Manufacturing Excellence Program Leader

2 weeks ago

London UK, UK, United Kingdom Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions Full time

At Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, we’re at the forefront of activities designed to save water and reduce energy consumption for industrial customers. The collective expertise and passion of our people, combined with a broad portfolio of over 10,000 technologies, makes us uniquely positioned to deliver solutions that positively impact the environment.

Job Description

The Manufacturing Excellence Program Leader
Remote role in EMEA

The Manufacturing Excellence Program Leader will champion a transformational program, driving global improvement in end-to-end manufacturing operations. They will deliver a comprehensive program emphasising standardisation, continuous improvement, collaboration, and workforce engagement while working closely with operations, functions and plants.
Reporting to the Continuous Improvement Director, this leader will develop and execute strategies to streamline and standardise business processes, reduce cycle times, share best practices, and ingrain Lean Six Sigma (LSS) principles. With a keen focus on LSS and digitization, they will optimise customer experience, safety, quality, efficiency, and operational costs while fostering a culture of continuous improvement across operations and manufacturing facilities.

What are the day-to-day duties?
The candidate will work collaboratively across Supply Chain, Engineering, EHS, Quality, IT, Finance, Commercial, Legal, and Product Line Leadership to develop and execute the Continuous Improvement strategic roadmap, including:

  • Own the development, implementation and roll out of the Manufacturing Excellence Program

  • Own the roadmap and execution of ME Program

  • Engage teams, other functions and partners to identify cross-business opportunities to leverage process improvement and manufacturing excellence, alignment and co-creation

  • Collaborate and foster a diverse and inclusive environment and encouraging growth, innovation and professional development

  • Drive process standardisation and harmonisation across the globe

  • Utilise data and analytical skills to identify and drive improvement

  • Drive ME program as part of who we are and how we do things in manufacturing operations

  • Infuse LSS and drive the digital transformation

  • Leverage dedicated and supporting functional support to achieve business objectives tied to roadmap, instituting metrics for program control

  • Act as a change agent, systematically driving continuous improvement and change, setting the pace of change to grow and integrate the business while maintaining team morale and ensuring successful adoption of new processes and technologies

  • Develop key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and periodic reporting to help drive execution, process uniformity, and improvement throughout the supply chain

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders

Qualifications

What skills will you likely have?
- we do not expect candidates to meet every criteria

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent time served experience

  • Experience in the water treatment products

  • Experience in Supply Chain or related fields

  • SAP Experience

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and influence a global team within a large, complex and matrixed organisation

  • Experience working with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain Operations

  • Experience on leading and implementing technical-complex digital projects

  • Ability to influence and collaborate with senior level management team

  • Ability to translate strategy into business objectives

  • Ability to flex style to suit differing cultural norms to drive results

  • Experience influencing cross-product and geographic teams to identify and implement a Lean

  • Six Sigma strategy (i.e. LEAN, DMAIC, DFSS, CAP)

  • Strong business and financial acumen

  • Knowledge of Manufacturing, Plant Operations, Supply Chain

  • Experience driving digital changes and transformations

  • Experience in Change Management

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

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