Pdc Plant Operational Excellence Manager

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We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.

Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, the Plant OPEX Manager will be passionate about creating a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) across the network through the BD Production System (BDPS).

This position also reports indirectly (dotted line) to the Business OPEX Leader, who will provide additional oversight and guidance to the incumbent, during the execution of his/her work.

**1.**Key tasks and strategic accountability**:

- Lead strategy development and deployment (SDD). Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs’) top down and bottom up. Support site leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, site master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across relevant BDPS components.
- Partner with plant Leadership team and Business OPEX Managers / Leader to co-develop and execute the plant’s implementation of the BD Production System and Cost to Win plan /budget.
- Coach the plant leadership team, with regards to BDPS, with focus on external and internal benchmarking. Develop and mentor zero loss mindset across critical areas to optimize quality, delivery and cost while improving safety.
- Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability. Coach and guide site to ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.
- Coordinate BDPS components deployment. Continue to drive BDPS capability development through deployment of progressively advanced aspects of component methodologies. Achieve long term CI objectives through cross functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.
- Teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in BDPS concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components, Zero Loss mindset and all related methodologies / tools. Lead and facilitate breakthrough Kaizen events.
- Lead the Focused Improvement component team. Develop and grow problem solving capability at all levels. Drive collaboration with site leadership team to generate, sustain, and deliver a multi-year Cost to Win (CTW) portfolio, oversee governance processes, and optimization of the site loss landscape.
- Coordinate activity of all component teams and focused improvement project teams to eliminate loss, according to strategic goals. Meet or exceed CtW (Cost to Win) goals through leading and /or supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects driven by loss awareness and maturing loss landscape. Create and manage CI budget.
- Immediate supervisor of plant OPEX engineers.

**2.**Sphere of influence**:

- Serve on plant leadership team
- Provides input into key plant decisions and resource planning
- May represent company to external organizations
- Executes responsibilities with a large degree of autonomy requiring mínimal day-to-day oversight by immediate supervisor

**3.**Impact on results****:
**Degree of Accountability**:

- Accountable for the achievement of key operational goals, including cost-to-win. Accountable for achievement of OPEX goals including BDPS capability development to achieve sustained SQDC performance improvement.
- Plays critical role in key projects, initiatives, and breakthrough events, e.g., drive OEE /OLE with purpose.
- Erroneous decisions may result in considerable expenditure of human capital and budgeted resources.**
**Financial Impact**:

- Has significant impact on cost and productivity.
- Manages OPEX budget.
- Accountable to maintain and optimize plant loss landscape and multi-year cost-to-win project pipeline
- Responsible for plant CtW performance

**Technical Area of Expertise**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other bachelor’s degree
- Previous experience in implementing, and strong knowledge of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems. Six sigma black belt certification preferred.
- Demonstrated passion for safety, customer centricity and operational excellence
- Minimum 7 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant
- Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service
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