Director, Operational Excellence

Will work within the divisional manufacturing leadership team, with responsibility including, but not limited to the following:

• Lead development of a detailed operational excellence strategy for the business. Leverage value stream mapping to create and execute operational, technology, and resource roadmaps.
• Lead a culture of lean, innovation, continuous Improvement (CI) & process excellence, including such initiatives as Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI), 6S, human error reduction, problem solving and value stream mapping. 
• Influence professional teams in a multi-site, matrix model. Talent based management, actively promote performance management and coaching. Champion development and career pathing. 
• Drive high levels of employee engagement through cultural change & inclusion in the OpEx journey.
• Conduct OpEx assessments to understand network, site, and talent capabilities. Build capability through training, coaching & people development. Ensure implementation of identified tools, processes, and systems. Oversee Lean Six Sigma greenbelt/blackbelt deployment programs. 
• As part of the leadership team, accountable for the network and sites’ cost reduction, delivery, quality, and safety targets.
• Develop innovative operational excellence solutions to complex business & technology challenges where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Solutions may require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Assume the role of technical & cultural mentor for various functions. Be the champion for promoting OpEx wins through various communication channels.
• Monitor and control progress of work ensuring sound application of principles, delivery to strategic intent and the appropriate use of practices and tools.
• Develop a support and competence network of partnership across the organisation, academia, and industry to enhance understanding of delivery of continuous improvement, digitilisation, and automation. 
• Drive continuous improvement through the greater integration of digital systems throughout the plants (use centrally generated reports, maximize the efficiency of technologies, systems etc.).
• Establish a strategy & system for process control & monitoring. Evaluate process to ensure maximum utilisation of equipment and floor space, minimise handling and optimum process flow.
• Oversee the development of operational standards to be used in the plant for capacity evaluations, budget planning and as a basic for operational measures (key performance indicators).

• B.S in Engineering , Science, Business or other related discipline with 10 or more years’ experience; or related masters degree with 6 or more years of experience; or PhD with 4 or more years of experience may also be desirable.
• Broad based business experience in high performance multi-national enterprise, at least 5 years of which has been spent in operations and/or technical leadership level in Medical Device or other highly regulated industries very advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment utilizing lean principles.
• Lean education background, preferably Black Belt level.
• Demonstrated experience leading/deploying OpEx initiatives and coaching at network, site, and functional level. 
• Digitilastion and automation experience / exposure is preferable. Sound capability to understand concepts and approaches in facilitating strong leadership expected.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement global strategies. Initiates, sponsors, and implements change with a demonstrated track record. Strategy deployment (Hoshin Kanri) techniques preferred. 
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills - able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Be open minded with the ability to recognise good ideas.
• Strong capability to network and influence at all organisation levels.
• Good financial acumen. Demonstrated ability and evidence of adhering to project and functional budgets. Demonstrated initiative in cost reduction and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others in an operations environment; ability to quickly gain respect of and support from site leadership team, operators, and fellow CI site reps.
• Must be able to work in a team & individual environments interacting effectively at all levels, and across all functions with ability to develop organisational relationship and build trust.
• Demonstrated ability to make timely and sound decisions, through effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions. Works with a sense of urgency at all times.
• Must be highly organized and disciplined and be able to demonstrate their ability to meet deadlines. Demonstrated Initiative strong project management.
• Strong in critical thinking and "outside the box" thinking.
• Travel will be required - estimated 30%. 
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, influencing, verbal/written communication and presentation skills, with the proven ability to teach and coach others. Must be comfortable presenting at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated applied knowledge of project management tools and methodology.