Manufacturing Excellence APAC Director

Location:

Hyderabad, TG, IN, 5000019 Petaling Jaya, 10, MY, 47800

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role

• In collaboration with Global CSD functions—particularly with Manufacturing Cluster Leaders and Plant Managers—drives manufacturing and supply chain processes, systems, and capabilities to deliver BC business strategy and desired results. Accountable for designing and implementing the Barry Callebaut Operating System (BCOS), provides organization capabilities leveraging a zero-loss mindset and a culture of 100% participation.

• Responsible for monitoring Next Level operations maturity versus BIC targets, tracking the progress of Manufacturing KPI’s Balanced Scorecard and adjusting/driving BCOS implementation master plans.

  Key responsibilities include

• Define in collaboration with The PMO and Global BCOS Director a Barry Callebaut excellence program including a consistent cost-saving process.

• Shape Manufacturing and BCOS organization, define the new KPIs & routine and implement new OEE definition with loss tree concept in the sites under his/ her responsibility

• Be an interface with the manufacturing Excellence lead, Plant manager, Plant management team and other CSD functions

• Define and train desired employee capabilities and operation standards according to BCOS to ensure value delivery.

• Organize the training and coach the internal resources to ensure the Manufacturing Excellence System principles are understood and applied both at the Operations stages.

• Run Continuous Improvement and performance workshops as required for Manufacturing Cluster Directors

• Provide capabilities to global continuous improvement teams & manufacturing clusters. Train plant teams, deploy new balanced scorecard, RCA & routines, Launch 5S & CL implementation define new template & reports for digital.

• Accountable for adoption of new systems, ways of working, IT/solutions into site daily working routine

• Identify and formalize with local management team areas for improvement of line performance (material losses, efficiency, yield, production organization, energy consumption, etc.)

• Ensure periodic benchmark of best practices to achieve excellence in digital, processes and manufacturing and create if necessary in collaboration with Global CSD functions standard associated

• Perform with his/her team the on-site audits to measure the adherence to the Manufacturing Excellence System and establish Site Maturity Levels

• In collaboration with the Manufacturing cluster and in accordance with other CSD functions, define the yearly Continuous Improvement and Productivity targets and animate the network of Manufacturing Excellence resources to reach these targets.

  About you

• Bachelor’s degree

• Skills in the definition and deployment of a Lean Manufacturing system and improvement programs at all levels of the organization.

• TPM, Lean 6 Sigma experience (desired Lean Black Belt level)

• 10+ years in manufacturing and supply chain

• Track record in implementing change

• Demonstrated practical experience in implementing Lean Management systems and processes

• Project management experience

• Experience in developing and deploying strategy in the manufacturing environment

• Operational and project manager

• Fluent in English

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence

• build good working relationships with stakeholders and senior executives

• Coaching skills

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

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