Operational Excellence Manager - OPEX (DOS/CI) Europe (Italy)
Dana
- Italia
- Tempo indeterminato
- Full time
- Leads DANA OPEX in parallel with the OPEX Leadership Team to embed a culture of continuous improvement, utilizing lean methodology where appropriate.
- Implements DANA's Lean strategy and expert knowledge in key areas of Lean deployment, standards and methods in all functions following DANA Operating System (DOS).
- Provides leadership in Lean & CI initiatives, Supporting and controlling plants in their CI & Lean cost reduction projects.
- Be the teacher in the region of Lean tools to increase the awareness and knowledge of DOS. Support, plan and conduct / support / plan DOS Assessments.
- Leading/Supporting Regional Jishukens.
- MFO and Manufacturing Strategy -Analyze, evaluate and support all the Manufacturing Footprint Optimization (MFO) activities in order to saturate the internal assets and secure the “Region to Region” manufacturing strategy.
- Multi plant leader providing CI training and support, DOS improvements, and MES implementation.
- Leads and support plant policy deployment activities.
- Builds sustainability roadmaps for assigned facilities.
- Leads DOS Academy activities to include, global alignment, information gathering to build training plans, develops standard training materials, etc.
- Always put safety first
- Always Put people in the center together with “A Better World” mindset.
- Develop / use appropriate business systems to successfully manage and control the Region regards to DOS, supporting the plants to meet/over exceed the CI targets.
- Responsible for overall planning and monitoring of projects to ensure targets are achieved within budget and on time.
- Leading / Support the DOS Regions Staff meetings/calls.
- Lead and support DOS regional integration of new acquisitions and conduct, verify and align DOS Assessments
- Escalating if more support is needed.
- Implementation of strategic initiatives
- Develop Skills and Experience of Plants CI Team Members
- Develop DOS knowledge in the Region.
- Facilitate / Support improvements projects, Jishukens, Kaizen Workshops
- Leading Critical Plant supports activities.
- Build and lead high performance teams by effectively support the recruiting process, motivating and developing individuals in a strong team environment. Build organisational and talent development capability including succession plans.
- Leading and supporting plants in developing a plan for Dana's Industry 4.0 plan.
- Supporting regional implementation of our MES system
- Build and update new DOS training material and align the rollout plan with Ops Directors, HR and plants.
- Candidates will be certified to degree/business engineering level, within a high volume, automotive manufacturing environment, coupled with the ability to work as an individual or as part of a team.
- Previous experience of working more than 12 years as a LEAN/6Sigma leader in the Automotive industry.
- Strong understanding of Lean principles and have successfully led Lean transformation in a manufacturing and business process environment.
- Fluent in English plus minimum one other Local Language
- Proven leadership and management skills within a challenging environment
- Good knowledge of Lean tools and methodologies
- Excellent communicator, both written and verbal at all levels in local language and English
- Excellent presentation skills
- Good computer skills, conversant with Microsoft office
- Excellent motivator, self-starting, with an enthusiastic approach
- Proven track record of successfully leading change initiatives including experience implementing Lean from concept to full implementation.
- Motivated by results and strives to exceed expectations.
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time-management skills
- Significant international travel is expected.
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