Spares Analyst / Start-up Leader at British American Tobacco

ROLE POSITIONING AND OBJECTIVES

You will need to drive/lead the start-up activities of site/module/initiative start-up team(s) and serve as coach to site/module operations resources in execution of small change/small projects.

WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR

To support the Plant CBN by:

• Execution of GSUM on the project he/she is Start-up leader, resulting in improved:
  • Plant unplanned downtime associated with all change and overall plant process reliability
  • Productivity & speed to deliver all change
  • Performance achieving project & initiative success criteria (including but not limited to: VSU)
• For Initiatives execution, engages typically at “Definition”/“Strategy & Commitment” Phase:
  • Charters the initiative start-up team(s)
  • Accountable for all tasks being completed on time
  • Owns the staffing and resourcing assignments/start-up support
• Owns reporting results and tracking for the Start-Up Work Process through to the end of Initial Verification and for the overall completion of project deliverables to close out (month 2 after SOP)
• Own Start-up charter and population/alignment of roles/responsibilities for the Start-Up Work Process phases and project deliverables.
• Owns identifying how many systems you have and what is included within each system to prepare required documentation and support the start up
• Establish communication plan for start-up team
• Initiate and lead manufacturing readiness & resulting action plan (Current Operations Assessment and initiative deliverables)
• Coordinate plant-level risk mitigation plan with external partners and operations and reflect in start-up plan
• Operations ownership of Pre and Post Start-Up list mitigation plans and the operations single point of contact for issue resolution and alignment
• Own plant-level start-up team/operations safety plan for project/initiative after construction turnover
• Own updates for masterplan, in process measures and output measures to the Site Change Masterplan and Dashboard over the life of their project(s)
• As required, develop and give presentations to various audiences and levels in the organization as the “voice of the project” giving updates, projects reviews, etc.
• Align with plant-level leadership (Engineering, Operations) on the project-specific start-up success criteria
• Supports the quarterly Site GSUM SWP Health Check & IM Pillar Annual Assessment
• Supports GSUM training sessions, both formal classroom training and informal one to one/small group training
• Material Resource Planning of class SMD A, B, C spares on a weekly basis
• Recommendation of Spares for sale to other plants
• Analysis of Spare usage to prevent Out Of Stock and keeping Inventory levels healthy

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Higher National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science Field or related
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing setting, preferably in FMCG industry
• Knowledge of cigarette making processes and experience of running these machines in a production environment or experience in supporting launch/delivery/start-up of cigarette making/packing machines would be an added advantage
• Experience in using MS Office Package; SAP working experience would be a plus
• A high degree of inter-personal skill will be required to establish credentials and to pass on knowledge and experience to newer team members