Head of Continuous Improvement

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Role Description

Allianz has a great opportunity for a Head of Continuous Improvement based from any of our offices in the UK.Reporting to our Business Transformation & Customer Experience Director, you will be responsible for driving a culture of continuous improvement throughout Allianz Commercial. You will achieve this by identifying opportunities for optimisation, and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Accountabilities

• Own the development and implementation of continuous improvement strategy, aligned to AZ Commercial corporate strategies ensuring capability through regular review of learning, quality, operational and development activity.
• Collaborates with departmental heads and cross-functional teams to understand and confirm strategic alignment, business processes, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions.
• Utilises data-driven insights and performance metrics to assess current processes, identify root causes of inefficiencies, and develop actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure internal improvement ideas are appropriately captured, assessed, and prioritised, and that deliverables support best practice and lessons learned.
• Represent the business area at cross functional forums, enabling sharing of and learning from best practice and assuring alignment, and future
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes that may impact our business operations, incorporating relevant insights into continuous improvement efforts and be the benchmark for best practice and implement emerging thinking as required.
• This senior leadership role supports delivery of strategic objectives linked to:
  • Transformation
  • Systems Thinking
  • Data Skill Development
  • People/Learning Organization
  • Process / Task Mining

Essential Skills

• Deep knowledge of Insurance industry, including extensive accumulation of Insurance experience
• Proven experience of delivering large strategic initiatives
• Strong leadership experience in setting strategy, leading team and influencing across all levels
• Experience of introducing the latest thinking, technologies and methodologies into mature businesses
• Demonstration of patience, emotional intelligence, resilience, and critical and strategic thinking

What We Will Offer You Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• 30 days holiday
• Car Allowance
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen.Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.ukresourcingteam@allianz.co.uk Join us - Let's Care for Tomorrow.