Continuous Improvement / Agile Coach

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, Netherlands

Job Family Group:

Production Engineering Upstream

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

December 13, 2022

Business unit:

Human Resources

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

At NAM (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij) we want to be the most competitive performer and trusted partner of today and become the cleanest material oil and gas supplier by 2030. In support of our transformation journey, we have introduced an Agile at Scale operating model. This enables us deliver better customer solutions, react faster to changing market conditions and better deploy our scare resources. In addition, NAM aspires to be an inspiring and challenging place to work.

As a Continuous Improvement / Agile coach you have a vital role to help individuals, teams and (senior) leaders better understand and embrace the new agile ways of working, embed the agile mindsets, drive business performance and cultural change.

NAM – Source of Energy

NAM is an exploration and production company with authentic Dutch roots. Its headquarters are located in Assen in the Netherlands. NAM’s core business is exploring for and producing oil and gas, both onshore and offshore in the Netherlands and the UK.


NAM supplies 75% of the natural gas required by Dutch households and businesses
93% of all Dutch households use natural gas
Natural gas accounts for 45% of all the energy that is used in the Netherlands

1200 wells; >190 fields; >50 platforms; >20 production systems



What’s the role?

We’ll entrust you to:

Develop an agile foundation


Coach members of multi-disciplinary teams (squads) on agile mindset, values and ways of working
Launch new squads and/or self-managed teams and sets up delivery processes e.g. scrum, Kanban
Continuously develop and improve (new) agile methods together with other coaches
Promote sharing and adopting knowledge and expertise within and cross asset(s)


Build highly effective teams


Coach squad leads and an asset manager in writing clear quarterly objectives and key results
Support squad leads in facilitating agile meetings (ceremonies)
Facilitate ceremonies on asset level e.g., asset review, big room planning
Facilitate coordination and synchronization between squads where required
Identify and remove blockers together with squad members, squad leads and the asset manager
Create psychological safety within squads to reflect on performance and improvement areas
Support disciplines (chapters) in driving capability building & consistency, allocating resources and interfacing with squad leads and asset manager(s)
Coach O&M frontline teams to improve their performance and value chain integration


Ensure continuous improvement


Provide individual coaching to squad leads, chapter leads and/or asset manager(s) and support them in mapping the value stream and identify waste / opportunities
Hold-up the mirror to teams on their gap to potential and support them in defining gap closure tactics and driving performance
Coach individuals and shares feedback on personal improvement opportunities
Promote self-organization and team spirit within squads, chapters and asset(s)


What we need from you

You must have:


Customer-oriented mindset combined with a strong drive to continuously wanting to improve our business, culture and ways of working
Excellent interpersonal, communication and integration skills.
Knowledge of change management, structured decision-making and priority setting.
Awareness of agile mindset, values and tools/techniques
A grasp of the business processes and disciplines supporting an (upstream) production asset


Experience with the agile ways of working and coaching teams / communities is an advantage however not required. Successful candidate(s) will go through an internal (agile) capability building programme.

Conditions:

Assignment length: 2-4 years

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