Position description / overview: To manage, monitor and implement Continuous Improvement initiatives to plant, equipment and processes in order to optimise utilisation of organisational resources Responsibilities: Process Controls: - Plan, schedule and monitor production (Sales requirements, stock levels, maintenance requirements, changeovers, etc.). - Schedule and arrange change-overs according to the Production Plan (change-over sequence, tool changes, cutting knives, water jet nests, etc.). - Capacity planning and calculation to determine overtime / planned stop requirements. Production Management: - Optimise the production process. - Maintain manufacturing and production efficiencies. - Ensure the optimal and efficient use of resources. - Balance the production lines (manning levels). - Monitor the achievement of daily production targets. - Analyse daily variances and identify opportunities for improvements. - Investigate and resolve manufacturing related problems and sub-standard performance. Project Management: - Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution. Raw Material Management: - Monitor the level of production material to ensure sufficient material to support production. Lean: - Train Lean Modules. - Implement Lean in all factories: 5S Std. Work Quick Changeover Kanban Constraints Management TPM Visual management VSM (Value stream mapping) Roll throughput yield (First time right) / Rework reduction. OEE: - Drive specific action items to improve OEE / OPR. - Develop and implement headcount management tools to accurately predict the no. of heads that labour needs to be flexed by, or the expected overtime requirement due to excessive orders. - Develop and implement Capacity planning tools. - Drive Live OEE reporting systems. CI / Innovation: - Leading and facilitating continuous improvement efforts by directing relevant staff. - Training and improving continuous improvement staff to meet required KPI’s. - Research new equipment technology&promote innovation. - Coordinate Kaizen improvement initiatives at plant level. - Champion problem solving activities b.m.o. 6 Sigma. - Define and implement MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems). Continuous improvement: - Monitors continuous improvements and makes suggestions to maximise production output. Best Business Practice (BBP): - Assist Operation Manager to define BBP (Best Business Practice) criteria. - Systemize the collection and reporting of BBP data. - Use BBP info to leverage the implementation of a specific plant's best practice in the other plants. E.g., Implementation of PE’s ability to use cheaper chemicals in the Rosslyn plant. Quality: - Create Control Plan templates to increase comprehensiveness of Control Plan and reduce new project control plan compilation time. - Actively participate in the reduction of COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality). - Analyse audit reports/result in terms of repeated deficiencies, reviewing with process owners. #J-18808-Ljbffr