Manex & Capability Lead at Unilever

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop masterplan: Support the factory to develop Factory Masterplan in coordination with Finance, BG Mid/Long term planning, Engineering, Digital, HR

Own the Continuous Improvement Program:

• Own the roll out of the program (for foundation and advanced) in the factories, perform gap analysis, supports teams to create improvement plan; facilitate assessments with global teams.
• Facilitate Tools and Methods (toolkits) to attack the major losses supporting and maintaining the standardization across the BU.
• Drive asset efficiency (OEE) aligned with run2standard. Support the deployment of MMP standards set up and coherent application. Analyze and report continuous improvement savings through Cost Confidential Deployment. Facilitates timely and accurate reporting of site performance KPIs OEE, Waste and Manhour per ton.
• Deliver trainings (classroom and the shopfloor) and coaching for pillar leaders/members on UMS logic and pillar steps when relevant to ensure capability building across the sites. Facilitate discussion on resource allocation when required between BU and SU (Factory) leaders (part of the Masterplan agenda)

Benchmarking/Best Practice Sharing/Technology and Process Convergence:

• Scale specific factory’s solutions (best examples/practices and assessment findings) across the other sites and other capabilities (SHE - Quality - Agility). Develop action plans for effective knowledge and best practices transfer.
• Supporting and maintaining standardization across the BU.
• Supporting and maintaining standardization across the BU.
• Implement the above improvement via technology hubs wherever active

Manage Manufacturing Waste: 

• Support the factory teams on waste governance; Support teams to develop waste improvement glidepath covering all waste levers.
• Cost Governance: Support factory teams to develop the cost budget and to control the cost by Weekly Cost Governance and Zero-Based Budget.
• Savings: Support the factory teams to identify saving projects to meet the targeted production cost and manufacturing waste.
• Reliability: Expand the loss management framework beyond Manufacturing and have KPI´s for interfaces with Manufacturing (OR losses)
• Digital transformation: support the factory to develop and implement a digital road map and industry 4.0 use cases to accelerate performance.
• Descriptive and Diagnostic: Drive digital factory program for level 1 and level 2. Act as the primary point of contact for RTVA, MDCS data reporting systems, deployment of global apps DFOS, BuildApp, SPC and NGTW. The focus will be on enabling our manufacturing sites to deploy appropriate, standardized technologies and ensure consistency in deployment and associated benefit delivery.
• Predictive and Prescriptive: Support BG and BU engineering for level 3 and level 4 solutions in terms of impact on operations and business results.
• Purpose of investment - Early alignment (Idea Phase) with BG and Engineering on projects to leverage EEM.
• EEM Methodology - Ensure project team has appropriate training on EEM and UMS methodology and apply project classification to identify right tools and methods
• Front loading concept - Provide support and coaching to project team(s) as project moves through the EEM Steps (focus on EEM step 1,2,3) to deliver Safety, AM, PM, Q step 1-2-3 and digital tools on day 1.
• Continuous improvement culture: Ensure that ManEX activities are impacting both results and the culture change towards the vision as determined by zero loss mindset.
• Resources: support sites with Master plan Organization element and resource gap closure.
• Upskilling & reskilling: Support skills development (upskilling and reskilling) of white and blue-collar workers
• Training: Deliver and coordinate appropriate training for the trainer training (theory and practical application) involving continuous improvement.
• Factory Operating System: Standardize factory governance systems across region in line with FOS (R2S - Factory Operating System) elements and audit effectiveness

EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS:

• It is essential to have a university degree, engineering preferred. 5+ years’ experience in FMCG of which minimum 3 in manufacturing.
• Appropriate functional/technical expertise. Strong continuous improvement program (Lean/6Sigma/TPM/WCM/UMS) background (with strong achievements)