance across TAQA Distribution.
- Supports enterprise wide Lean initiatives, process optimization, automation and analytics use cases, and capability building.
Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Support identification, analysis, and prioritization of process improvement opportunities.
- Facilitate Lean improvement initiatives (Kaizen, A3, DMAIC, PDCA).
- Conduct process diagnostics, root cause analysis, waste identification, and baseline performance assessments.
- Support standardization, documentation, and optimization of core and supporting business processes.
Lean Programmed & TAQA Way Enablement
- Actively support delivery of Lean trainings and TAQA Way deployment.
- Coach and support improvement initiative owners.
- Track initiative progress, risks, dependencies, and value realization.
- Contribute to change management, engagement, and communication activities.
Digital, Automation & Analytics Enablement
- Support identification and assessment of automation, RPA, AI, and digital optimization opportunities.
- Contribute to process analytics, performance dashboards, and KPI monitoring.
- Assist in data analysis, reporting, and insights generation.
Governance, Reporting & Value Realization
- Support governance processes for improvement initiatives.
- Track benefits and support value realization reporting.
- Prepare high quality executive level presentations, dashboards, and progress reports.
Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand operational challenges.
- Act as a trusted BPE partner to functions.
- Support cross functional collaboration to drive enterprise impact.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field.
- 5 10 years of relevant experience in business process excellence, continuous improvement, operations excellence, or consulting.
- Hands on experience in Lean methodologies.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Black Belt preferred).
- PMP or similar certification.
- Experience supporting cross functional improvement initiatives in large or complex organizations.
- Exposure to digital transformation, automation, analytics, or process mining is a strong advantage.
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