Job Description Summary

Associate Director, BD Excellence will lead the strategy development and deployment (SDD) for the BU, working closely with our ISC Leaders to create a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change. You'll be responsible for driving continuous improvement across our network, challenging existing paradigms, and promoting internal and external benchmarking.

Job Description

• Lead strategy development and deployment (SDD). Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs') top down and bottom up. Support business unit leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, business master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across all functions and sites. The majority of time to be spent in the factory environment directly developing capability.
• Challenge existing paradigms, encourage and promote internal and external benchmarking. Develop and grow zero loss mindset across critical areas to optimize safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• People development, especially with regards to Business OPEX managers and Plant OPEX managers. As the OPEX function leader for a business unit, teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in BD Excellence concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components, Zero Loss mindset and all related methodologies/tools. Ensure execution of and resource breakthrough Kaizen events Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability. Coach and guide business unit leaders to ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.
• Continue to drive BD Excellence capability development and impact through deployment of progressively advanced aspects of component methodologies. Achieve long term CI objectives through cross functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.
• Works closely with the Business Unit OPEx Managers, Plant Managers and Site OPEx Manager to support the development and implementation of the improvement strategy for their BD Excellence Maturity.
• Develop and grow BD Excellence capability, to help the business unit deliver a multi-year cost-to-win (CtW) program. Focus on building capability that improves problem solving, increases loss awareness, and empowers teams to eliminate factory-loss in an impactful, efficient, and sustainable way.
• Develop a plan and govern the execution of projects driving OEE / OLE increase, Waste reduction and Labor Productivity increase in alignment with overall CtW plans for the BU.
• Depending on your business unit organization, you may also have responsibilities for CtW governance and portfolio management.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other bachelor's degree.
• Master's degree desirable, e.g., business administration / LEAN production.
• Minimum 10 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant
• Minimum 3-years' experience operating a production system. Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner/specialist in multiple components of the Operating System by demonstrated successful systematic implementation where transformational business performance and capabilities are evaluated though a maturity assessment.
• Language: Fluent English mandatory

• Demonstrates mastery of one or more areas of BD Excellence and has direct experience in leading the application of one or more areas of Operational Excellence / LEAN production.
• Demonstrates expertise in problem solving, as well as training and coaching others.
• Previous experience in implementing, and strong knowledge of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems.
• Six sigma black belt certification preferred.
• Demonstrated passion for safety, customer centricity and operational excellence.
• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service.
• Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels
• Strong track record in project or program management
• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment
• Business acumen and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results.
• Personal Specification:
• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 75% to be present within plants driving Kaizens, improving flow and developing/growing capability within the site.
• Must be collocated at a large or significant site within the BU.
• Team Player
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Leadership and Strategic thinking
• Working with highly matrixes organization / Organizational savvy
• Building effective transversal team and network
• Managing Complexity and diversity / Adaptability
• Financial acumen, Results Oriented
• Ability to translate business objectives into tactical activities for the plant