Operational Excellence Lead

6 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Skretting Full time

What are you going to do?
- Performing site diagnostic/assessments to highlight opportunities for improvement
- in line with budget setting cycle
- Informing site leadership team & BU OE lead of the opportunities - to allow opportunity-based target setting in the budget cycle
- Tracking of benefits through leading the benefits tracker (FT) agenda
- ensuring all activity is tracked
- Leading of site improvement projects that are higher in complexity or require cross functional involvement
- For site prioritised opportunities
- Set up projects with site team members, ensuring charter in place and then coaching the teams to deliver projects
- ensuring strong site governance is in place for improvement activities
- Working together with the local Operations team facilitate the setting up and sustainability of the site SIM/ business performance management process to ensure robust performance management is in place at all levels to cover - handover, SIC, Daily, Weekly, Monthly intervals.
- Deploy best practice operational excellence techniques within the Operations function through design, coaching and training of staff (e.g. SIM, 5S, PSG, TPM) to reduce waste and non-value add activity/cost.
- Ensure central CI programmes are cascaded and aligned to local requirements.
- Perform Operational Excellence maturity assessments in line with central defined process and ensure site improvement plan is in place and progressing.
- Support the development of a CI culture
- ensuring using leadership process confirmations across site
- as part of the defined leader's standard work.
- Competency development
- Establish competency requirements for identified roles across the business and performing training needs analysis to ensure a site competency (for operational excellence) plan is in place.
- Develop, implement and maintain training matrices to assist managers in identifying training needs.
- Ensure that all employees are trained to the required standards and are effectively audited and signed off as competent.

What do you bring?
- You should possess a minimum bachelor's degree in a related field, along with at least 5 years of proven experience in Operations / Manufacturing.
- Your strong knowledge of CI tools and techniques, coupled with experience in their implementation in manufacturing is crucial.
- Previous experience within a similar role is advantageous.
- You should be diligent with excellent attention to detail. Have and have robust coaching skills.
- Your ability to work to strict deadlines, demonstrating confident management of conflicting priorities are key attributes.
- Ability to listen, assimilate and interpret information and convert to understandable, logical training documents and communication.
- You should be able to work on own initiative and within team environment with a motivated. "can do" attitude.
- Ability to grasp new concepts quickly, generate fresh and innovative ideas and ability to influence and manage change will be valued.

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