Assistant Business Process Analysis - Akt Associate (108867-0324)

Duration: Fixed term for 2 years About the Role  This is a 2-month long paid Associate opportunity for an Innovate UK Accelerated Knowledge Transfer project. The company is a new technology start-up that is developing materials derived from seaweed to replace plastic packaging. The role involves managing a project where you will be responsible for gathering information to analyse the end-to-end supply chain, map its primary and supporting Business Processes, and assess minimum viable economics. This will include identification of key activities performed within the value streams, engage with representative stakeholders and determining  typical volumes and throughput rates. This will support the company to balance demand with supply so they can win and deliver new business. About Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) This programme has been developed to create short-term collaborations between a Business and a UK Knowledge Base to rapidly inject innovation capacity and accelerate the evaluation or development of an innovation project or concept, which has the potential for significant impact for the Business. AKT has been inspired by the highly successful partnership model of KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) funded by Innovate UK. KTP is a UK-wide programme that has been helping businesses for the past 45 years to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK Knowledge Base. For further information visit http://ktp.innovateuk.org  For informal enquiries, please contact Thomas Morgan (T.J.P.Morgan@warwick.ac.uk) About You  In order to succeed in this role, you will be: Educated to or working towards a relevant degree – typically in engineering or business, which involve operations. management subjects. Numerically astute with experience with Microsoft Visio or equivalent diagramming software and excel. Skilled at research and analysis of information from a variety of sources – confident investigation skills. Good communication skills, able to effectively communicate with staff at all levels, and build consensus among various groups. Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.