Global Project Manager - Operational Excellence & Growth

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT & HR EXPERTS ACROSS THE PLASTICS, PACKAGING, SPECIALITY CHEMICALS, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOPOLYMER, FOOD ADDITIVES & INGREDIENTS, ENERGY AND RECYCLING SECTORS SINCE 1975.

Global Project Manager – Operational Excellence & Growth

Based in Europe (possible locations UK, Austria, France, Netherlands, Poland, Spain or Germany)

Job ref:    CST/63050

Salary:      Commensurate with experience

The Company:

Our client is a global supplier of sustainable packaging solutions.  The company operates from 24 production facilities in nine countries, employing more than 6,300 people with sales of approximately $4.7bn.  They create working environments where employees feel valued, can work to their full potential and where their achievements are celebrated.

Role Overview:

Management of projects related to the definition, deployment and assessment of the initiatives related to growth and development of the sites. More precisely, the role will be supporting the creation of lean standards, auditing, and assessing the workbooks, equipment standards, reporting status of the plants. There is a high requirement of international travel with this role.

Key Responsibilities:

·    Support and follow up on the definition of the various projects related with different initiatives of Growth and individual sites. As examples (but not limited):
-    Creation of OPEX workbook
-    Implementation of OPEX workbook
-    Supporting in audits to state Operational Excellence level of the plants
-    Supporting in deploying lean manufacturing and OPEX mentality
-    Creation of materials for lean methodology deployment
-    Creation of tracking systems for the projects
-    Follow up on the status in terms of AMPS for the plants
-    Support in creation of technical standards.
·    Coaching the teams in the implementation of the different initiatives with a very strong focus on operational excellence initiatives as well as on technical standards.
·    Support the Global Manufacturing Excellence Director in the identification of opportunities to improve and make the company more competitive.
·    Close collaboration with different regions to support identifying Best Practices and support for proper communication across the locations/sites.
·    Close collaboration with other functions such as: IT, CI, Innovation, Production, Quality.
·    High involvement in tracking savings coming from Operational Excellence initiatives.
·    Standardization and harmonization of activities across multiple global locations.
·    Support benchmarking and workshops exercises by collecting and analyzing data to help identifying and implementation of improvements.
·    Compliance with the Company Management Systems (e.g. Project, Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety Regulations) and keeping them up to date.
·    Compliance and act according to business ethics.

Education & Training:

·    Graduated engineer.
·    Lean/6Sigma certification or equivalent.
·    Fluent in English.
·    MS Office advance and Power BI.

Experience: 

·    Several years’ experience in developing and implementing Lean/6Sigma methodologies.
·    International project experience.
·    Several years in manufacturing environments (ideally automotive industry or a sector that is renowned for its commitment to operations excellence).

Competencies: 

·    Analytical thinking
·    Organizational capability
·    Flexible and resilient
·    Gravitas to present at all levels
·    Conscientious and high motivation
·    Highly sophisticated communication style 
·    Change management skills

For reasons of better legibility, the simultaneous use of the language forms male, female and diverse (f/m/d) is avoided. All personal designations apply equally to all genders.

For EU roles, candidates must be eligible to work and live in the European Union. Proof of eligibility will be required with your application

To apply please contact Conrad Taylor
conrad.taylor@listgrove.com
0044 (0) 1789 207070

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·    Recognised International brand
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