Operational Excellence Senior Specialist

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

The Operational Excellence Senior Specialist drives sustainable process improvements, partnering with business teams across the Area to identify, prioritize, and facilitate improvement initiatives that deliver embedded, standardized, and enhanced ways of working. The role provides end-to-end support across multiple products and functions by facilitating structured problem solving, leading improvement projects, coaching teams in internal lean methodology, and enabling the adoption of Operational Excellence methodologies. The role also identifies automation and digitalization opportunities that improve performance, reduce waste, strengthen standardization, and deliver sustainable business results.

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with business teams to identify and convert business requirements into scalable and maintainable solutions with Operational Excellence priorities.

• Apply and coach teams on The Maersk Way and Continuous Improvement methodologies.

• Facilitate A3 problem-solving initiatives and structured root cause analysis.

• Lead Continuous Improvement projects and initiatives across products and functions.

• Support local products and functions through Continuous Improvement projects.

• Conduct process mapping, value-stream analysis, and current-state assessments.

• Identify waste, performance gaps, and improvement opportunities.