About this role
Job title: Global Plant Readiness & Manufacturing Transformation Expert
Description: What You'll Do
- Conducts maturity assessments of industrialization or de-industrialization projects at plant level
- Prepares plants and organizations to take over product volumes or projects from sister plants in line with strategic footprint plans
- Ensures production transfer plans are executable and aligned with timelines, milestones, and budget constraints
- Develops and implements innovative solutions to improve bottom-line results by enhancing Plant Readiness structures and service capabilities
- Partnering with plant leadership to assess plant readiness, identify risks and implement sustainable improvement initiatives
- Designs and coordinates global initiatives to implement action plans to ensure the operational performance of the respective plants e.g. line balancing, shopfloor management, Run@Rate studies
- Takes charge of operational management in urgent or critical organizational situations (task force mode)
- Resolves customer complaints using data-driven analysis and performance metrics to de-escalate issues
- Reports regularly on the implementation status, milestones and risks
- Proposes and implements measures for improving team performance, change management, organizational optimization
What We're Looking For
- Experience conducting maturity assessments of industrialization or de-industrialization projects at plant level
- Experience preparing plants and organizations to take over product volumes or projects from sister plants in line with strategic footprint plans
- Ability to ensure production transfer plans are executable and aligned with timelines, milestones, and budget constraints
- Track record developing and implementing innovative solutions to improve bottom-line results by enhancing Plant Readiness structures and service capabilities
- Proven ability to partner with plant leadership to assess plant readiness, identify risks and implement sustainable improvement initiatives
- Experience designing and coordinating global initiatives to implement action plans to ensure the operational performance of plants (e.g., line balancing, shopfloor management, Run@Rate studies)
- Ability to lead in urgent or critical organizational situations (task force)
- Data-driven approach to resolving customer complaints and de-escalating issues
- Strong reporting skills on implementation status, milestones and risks
- Experience driving team performance, change management, and organizational optimization