Operational Excellence Specialist at Fresenius Group

Description

General Duties:

• Plan, execute and document the strategy of all process improvement & lean initiatives through the organization
• Promote cultural change, challenging current business processes
• Sponsor and coach continuous improvement methodologies to site personnel as required
• Responsible for developing and maintaining communication and engagement around OPEX across all levels, all functions and processes within the site
• Initiate, lead, participate and deliver OPEX projects, supporting our objectives in terms of improving quality, efficiency, capability, and cost
• Leads and directs project teams to deliver plant EBIT targets utilizing appropriate methodologies
• Coach and mentor staff throughout the site to develop their continuous improvement skills and support them in the delivery of appropriate improvement projects
• Develop and coach key resources to green belts or similar level
• Provide technical and analytical support as required on a plant-wide basis for project analysis in terms of operational efficiency
• Develop and deliver training material to educate staff in the application of process management and continuous improvement, including sharing best practices within the regional OpEx community
• Promote and utilize tools and techniques to achieve a sustainable continuous improvement and value creation
• Define and implement financial tracking of OpEx results within the site
• Promote cultural change by sharing best practices, tools and techniques for process management and process improvement
• Promote a data driven culture to understand root cause of problems and avoid recurrence
• To focus on the value streams within the organisation, supporting the achievement of quality key measures of success, cGMP standards and customer requirements
• Reducing the cost of non-quality and waste
• Ensure timeous batch release in line with department targets  timeous addressing of queries / returns from Release Pharmacists
• Strive for continuous improvement of shopfloor communication through regular shopfloor meetings

Budget & Cost Control

• Support the development and control the financial budget for the departments
• Support the control and optimization of costs within the departments
• Support the setting of quality and performance KPI’s for the departments and monitor the departmental performance on a defined frequency
• Continuously improve processes to introduce World Class practices within the business
• Identify opportunities for productivity and efficiency improvements
• Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for the department to meet market and business requirements for the present and the future

Requirements

• Tertiary Qualification (B.Eng. / B.Tech.) in Engineering – preferably Industrial Engineering
• Additional Business management related qualifications would be an added advantage
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Lean/OPEX related positions in a production environment
• Strong project management skills
• Strong manufacturing process and supply chain understanding
• Basic business financial understanding
• Pharmaceutical Industry preferable