Position description / overview:To manage, monitor and implement Continuous Improvement initiatives to plant, equipment and processes in order to optimise utilisation of organisational resourcesResponsibilities: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:5SStd. WorkQuick ChangeoverKanbanConstraints ManagementTPMVisual managementVSM (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