at MilliporeSigma in Lenexa, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Work Location: Lenexa, KansasShift: No
Department: LS-SC-PMX Site Management Lenexa
Recruiter: Carolyn Angle Jones
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Your Role:
Lead Operational Excellence (OpEx) activities for manufacturing plant operations in Lenexa, KS. This includes coordinating OpEx related initiatives within supported operations, building OpEx strategy, managing resource capabilities, driving project execution, implementing best practices and knowledge transfer. In this role, you will be focused in three key areas:
- Partnerships and collaboration
- Lead Life Science Production System implementation (e.g., support with implementation of specific tools, coaching, progress tracking, culture building) in collaboration and coordination with global Op Ex and Production System teams
- Collaborate with global OpEx teams to support building and delivering OpEx learning curriculum
- Collaborate with local project managers to coordinate project execution
- Act as main Point of Contact (POC) for OpEx related activities and as key partner for the site leadership team
- Act as the link to internal Op Ex and Analytics functions to provide inputs supporting e.g., standardized reports of savings and project progress
- Manufacturing plant performance management
- Work together with the leadership teams to jointly define Roadmaps (including Production System development plan to targeted future state in terms of maturity progression and/or certification)
- Collect, analyze, and report data of current OpEx related projects to site and regional leader (either own reports such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness, or insights provided by global analytics team)
- Ensure definition and implementation of governance aspects incl. solid project charters & execution plans for each OpEx project with appropriate risk management
- Coach and upskill site project managers
- Portfolio management, capability steering and knowledge transfer
- Build the OpEx project strategy and methodology for the supported operations to achieve targets (safety, quality, supply, people & cost) and prioritize within OpEx project portfolio as partner to site leadership
- Support project execution within the sites and lead projects when appropriate
- Ensure resource skill availability for project execution and manage project resources (ie green and black belt resources) assuring that Roadmap targets and expected impact is achieved
- Implement best practices and communicate own successes with other local OpEx, Community OpEx Champions, and the broader OpEx organization
- Bridge knowledge gaps in the site talent pool by requesting, managing, and developing additional local site capabilities
This role will be based in Lenexa, KS. There is no potential for remote but there will be flexibility on an as-needed basis.
Who you are:
Minimum Qualfications:
- Bachelor of Science in business, life science, engineering, or related discipline
- 5+ years in supply chain or manufacturing operations with experience leading impactful improvement initiatives
- Practical Lean Six Sigma experience; at least Green Belt certification
Preferred Qualifications:
- Black belt certification
- Project Management certification
- Experience in deployment of holistic production systems
Skills and Competencies
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, results-driven mentality, experience in leading teams (leading without authority), capable to zoom in and out (big picture and detail mindset)
- Ability to partner with a leadership team to refine goals and translate into an overall initiative plan
- Experience in managing projects portfolio performance and reporting
- Ability to lead professionals with diverse skills and competencies spanning business and technical. Develop people in their capability to deploy new standards broadly
- Ability to analyze complex issues using critical thinking, problem solving, sound judgment skills and escalate timely
- Ability to prioritize a complex portfolio in the context of business needs
- Ability to lead and execute complex process improvement projects
- Strong orchestration skills across the network
- Financial acumen demonstrated through budgeting experience
- Ability to sense risks in the overall plan by integrating multiple data inputs across the value stream and from the plants
- Engaging ability to lead in-person and virtual workshops covering topics such as Leadership Practices, Value Stream Mapping, 6s, Kaizen events, Problem Solving, Process mapping, etc.
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