Business Improvement Specialist

**_Company Description
- Bright people sought for brilliant careers _**

We’re the world’s leading diamond company, powered by thousands of people around the world, with a mission to support local communities, protect our natural environment and shape a brighter future.

With headquarters in London and mines in four countries - Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa - we are truly global. Established in 1888, our expertise ranges from exploration and diamond recovery, to rough diamond sales and diamond jewellery retail.

We’ve opened research and development centres around the world in our mission to evolve the diamond industry for the better, and we take our environmental responsibility seriously. We work to minimise the impact of our operations, investing heavily to find a balance between economic growth and long-term sustainability.

We seek talented people who share our belief in a better future for mining and are ready to make a difference. Are you one of them?

**Job Description**:

- Are you energetic, self-motivated and do you enjoy working with different teams across functions? Are you passionate about transformation and improving the business? Do you have the ability to show initiative and work autonomously?

The De Beers Group of Companies has an opportunity for an energetic, self-motivated individual to join the Business Improvement department at the Gahcho Kué Mine Site based in the Northwest Territories.

**JOB SUMMARY**

**Key responsibilities**:

- Leverage Lean Six Sigma techniques to provide process and business improvement advice to leaders to identify and deliver sustainable improvements;
- Deliver value through leading approved business improvement initiatives associated with creating business case, project set-up, design, project charter, gap analysis, implementation, execution and change management phases and cycles with multi-disciplinary teams and various stakeholders;
- Work with the site teams in the collection, collation and analysis of operational data to identify initiatives to produce stability, reduce variability, increase capability and achieve benchmark performance, towards our burning ambition;
- Lead KPI reporting changes to align with Group Standards and business expectations;
- Work with the site teams to improve the functionality of their processes and KPI’s (Lean Boards);
- Assist with implementation and coaching of stakeholders on the Anglo-American Operating Model (AAOM), including Operational Planning, Work Management, KPI development, Analyze and Improve and more;
- Maintain and improve the Operating Master Schedules with stakeholders;
- Collaborate with department leads in identifying key business risks and opportunities and evaluate Strategic Business Plan inputs; and
- Maintain and improve Business Structure Performance (BSP) model and procedures with Group level Technical Leads and assess Strategic Business Plan confidence.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education in Business, Engineering, or related field;
- Lean Six Sigma qualifications will be advantageous and not a prerequisite.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in the Mining, Process or Maintenance Engineering field within the Mining Industry.
- 1 to 2 years’ Experience in Business Improvement and Project Management methodologies and processes.
- Experience in strategy implementation and business planning in business units.
- Experience working at a remote mining site and in a cross-cultural work environment.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong facilitation skills and techniques.
- Good knowledge of change management methodologies.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Commitment to Safety, Health and Environment Standards.

**Additional Information
- Who We Are: De Beers Canada**

Active in Canada for over 60 years, we are part of De Beers Group, the world's leading diamond company. Globally, we are a team of more than 20,000 people, with operations in Canada, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, and activities across the diamond value chain from exploration to diamond jewelry retail. Our unwavering focus on sustainability and Building Forever fuels our commitment to advance standards across the diamond industry, protect the natural world, partner with local communities, and accelerate economic inclusion to support diversity in our business and beyond.

In Canada, we have more than 600 employees working at offices in Calgary, Toronto and Yellowknife, actively exploring for new diamond opportunities, recovering diamonds at the joint venture Gahcho Kué mine in the Northwest Territories, and closing and rehabilitating two mines. We are also advancing the Chidliak Project to establish a technologically advanced diamond mine on Baffin Island using FutureSmart Mining principles.

At De Beers, we believe in the power of working in partnership with communities to create lasting, positive impacts that endure long after we recover the last d