Performance Engineer at Danone

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• "SAP super key user", dealing directly with Level 1 and being their first point of contact from the factory, the main interface between key users and level 1.
• Provide support, training and coaching when and where needed to all manufacturing SAP key users
• Filtering issues rising from the shopfloor related to SAP and addressing them directly when those issues don't require a system intervention or a process redesign, but are related to poor/missing execution.
• Supervising in particular the COGI transaction to make sure the factory is always up to speed and in line with production orders.
• Ensure alignment between factory report (stock declared) and IDL (stock received).
• Target:  maximize manufacturing efficiency, reduce all types of losses (SQCDMN) develop capacity, involvement and contribution of all Danoners on plant level.
• Manage departmental budget of 1 -2% of total plant budget for staff.
• Participate to the development of the site Master plan for the implementation of methods, tools, systems (in particular Damaway Basics, & advanced tools) and related activities to defined plant objectives.
• Participate to the definition and conduct improvement projects (improve work flow. Increase availability/capacity, reduce losses)
• Support/coach line/departmental resources on daily basis and middle term (action plans).
• Network with local/regional/worldwide internal/external partners to identify and transfer best practices in and out.
• Actively support work safety & quality/food safety initiatives.
• Achieve the Damaway House target to deliver superior results by building on powerful teams and using three pillars.  The three pillars are Performance Management, Organisational Efficiency and Proximity Leadership.
• Introducing/maintaining the short interval system (SIM)
• Encourage FLMs & operators to take part
• Introduce, maintain and improve standards for zoning, SQDCMN management, problem solving groups (PSG), focused improvement (FI)
• Co-ordinate activities between pillars
• Support pillar leaders at integrating standards, exchange of best practices, training and communication.
• Introduce, maintain & improve the use of PSG’s. 5 whys, SMETD, VSM, CUTE, SIX  sigma
• Provide expertise and training inside plant.
• Participate in the development of standards in pilot area (LAB).
• Roll out proven standards to the whole plant (LAND).
• Support the E&T pillar to ensure a site wide kills matrix and gap analysis is developed and maintained; set up a training catalogue.
• Collaborate with pillar teams and HR to develop a training plan to close gaps.
• Identify best practices in plant and within regional/WWBU-networks (inside and outside Danone) and transfer in and out.
• Benchmark with network regarding important KPS’s and identify roadmap to utilize learnings.
• Use CODE/Danone Leadership College to develop oneself and others.
• Lead by example; impacting all employee’s you work with on a daily basis.
• Support the understanding, commitment and contribution of everyone to the factory KPIs.
• Translate factory targets into shopfloor language and deploy targets into key action indicators (KAI) per line that can be managed by operators.
• Being a benchmark in simple, visual, and effective communication.

Food Safety and Quality

• Ensure adherence to Food Safety and Quality principles as included in the policies, procedures, product specifications and processes. This also includes general Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and hygiene practices.
• Identify and report any potential Food Safety & Quality and GMP deviations and hazards.

LEVEL OF COMPETENCE REQUIRED

• Experience in Lean, TPM, SMED, HOSHKIN, Six Sigma

ACADEMIC AND TRADE QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc related field

WORK EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• 5-year shop floor experience in processing/manufacturing and continuous improvement
• Strong skills in project management
• Extensive management experience in the food industry
• SAP Knowledge