CDI Operational Excellence Manager industrial site of Lure F/M

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Reporting to the Head of the Technical Support - Method and Operational Excellence (STMEO) pole, in coherence with the standards and orientations defined at the group level, implements and deploys best practices and actions in Operational Excellence and ensures their effectiveness. Is thus a key contributor to the performance improvement of the industrial site. Is a leader and a role model in their behaviors as well as in the use of managerial processes, gives meaning to actions, stimulates initiative, and establishes trust. Main activities:

Safety/Health – Environment - Energy

• Identifies risk situations that could impact the physical and psychological integrity of the members of their team
• Engages and implements prevention actions and mobilizes the necessary resources
• Respects and ensures compliance with existing rules, implements necessary corrective actions, and participates in "safety" audits
• Optimizes energy consumption and promotes environmental protection actions

Manager

• Leads the activity of their team, creates the conditions for its success, contributes to its cohesion, encourages cross-functional collaboration
• Ensures that the knowledge and skills of the team members allow for the achievement of assigned missions and objectives
• Is a leader and exemplary in their posture as well as in compliance with managerial processes, gives meaning to actions, stimulates initiative-taking, and develops trust

Improvement Actions

• Leads a diagnostic of the site's effectiveness with local and Group expectations

Defines with the UA managers a roadmap allowing for performance improvement measured by KPIs and the achievement of specific objectives

• Ensures that the group's expectations regarding operational excellence are taken into account at the local level, in collaboration with the plant manager and the head of the STMEO Pole
• Supports and accompanies operational staff and participates in defining corrective actions when objectives are not met
• Is responsible for updating ranges, nomenclatures, and techniques, and leads the process to analyze range discrepancies in production and the implementation of necessary actions

Implementation and effectiveness of Operational Excellence actions

• In support of UA managers, with the help of their OE network, by accompanying process owners, ensures the implementation and effectiveness of Operational Excellence actions and their real contribution to performance as measured by KPIs

Deployment of Best practices and internal networks

• Builds, organizes, trains, coordinates, and coaches their network and provides continuous support
• Creates the conditions for its success, contributes to its cohesion, promotes transversality
• Ensures that the knowledge and skills of the network members, managers, and employees allow for the accomplishment of assigned missions and objectives and proposes development actions if necessary

Process

• Using a systemic approach, ensures that processes and associated performance improvement potentials are visible
• Improves process efficiency and ensures that all interconnections are effective
• Participates in the design of new processes to ensure best performance

Compliance with standards and contribution to the group network

• Ensures the proper implementation of Group OE standards at the local level
• Ensures monitoring of new methodologies and shares them with the group network
• Shares local experience, learns, and implements best practices from others
• Contributes to the definition of group standards and group initiatives

Main working relationships (outside of the hierarchical link):

• Group DIQ Operational Excellence Manager, operational excellence managers of other industrial sites.
• All direct reports of the plant manager.
• Finance, HR, operations, supply-chain, Quality, Safety, product development managers

University degree or Grande Ecole (business or engineering school) Lean or six sigma Black Belt 5 years of experience in a continuous improvement role on an industrial site Good understanding of financial result forecasting, financial analysis, and cost calculation, good understanding of commercial and technical issues, including digital technology Strong IT skills (Excel, ERP, Word) Understanding of main industrial processes: production, quality, supply chain, warehousing, logistics. English B2 Capable of working in multicultural teams Results orientation Change management and support Influence

SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF THE FUNCTION:

• Occasional travel