Continuous Improvement Analyst - Sales & Distribution

Continuous Improvement Analyst - Sales & Distribution MB0127 Continuous Improvement Analyst – Sales & Distribution | Denham Analyse it. Optimise it. Trust it with lives!

Advance your career in a role where process excellence meets real-world, life-saving impact. As a Continuous Improvement Analyst within our Commercial Operations department at Denham, you will join a high-performing team dedicated to streamlining our global commercial workflows. From initial order placement through to international dispatch, your technical precision and analytical mindset will ensure our life-saving aerospace technologies move through the supply chain with absolute efficiency and compliance.

At Martin-Baker, the work we do matters. We design, manufacture and support life-saving equipment used by aircrew around the world. Our products operate in demanding environments, where quality, reliability and attention to detail are critical.

We’re proud of our long history in aerospace and defence, also focused on the future. Joining Martin-Baker means becoming part of a business with a clear purpose, strong engineering capability and a long-term commitment to its people, products and customers.

Whether you work in engineering, operations, commercial, finance, supply chain or support functions, your contribution helps deliver equipment that protects lives. It is challenging work, but it is also meaningful, and with over 7,700 lives saved, it gives our people the opportunity to be part of something with real impact.

Reporting directly to the Head of Logistics & Order Administration, you will act as a vital catalyst for digital transformation and operational excellence. This is an individual contributor role with zero direct reports, giving you total freedom to focus deeply on process engineering, data analytics, and cross-functional problem-solving.

You will step into a premier position with the autonomy to review, map, and refine our end-to-end order-to-cash lifecycle. Partnering closely with Sales, Logistics, Finance, and IT functions, you will become a key architecture partner during our transition into advanced digital workflows, making this an ideal role for an analytical professional looking to make an immediate, tangible impact on a globally respected supply chain operation.

• Streamline the Order-to-Cash Lifecycle: Continually review, evaluate, and optimise core Sales & Distribution processes, including order entry, contract pricing, global delivery setups, and billing mechanisms.
• System Integration & Testing: Gather, define, and document clear business requirements to support system changes using SAP S/4
  
  HANA—including managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), troubleshooting system issues, and coordinating go-live readiness.
• Lead Process Architecture: Orchestrate departmental improvement activities, conducting end-to-end process mapping, root cause analysis (RCA), and organised problem-solving sessions.
• Drive Delivery Metrics: Deliver sustainable operational changes that measurably optimise supply chain efficiency, record accuracy, and customer performance metrics (such as cycle times and On-Time, In-Full delivery).
• Data-Driven Performance Management: Track project successes, process gaps, and system backlogs by building out and maintaining robust operational KPIs and digital dashboards.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate daily across Sales, Logistics, Finance, and IT departments to unearth hidden bottlenecks, align workflows, and eliminate functional silos.
• Documentation Control: Author, maintain, and publish updated procedures, standard operating instructions, and master process maps to guarantee total alignment with SAP upgrades and operational changes.

• Continuous Improvement
  
  Experience:
  
  A proven, active track record operating within continuous improvement or structured process optimisation remits.
• Lean
  
  Experience:
  
  Practical application and hands-on experience utilising Lean frameworks and methodologies to eliminate operational waste.
• SAP S/4
  
  HANA SD Expertise: Direct, hands-on…