Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Position Title:

Function:

Position Overview (Scope Of The Role & Outcomes)

Internal

Key Stakeholders:

External

Educational Qualification

Experience

• 5 - 10 years
  

Purpose Of The Role And Responsibilities

• Leads the Manufacturing Excellence and continuous improvement efforts at Plant in alignment with Plant and Corporate Goals.
• Deployment of Corporate initiatives (Lean, TPM / TQM / Six Sigma or other excellence initiative) at site and periodic gap assessment
• Cost Reduction hopper generation, Prioritization and Monitoring at site level
• Leading Business critical project (delivery, quality, efficiency etc) as assigned at plant to support organisation needs.
• People development through Training & coaching to ensure smooth execution of OE initiatives
• Benchmarking Best Practices from other plant and deployment - Collaborate with other Plant to maximise benefit realisation
• Ensuring efficient use of Operational Excellence communication platforms, continuous improvement meetings, and external sources to build knowledge and cultural change within the site.
• Develops and Standardise Systems and Processes
• Takes initiative to generate new ideas within scope of responsibility
  

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of OpEx methodologies (VSM, SMED, Single Piece Flow, 5S, TOC, Kanban, SWM, PFEP, Takt Time and Line Balancing, VM, Kaizen, OEE, MOST, Bottleneck Management etc) and personal history of applying them to deliver business benefits within an organisation
• Ability to analyse, summarise and solve complex issues related to Quality, Delivery and Efficiency
• Ability to run workshops with associates/teams (e.g. VSM, Process Mapping, data collection, etc.)
• Ability to influence stakeholders and communicate well at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills and organization skills
• Understanding of Quality Management Systems and key quality tools (PPAP, SPC, FMEA, MSA, LPA, control Plan, etc)