This role involves facilitating continuous improvement implementation at the
business level. Shall lead/facilitate cross-functional teams in the application
of Continuous improvement tools to achieve process improvements. Accountable for
teaching/coaching Lean enterprise methods and integrating with the business to
form and execute business improvement plans that deliver tangible perks to
business performance. This role will contribute to build a people-first culture
that delivers significant business results.
Responsibilities:
* Develops an OPEX deployment and roll-out plan to support the Plant and
Platform business targets.
* Leads the current state analysis and future state design of processes and
identifies improvement opportunities and projects.
* Supports the plant teams to prioritize, scope the OPEX activities and align
these to Plant / Platform objectives.
* Supports the plants with the OPEX implementation by conducting improvement
events / projects (Line functions and working groups are responsible for
implementation results)
* Conducts training on needed methods and tools to support competency building
for the workgroups.
* Conducts coaching and performs assessments to ensure methodologies are
applied correctly and deliver results.
* Supports the Plant Manager in the governance, tracking of implementation
actions, results, and ensures timely escalation.
* Performs plant self-assessments to establish maturity levels; support the
plant to implement the action fields.
* Identifies, documents, and shares best practices with the corporate teams
Accountability & Authority
* Achieving savings as targeted by platform.
* Identify, define and Mentor CI Projects in plant.
* Monitor, track, and report project status
* Guide teams for executing CI Projects with approach, tools, support and
escalate when required.
* Conduct Op-ex, operational excellence assessment and work for gaps to improve
plant performance and achieve CI Objectives