World Class Manufacturing Manager

Lider mondial în domeniul construcțiilor ușoare și durabile, Saint-Gobain proiectează, produce și distribuie materiale și servicii pentru piețele industriale și de construcții. Soluțiile sale integrate pentru renovarea clădirilor publice și private, pentru construcțiile ușoare și decarbonizarea construcțiilor și a industriei sunt dezvoltate printr-un proces continuu de inovare și oferă durabilitate și performanță. Angajamentul Grupului este ghidat de scopul său, „MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME".

În România, Saint-Gobain furnizează produse și soluții din gamele Abrasives, Glass, Pietta Glass Working, Sekurit, ISOVER, PAM, Rigips, Weber, Duraziv şi Chryso, cumulând aproximativ 2000 de angajaţi în 14 situri industriale situate în Brăneşti, Călăraşi, Ploieşti, Satu-Mare, Turda, Suceava, Vălenii de Munte, Popești Leordeni şi Ariceştii Rahtivani.

În 2022, Saint-Gobain România a primit certificarea „Angajator de Top” pentru al 6-lea an consecutiv, datorită condiţiilor de muncă excelente oferite angajaților săi.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, science, industrial management, or related technical discipline;
• 3 – 5 years manufacturing experience with at least 1 year TPM experience or World-Class principles and practices.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Multi Green Belt, subject matter expertise in the various principles and practices of WCM:
- focused improvement/practical problem solving;
- TPM (Autonomous Maintenance, Professional Maintenance, Early Equipment Management);
- quality and process control;
- other continuous improvement principles (e.g. Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, etc.).
• The job highly demands:
- strong facilitation skills and overall ability to share and inspire others and drive a continuous improvement culture;
- strong teamwork and experience with people management and leadership;
- experience coaching and delivering training at all levels of an organization;
- project management skills.
• good understanding of operations strategy and organization of operations or plant organization;
• demonstrated success in organizing & executing complex projects;
• experience in process engineering or technical project development, material flows, finished goods delivery, plant design, and safe work practices.

Essential duties:

• develop a WCM Master plan according to sites' manufacturing strategy to ensure appropriate progress is being made against KPI’s and Site and Pillar Route Maps;
• train, coach & direct Performance Site Team, Black Belts and Green Belts, project teams in various WCM topics & methodologies;
• develop policies, procedures and best practices to enhance the WCM program.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• align World Class Manufacturing initiative and project objectives to business strategy, and prioritize Continuous Improvement initiatives and activities per plant strategy;
• act as change agent to implement the WCM methodology throughout the organization;
• assist plants in the identification and prioritization of cost deployment projects, to assure each plant has a healthy project pipeline & aligned cost reduction program;
• partner with WCM leaders at the sites to develop, install and monitor a business process management system, including measurement tracking, reporting of implementation progress;
• offer technical expertise and guidance in project review, leadership and coordination to major improvement projects;
• develop and/or customize training materials for classroom & factory floor settings;
• collaborate effectively with company Central Teams, other WCM / Performance Improvement leaders, external consultants, and training organizations;
• regularly communicate progress of plant goals to all department employees and adjust team expectations to meet plant performance needs;
• ensure open communication throughout all levels of the organization.