Manufacturing Excellence Specialist
- Malmö
- Permanent
- Heltid
The Manufacturing Excellence Specialist position is the catalyst for plant-level standardization in the deployment of the management system and continuous improvement activity throughout the plant to deliver AOP and stretch targets.Key responsibilities include:
- Responsible for BME (Ball Manufacturing Excellence) self-assessment and improvement plan execution, embedding standards in Operations' way of working as per BOE (Ball Operational Excellence) program.
- Develop and maintain a Plant Manufacturing Excellence Master plan that supports the delivery of the short and long-term objectives of the business.
- Lead business-critical cross-functional projects that either enable or directly deliver FFG (Fuel for growth) savings in the respective cost categories, utilizing specified minimum project requirements.
- Plan, facilitate, and execute continuous improvement activities by using Lean tools and techniques (VSM, 5S, SMED, PDCA, TPM, Problem Solving Techniques, ...) to improve & sustain performance
- Facilitate policy deployment process (Hoshin Kanri) to identify plant vision, mission, goals, objectives, and strategic initiatives for the next three-year period together with the Plant Management Team.
- Develop project management & cost optimization governance in the plant, train and support project leaders to progress the projects by considering minimum project requirements.
- Lead problem-solving projects by training, coaching, and facilitating teams to perform effective root cause analysis methods.
- Examine data sets from Manufacturing Execution & Quality Systems in order to find trends and draw conclusions about the information they contain by using statistical tools.
- Manage plant better practices program, liaise with the company's continuous improvement network for both benchmarking internal and external best practices, and roll out in the plant
- Prepare plant lean training program for cross-functional team members, train plant teams on Lean principles and tools, and follow-up training program together with the Regional Manufacturing Excellence Manager.
- University degree in Science, Engineering or Business
- At least 3 years of relevant experience with a manufacturing company known for its maturity in lean management (automotive, FMCG…) (Essential)
- Good understanding of LEAN tools and system, demonstrated portfolio of leading lean project management at least 3 years (Essential)
- Good understanding of statistical process control and data analysis, Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certified (Essential)
- Able to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization, constantly seeing to understand how to engage and involve different individuals
- Pragmatic and shop floor oriented
- Able to deliver to tight deadlines
- Acts with humility and proactively collaborates with others to solve big, cross-functional issues
- Always looking to challenge the ways things are done and helps others find new ideas to improve performance
- Able to build trust between, and align, disparate groups across and beyond the organization
- Change agent with strong credibility and influence in the organization
- Have a “can do” attitude and be able to do what it takes to succeed
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Very good knowledge of English language
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.No agencies please.