Continuous improvement manager H/F

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE

As Industrial  Continuous Improvement  Engineer you will support industrial change management program (ICube Program)  across 2 sites of hub CAC Europe: Le Teil and Fos sur Mer.  You will demonstrate visible leadership on Safety and People Empowerment/Enablement and will be focused on continuous industrial improvements in terms of People and practices in order to improve productivity, energy efficiency, reliability, quality and cost of operations.

The position is shared between 2 sites: 

• In Le Teil (100% in the first 6 months) you will apply and follow-up the phase 2 methodology 

• In Fos (in alternance after 6 months) you will prepare for phase 2 and help the site grow

The champion will go through a training and certification process and is a feeder job for future operational positions

JOB SCOPE/DIMENSIONS

• Scope: 2 sites of Fos and Le Teil

• Direct report to: Site director where he will be based

• Functional report to: RAC operational excellence manager + other site manager

• Team: Member of both sites management teams

• Travels: regular (once per week, 1 night) visits to the site he/she is not based on. Punctual travels for benchmark and trainings

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The I-cube champion is a key position of industrial change management deployment and leads the implementation of various best practices. 

• Deploys and sustains I3 program (phase 1 and phase 2) within the 2 sites he/she is in charge of,  by focusing on people (must haves, will, skills) and implementing practices (lean methodologies and I3 program)  to reach performance (industrial efficiency and  margin improvement)

• Cultivates and promotes a strong continuous improvement culture across the sites

• Supports analysis of processes and practices to enable safety / efficiency / quality continuous improvement initiative generation, also with the support of  BA operational team and in liaison with other champions of the hub.

• Train people to enhance their continuous improvement skills

• Implement and sustain  I3 practices 

• Generates detailed continuous improvement initiatives across the plants of the hub to generate savings with the cooperation of “I3 champions” and plant managers. 

• Provides technical support, training and expertise to on-site teams for I-Cube deployment and improvement projects

• Participates in the network and sharing within the hub and within RAC I3 community

• Maintains and creates appropriate documentation for reports, project execution, and data analysis 

• Supports Operation Sites & Supply Chain team members to support continuous improvement deployment

• Captures and communicates learning to enable best practice transfer and recognition within his/her hub and the other hubs

• Key interfaces: ensures tight coordination with site managers & BA I3 manager.

• After 6 months is based geographically in Fos or LT with weekly travels to the other site

Accountability

• MUST HAVES implementation (level of maturity) at hub level

• Sustainability of phase 2 in Le Teil

• Implementation of phase 2 in Fos

• Operational costs reduction & Operational costs savings pipeline on both sites

• Best practices sharing at hub level

OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS

• Maintenance of our specific IT performance tracker tools (IT GSuite environment)

• Coaching and onboarding of new comers 

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education: 

• With Master’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical, Process, Material  or Chemical Engineering

Experience: 

• ~2 years in Process/Production/ Operations Management / Projects/ Operational excellence programme management on a site level or central support function level

Key competencies 

• Good Continuous Improvement culture and able to learn very fast methods (project management, Kaizen, 6-sigma, value stream mapping, Fish-Bone diagram, working capital optimization)

• Strong Analytical skills  and problem solving skills

• Good Project Management skills

• Able to quickly develop technical / process expertise

• Ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels of the organisation

• Ability to positively influence teams in a matrix organisation

• Green belt is a plus

• Taste for digital tools 

Language:

• Fluent in French and English

• Other languages are highly appreciated.

SOFT SKILLS: 

• Ability to influence without authority

• Ability to prioritise tasks , project management and planning skills

• Ability to lead multi- disciplined teams (2 sites)

• Rigour and Problem solving

• Analytical and synthetic mindset

• Excellent oral and written communication

• Good interpersonal skills

• Autonomy

• Teaching and coaching  skills.