Lean Manufacturing Specialist

Lean Manufacturing Specialist (one-year contract)

Reporting to: Operational Excellence (OE) Manufacturing Director

Primary purpose summary

• Plays a key role proactively supporting the deployment of OE Manufacturing strategy through all Aptar segments and Sites and working by projects.

• Promotes and leads Lean Manufacturing improvement initiatives in the manufacturing area, providing guidelines, training contents as well as direct hands-on support on Site.

• Strives for manufacturing processes standardization and implementation of Best Practices with the support of the Business Process Management Community (BPC, BPE) and in cooperation with all OE/CI stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and supporting the deployment of OE Manufacturing Global Programs and initiatives, with particular focus on performance improvement, TPM, SMED.

• Supporting the implementation of lean manufacturing methods and tools, promoting best practices sharing between Sites

• Delivering training materials and sessions about OE Manufacturing approach, methods and tools

• Networking with BPC/BPE community and local OE/CI Managers, Coordinators and stakeholders

Required Qualifications

• Industrial Engineering degree

• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing approach and methods

• Project management skills

• Change management skills

• Organized and analytical working structure

• Team working

• Communication skills, at all levels of the organization

• Knowledge about data management tools (Excel, PowerBI)

• Six Sigma Green Belt certification is a plus

Experience

• Manufacturing, production execution and shop floor management

• Lean manufacturing approach and methods application

• Data analysis and management

• Training

Other requirements

Safety: Comply with general safety guidelines (prevention of risks, business trips, fire hazards, etc.)

Travel: Frequent (approximately 50%)

Language: Fluent English + another language is a plus

Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt is a plus