Operational Excellence Lead
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Role reports to:
Associate Director Make Excellence LeadLocation:
Asia Pacific, India, Maharashtra, Greater MumbaiWork Location:
HybridWhat you will do
Kenvue - Supply Chain Organization
Job Description
Job Title (India Specific): Operational Excellence lead
Department: Manufacturing Excellence
Organization: Manufacturing – Consumer health
Location: Mulund - Mumbai
Reporting to: Associate Director Manufacturing Excellence
Purpose of the position: Lead KOE, (Kenvue operational excellence) Implementation & drive Manufacturing Excellence (Operations Excellence) at inhouse and external manufacturing plants. Position will be responsible for driving Manufacturing Excellence initiatives at the site which includes delivering sustainable GP improvement, OEE/productivity improvement, executing capacity expansion projects, performance management and building core competencies & capabilities to deliver Best-In-Class performance in Make Organization.
Key Responsibilities:
• Driving Operations Excellence Agenda – Drive KOE, (Kenvue operational excellence) at various sites. Lead Operational excellence initiatives of waste identification and elimination in all Mfg & non-Mfg processes. Lead agenda of bringing in cost flexibility of moving fixed costs structures to variable cost structures.
• GP Improvement
• Deliver CIP (Cost Improvement) targets for the sites by PMO governance.
• Lead Process to identify cost improvement / GP improvement projects across all the function.
• Develop future project pipelines for long term sustainability and continuous cost reductions.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and regional teams for target settings, periodic reviews, reporting and bridging gaps.
• OEE Improvement
• Support Manufacturing Core teams to identify OEE improvement opportunities and drive improvement initiatives.
• Share best practices and train team members on problem solving tools.
• Projects Management
• Lead team to dive Capacity Expansion Projects and product re-siting projects. • Support in Benchmarking best practices and cost benefit analysis for projects. • Remove roadblocks in project execution for timely delivery.
• Ensure prudent Capex Spends. • Drive other strategic projects from time to time.
• Capabilities development & Performance Management
• Ensure Performance Tracking and on-time reporting for Make Organization.
• Make Opex management and update monthly and quarterly Opex updates in system.
• Team Capabilities development to deliver Best-In-Class performance.
Reporting Relationships:
1. Reports to (Role): Associate Director Manufacturing Excellence
2. Direct Reports (Role & Number): None
3. Level of Supervision needed: Minimum.
Qualification:
1. Education: Engineering / Science background. Post-graduate in Operations Management from premier B-Schools will be desired. Preferred Lean/ Six sigma black belt certification. Experience in deploying ILSig sigma / TPM at site Experience in deploying digital initiatives at manufacturing site will be added advantage.
2. Experience: 8 to 10 years Manufacturing / Operational Excellence. 3. Industry Exposure – Automobile, Healthcare MNC FMCG industry only
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