Shape group-wide improvement through insight, technology and collaboration

Nammo is strengthening its efforts within operational excellence and is looking for a new Operational Excellence Manager with a focus on program management, coordination, and group-wide improvement work. In this role, you will work closely with business units across the company to support and coordinate improvement initiatives, and to ensure that best practices are aligned, followed up, and developed across sites and countries.

This role is well suited for someone who enjoys creating structure and coherence at group level, by connecting initiatives, supporting project owners, and strengthening how improvement efforts are planned and managed over time. You’ll be part of a small corporate team that supports operational excellence across the Nammo Group, and you will play a key role in developing a shared approach to performance improvement across the organization.

Key Responsibilities 

You will collaborate with business units and sites in a supportive and advisory role, with a strong emphasis on developing people and capabilities, within the following areas: 

• Follow-up of the operational technology program 

• Support and facilitate knowledge sharing, with a focus on the operational technology program 

• Ensure knowledge development, with focus on the operational technology program: Develop guidelines and principles and support local development and execution of training, and develop and execute selected companywide training programs

• Enhance KPIs: Collaborate with business units and sites to support the development and improvement of KPIs aligned with strategic objectives and operational standards, including related organizational aspects

• Assessment: Develop assessments and related competency, and audit site self-assessments to ensure compliance with operational standards and best practices

• Benchmarking: Develop benchmarks by analyzing data from industry peers and internal metrics, setting standards for evaluating operational efficiency and effectiveness

• Define Common Processes and Best Practices: Lead the development and standardization of operational processes and best practices organization-wide. Utilize industry benchmarks, internal data, and continuous improvement efforts to create operational guidelines

• Provide hands-on support for improvement initiatives at local sites

Skills and Qualifications 

We are looking for someone with a structured mindset and a genuine interest in operational improvement. You don’t need to be an expert or a senior profile — we value curiosity, learning ability, and a collaborative mindset. You should be confident working with data, comfortable navigating complex organizations, and able to support others. You may have experience with Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement, or you may bring project, production or IT experience from an industrial setting. 

We prefer that you have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or operations preferred. Extensive relevant experience may substitute for a formal degree

• Experience from working in an industrial company 

• Proven experience in operational excellence, including Lean and Six Sigma, is highly valuable

• Experience with applications related to OEE, MES, and IoT

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; English is the working language 

It is beneficial with experience within some of these areas: 

• Management positions within areas such as production, maintenance, projects and product development 

• The use of Microsoft applications, including PowerBI 

• The use of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning or other analytical ways of handling big data 

Why Nammo? 

Nammo is a technology-driven company with operations in multiple countries. We work on meaningful challenges in defense and aerospace, and we’re growing. This role offers the chance to contribute to important transformation work at Group level, while working in a small, committed team that has real impact. You will learn a lot, get broad exposure, and help define how we work across the company. 

Working conditions 

This is a full-time role with presence required at a Nammo site. You will need to travel regularly to Nammos sites around the globe.

Please note that the position requires you to be eligible for a Norwegian/NATO security clearance and provide a valid police certificate. 

Do you want to know more? 

To ensure a fair and thorough selection process, we are collaborating with The Assessment Company, a professional partner specializing in recruitment and assessment. Feel free to contact one of our advisors in The Assessment Company if you have any questions regarding this position or the process:  

Katrine Prebensen Tindeland: +47 480 26 486 / katrine.tindeland@theac.no 

We are currently recruiting for two positions within Operational Excellence at Nammo: 

• Operational Excellence Manager (incl. program management) 

• Operational Excellence Manager (incl. training and CI-projects) 

The roles have overlapping responsibilities but different focus areas. Please indicate in your application whether you are applying for one of the roles or would like to be considered for both. 

Nammo AS is an international aerospace and defense company headquartered in Raufoss, Norway. With more than 3 500 employees, 27 production sites and a presence in 11 countries, Nammo is one of the world’s leading providers of specialty ammunition, shoulder-fired weapons and rocket motors.