Manufacturing Excellence Lead

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supporting various optimisation stages and fostering a culture of change in the manufacturing sector
• Excellence and Lean Manufacturing
• Analysing the current situation and defining and quantifying the impact of improvement areas on P&L
• Elaborating a Manufacturing Excellence road map to realize substantial improvements onsite
• Lean Tool and methods experts with a “train the Trainer” approach to multiply Manufacturing Excellence expertise within the organization
• Involvement of necessary stakeholders to reach best results
• driving a cross-functional team to success, strong abilities in cross-functional communication
• Ability to inspire and lead a diverse team to success
• Flexibility to be assigned ad hoc interim leadership roles as required
• Clear direction is provided to the team, and projects are carried out in accordance with established team standards, roles, and expectation
• High impact decision making with depth to understand implications of decisions and depth to own responsibility of decisions

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Familiar with the use of controlling instruments, such as P&L analysis, in order to identify the necessary levers for improvements
• Mindset is entrepreneurially with the willingness to take decisions (fast, pragmatic, sustainable)
• Professional communication and presentation of information, with audience-appropriate adaption
• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred. Master studies, preferably in the field of mechanical/industrial engineering or equal education/study with advanced business knowledge
• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in leading manufacturing areas like continuous improvement execution, operations management and / or production management ideally in transformation environments
• A high level of education and experience in the field of manufacturing with the ability to implement suitable tools and methods
• Willingness to travel if required

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