Manufacturing Excellence Manager at Ultimum Limited

Job Purpose

• The Plant Manufacturing Excellence Manager will function to identify, co-operate and actively participate in strategic & systemic level value chain improvement initiatives and to provide leadership for the implementation of prioritised Strategic intents from the Manufacturing Excellence Strategy for the Plant.
• He will develop the framework, roll-out and ensure entrenchment of consistent loss intelligence as well as loss eradication processes across the plant as key elements of the Manufacturing Excellence Program driving system. 

Key Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead sustainability of the Manufacturing Excellence Program
• Ensures that the group standards have been implemented in the Plant
• Manage the ManEx program via a structured ManEx steering committee meetings
• Ensure compliance to ManEx Pillars ownership and roll-out
• Develop annual ManEx plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets
• Monitor ManEx progress across all pillars and provide feedback
• Drive quarterly loss intelligence analysis to identify improvement teams needed and coach /influence for success 
• If Group standards have been adapted due to plant specifics these changes have been approved by the Group Operational Excellence Director.
• Serve as the Plant ManEx subject matter expert and provide guidance to Plant Senior Leadership Team
• Primary ManEx resource for the plant
• Facilitate the Plant 1 year and 3-year planning process
• Manage and drive for compliance to the plant MCRS
• Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage
• Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly and monthly meetings and ensure ManEx standards are fully implemented and sustained
• Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps

Training:

• Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following company policies and procedures.
• Interact with leadership teams to determine training needs to support ManEx implementation.
• Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams.
• Train Pillar leaders and improvement team leads on ManEx methodologies as part of improvement project launch
• Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, BDA Sheet, Kaizen, PIP)
• Conduct problem solving training where and when needed
• Facilitate plant problem solving sessions
• Review progress and report on effectiveness of problem solving
• Share monthly reports on improvement teams progress as part of loss eradication
• Support Plant achievement of KPI targets and results.
• Verify KPI results tracking for excellence program
• Support KPI training / education at all levels
• Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly ManEx reporting info
• Development of ManEx work practices for all Pillars
• Coaches, mentors and guides management and other functional teams on ManEx principles and work practices.
• Ensures the ongoing development and review of ManEx and facilitates the development and implementation of appropriate ManEx induction programmes to ensure continuity with respect to newly appointed staff.

Experience & Academic Requirements

• A Degree in Engineering, Food Science or a related field.
• Additional Business Qualification will be an added advantage. 
• 5 years experience in manufacturing environment including 3 years experience in implementing operational excellence program in production or manufacturing environment.
• Six Sigma training and post certification experience will be an added advantage.
• Experience of working in a matrix-structured organization.

Key Competency Requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal & influencing skills
• Effective planning & organizing
• Results orientation
• Ability to work under challenging conditions
• Manufacturing Excellence Program
• Effective leadership and track record of building high performing teams
• Analytical, reporting and communication
• Coaching and mentorship.