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About the Role

DP World is seeking a hands-on Lean subject matter expert to implement Lean management practices across their national Contract Logistics network. The role involves building operational capability, embedding continuous improvement, and enhancing performance in a 3PL environment without disrupting operations or customer commitments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment of Lean management practices across the national Contract Logistics network, ensuring consistent adoption and sustainable outcomes.
• Coach and support operational leaders to embed daily management, standard work, problem-solving, and continuous improvement into everyday operations.
• Act as a key change partner for the national Lean rollout, supporting implementation planning, local adaptation, and leadership engagement across sites.
• Build Lean capability by mentoring site Lean champions, delivering training, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
• Lead early-stage Kaizen and improvement initiatives, helping teams identify, prioritise, and deliver measurable operational and productivity improvements.
• Use Lean tools and methodologies, including Value Stream Mapping (VSM), to identify opportunities, improve workflows, and drive performance outcomes.
• Monitor program performance through reporting, audits, KPI tracking, and risk escalation to ensure alignment with Operational Excellence standards.
• Partner with operational, customer-facing, and cross-functional teams to support broader business improvement initiatives and customer outcomes.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, collaboration, and ethical conduct in line with company values and standards.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading and embedding Lean or Continuous Improvement programs within complex operational environments.
• Strong background coaching and influencing leaders and frontline teams across operations, engineering, quality, safety, and continuous improvement functions.
• Experience within logistics or supply chain environments, ideally in a Contract Logistics / 3PL setting.
• A practical, hands-on approach to change management with the ability to embed sustainable ways of working and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Confidence facilitating workshops, leading Kaizen activities, and driving operational problem-solving initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence, challenge, and collaborate effectively across all levels of the business.
• Analytical and commercially minded, with the ability to identify opportunities, prioritise improvements, and translate initiatives into tangible results.
• Positive, adaptable, and resilient mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and team capability building.
• Strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, supported by solid Microsoft Office and process mapping capability.

Skills

• Lean management practices
• Continuous improvement
• Daily management
• Standard work
• Problem-solving
• Change management
• Kaizen
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• KPI tracking
• Stakeholder engagement
• Microsoft Office
• Process mapping

Education Level

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or related disciplines are preferred
• Lean and/or Project Management certifications

About the Company

• DP World is reshaping the future of global trade to improve lives everywhere.
• Operating across six continents with a team of over 125,000 employees, we combine global infrastructure and local expertise to deliver seamless supply chain solutions.
• From Ports and Terminals to Marine Services, Logistics and Technology, we leverage innovation to create better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
• In Asia Pacific, DP World employs over 15,000 people across 22 geographies.
• We operate 17 ports and terminals, complemented by a comprehensive suite of end-to-end supply chain solutions - to connect the region to the rest of the world.
• WE MAKE TRADE FLOW