The Role

Location: Poland, UK and Netherlands
Job Grade: GG6

Are you passionate about performance, data, and creating real value through maintenance? As Maintenance Excellence Deployment Manager, you’ll play a key part in delivering Imperial Brands’ global asset care strategy - focusing on enhancing operational outcomes, improving reliability, and optimizing costs across our international factory network.

Working as part of a small, collaborative team within the Global ManEx CI division, you’ll partner closely with factory teams to embed structured maintenance practices, define meaningful KPIs, and support technical teams in making informed, evidence-based choices. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone with a technical mindset and the ability to translate insights into practical actions.

With production volumes under pressure in many markets, this role is essential in positioning maintenance as a source of added value - not just a cost factor.

Principle Accountabilities

• Support the deployment of Imperial’s global Maintenance Excellence framework across sites, aligned with broader ManEx and IWS approaches
• Contribute to identifying and applying maintenance KPIs that promote transparency and value creation - e.g., proactive/reactive ratios, cost per PM, wrench time, etc.
• Work with factory teams to enhance preventive, predictive, and routine maintenance practices
• Assist in the implementation of standard tools and processes (e.g., CMMS, Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, CIL, CL, BDE, etc.)
• Facilitate workshops, maturity assessments, and improvement initiatives at site level
• Collaborate with Technical Managers, Engineering teams, and CI teams to support measurable, long-lasting improvements

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience in maintenance, reliability, or industrial engineering in a manufacturing setting
• Strong data orientation - able to define, build, and interpret KPIs to support continuous enhancement
• Comfortable engaging with Technical Managers, Engineers, and Shop-Floor teams
• Familiarity with asset care concepts such as TPM, planning & scheduling, predictive maintenance, and problem-solving techniques
• Experience with continuous improvement methods (e.g., IWS, WCM, Lean, Six Sigma) is appreciated
• Comfortable working across multiple sites and cultures with a proactive, self-managed approach

 

Whilst applications from all locations will be considered, please note that priority will be given to candidates who are based locally and possess the required skills and experience for the role.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.