Plant Performance Manager

Job description

People are at the heart of our strategy

A family-owned Group, Roquette offers a  positive  and  attractive  work and career environment, in which everyone can learn,  develop , contribute to the overall company performance and be  recognized  for doing so.

WHY JOINING US?

You will be part of our journey to produce and supply quality products for the nutrition of millions of people and animals.
It is a long term business partnership relying on the heritage of a family owned company. By holding ourselves to the highest industry standards, we contribute to sustain a strong relationship with our customers and markets that helps us to excel everywhere we operate in.
Our unique expertise helps to process entire raw materials into products and by-products that ensure quality, reliability and sustainable products.
It is our strong business knowledge and expertise that ensures quality, reliability and sustainable products

Job Description

Position Purpose     

 As part of the policy and objectives defined by the Manufacturing Performance Group organization, you are responsible for setting the plant’s performance improvement plan (MasterPlan) and to ensure its implementation to achieve its expected results:

As such you ensure:

·  The implementation of existing Group tools and methodologies to meet the objectives of the performance plan in a sustainable way.
·  The breakdown and cascading of the objectives.
·  Reporting of the site's results to the Manufacturing Performance Group management as well as the plant. management.

You are also jointly responsible for the operating results of the plant's performance plan

Key Accountabilities     

·  Help identifying potential improvements and qualifying the issues.
·  Prioritize the identified topics and define appropriate actions / projects
·  Lead the definition, implementation and update the plant's performance improvement plan
·  Coach / challenge the management team in the implementation of this plan
·  Lead the projects (continuous improvement)
·  Manage and roll-out group standards in terms of tools, methodologies, facilitation, challenge and performance improvement
·  Support, challenge and guide teams in all aspects of understanding and use of manufacturing performance tools
·  Participate if appropriate in the development of new tools or methodologies as a pilot for the group
·  Motivate and engage teams through a positive attitude to stimulate changes
·  Coordinate and facilitate training related to manufacturing performance tools at all levels
·  Coordinate the support of external consultants (if applicable)
·  Audit the implementation progress of the performance improvement plan
·  Ensure that the performance improvement plan has an impact on the results and the culture of change around a common vision of zero defects
·  Know, respect and enforce the safety rules, quality assurance, food security, health and environment
·  Promote and provide support for the sharing of ideas, knowledge, standards and improvements
·  Communicate the activities and results within site and to the Manufacturing Performance Group organization
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Tasks& Responsibilites

·  Accountable for the performance of the cell, incl. OEE, Quality (methods, standards… )
·  Responsible for continuous improvement methodology (standards);
·  Daily coaching / training
·  Visual management
·  SPC management (roll-out + sustainability)
·  Implement a robust problem solving mindset within the cell
·  Tasks&responsibilities
·  Accountable for focus improvement groups
·  Promotes internal benchmarking
·  Advise required tools to be implemented
·  Standardize the management routines
·  Implement standards
·  Support the Unit Manager in the master plan realization
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Ensure data management standards are implemented

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Functional competencies

Qualities: availability, rigorous, teaching skills, communication, listening, convincing, challenging, leading, organizing work and taking decisions sometimes in a very short time frame, managing change, be proactive;

Soft skills:

·  Leadership - Change management
·  Communication skills (training & coaching, lead working groups)
·  Network and team work attitude (performance team, shop floor…)
·  Rigor
·  Result oriented
·  Lead by example
·  Green-belt on Excellence Tools
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Hard skills:

·  Green-belt on Excellence Tools
·  SPC and advanced analytics awareness
·  Process understanding for its cell
·  SPC and advanced analytics awareness
·  Process understanding for its cell
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Qualifications/Requirements

Education:  Engineering degree in chemistry, food process, mechanical or general

Experience:

Industrial experience of 3 to 10 years in a role of production manager or technical or project management

Specific requirements:

·  Knowledge and / or practice of TPM / Lean management. Green Belt certification highly desirable. Practice of continuous improvement tools and problem solving;
·  SAP and MES knowledge is a plus;
·  strong knowledge on SPC (theoretical and project implementation).
·  Business Trips (Percentage): up to 10 %

Roquette provides numerous career opportunities, thanks to the diversity of its jobs and their international dimension.

Joining Roquette means joining dynamic teams ambitious for success.

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