Posted on: 04 September 2024
ID 922840

Operational Excellence Team Leader

Job Purpose
  • Oversee operational excellence (OE) activities, developing lean manufacturing and site loss elimination processes, in partnership with line managers and Industrial Engineering and Technical Training team members.
  • Support the development of a Continuous Improvement (CI) culture.
  • Perform the role of the custodian of standards across the site.
Responsibilities

Planning, section management and reporting
  • Provide input into sections operational planning, prioritization of objectives, interpretation and execution of policies and procedures.
  • Provide input into and manages budgets and resource requirements.
  • Define section strategy, goals, actions required and timelines.
  • Provide section staff with day-to-day direction and tasks.
  • Ensure that section activities are documented/ captured and filed.
  • Develop and track organizational goals/objectives and performance.
  • Report on section progress against plans and KPIs.
Operational excellence leadership
  • Develop operational excellence strategy and cascades into specific business objectives and targets for the various departments.
  • Identify key themes required to achieve business objectives
  • Own and improve OE standards, including root cause problem solving formats and SMED, OEE improvement, yield improvement approaches and formats.
  • Ensure communication and dissemination of OE information to internal stakeholders.
Objectives and priorities
  • Establish objectives and priorities for pillar leaders at sites.
  • Focus on maintaining and improving integrity of production and QS through machines, equipment, employees and supporting processes using autonomous and progressive maintenance, work process improvement, leadership, and organization.
  • Adopt KPIs; sets standards and targets to assess overall equipment effectiveness, yield, OTIF and NPS.
Site loss elimination process leadership
  • Identify themes for site loss elimination, aligned with business objectives and targets.
  • Establish and drive loss identification and elimination processes.
  • Assist departments identify initiatives and create high level implementation plans; oversee related project management.
Organization coaching and lean improvement
  • Perform process confirmation on the floor, monitoring and auditing standard processes (performance management, SMED)
  • Assess the need for, develop and lead or initiate Lean workshops and certification programs.
  • Lead major lean improvement projects.
Background/experience

Skills Required
  • Minimum 6 years experience in continuous improvement within pharmaceutical manufacturing
  • Minimum 3 years leading Team or in a management role
  • National Diploma in Engineering
  • Formal Business Management or Project Management qualification will be an advantage.
Specific Job Skills
  • Computer literacy
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Competencies
  • Meeting Deadlines
  • Finalizing Outputs
  • Making Decisions
  • Customer Awareness
  • Interrogating Information
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