Senior Executive I - Operations Excellence Specialist

**JOB TITLE** Senior Executive I - Operations Excellence Specialist **REQUIREMENTS** **Education / Experience** **Education:** Diploma / Graduate/ Post Graduate in Pharmacy **Experience:** At least 1 to 5 years in the Pharmaceutical plant. **Technical skills &** **Competencies / Language** * Open-minded, open to changes, curious, flexible. * Impulse ambitious Performance challenges. * Rigorous in applying standards and Lean methodology. * Ability to propose initiatives and action plans. * Collaborate effectively with peers. * General understanding of Performance vision and principles. * Ability to understand the general scope and priorities. * Ability to convince and lead teams. * Ability to understand the general scope and priorities. * Pragmatic, driven by Gemba’s and accurate. **_JOB PURPOSE_** **Generic** * Support industrial performance: X matrix - create, maintain, track Monthly Transformation Review * Support Lean activities , data analysis and KPI reporting. * Support in improving processes, coordinate and drive initiatives to develop, implement and sustain cost reduction improvement, in reference to Zentiva Quality and HSE standards. * Ensure that appropriate performance follow-up tools are implemented and consolidated in reference to corporate standards or to site requirements. * Support in Managing the follow-up of the score card / monthly report and performance KPIs, analyze and ensure coordination of action plans regarding major deviations on OEE, Cash flow, Plant Cycle Time, Yields, Productivity. * Be the window person for shopfloor performance initiatives. * Ensure sustenance of established lean operating standards & their process confirmation. * Ensure the follow-up of the performance results and adapt action plans accordingly. * Support/ Initiate VSK i.e. Gemba Kaizen workshops & trainings. * Propose  & support  initiatives to implement successful troubleshooting and debottlenecking of process flows. * Make proposals to implement the best practices at site level. * Support / Implement the strategy (Top down cascading) by activating the Lean & Performance site network. **Specific additions (if needed)** **Not Applicable** **KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES** * Improve processes, coordinate and drive initiatives to develop, implement and sustain cost reduction improvement, in reference to Zentiva Quality and HSE standards. * Analyze organizational fit and impulse innovative organizational changes at Site level for production and Support * Make sure that appropriate performance follow-up tools are implemented and consolidated in reference to * corporate standards or to site requirements. * Manage the follow-up of the score card / monthly report and performance KPIs, analyze and ensure coordination of action plans regarding major deviations on OEE, Productivity, Plant Cycle Time, Yields. * Analyze and challenge all investment projects as far as performance analysis is concerned. * Be the window person with Central Functions on performance projects. Manager **Lean Programs:** * Coordinate the means and resources requirement for the optimization of the site performance. * Cascade locally Lean Program based on the plants challenges and priorities (workshops, training …). * Ensure the follow-up of the performance results and adapt action plans accordingly. * Coach and support the Performance Leaders and Team Members. * Play an active role in the inter-site lean network. **Methods:** * Analyze discrepancies between standards and actuals and suggest appropriate action plans and follow-up database in collaboration with Controlling. **Project Management** * Contribute to the prioritization of site projects and the resolution of major issues. **Prospective Capacity Analysis:** * Propose all initiatives to implement successful troubleshooting and debottlenecking of process flows related to equipment’s. **Benchmarking** * Build a network internally and externally to organize benchmark studies related to the best practices in our industry or close to our industry. * Make proposals to implement the best practices at site level. * Participate actively to the Company benchmark studies (e.g. Pobos ) **Performance Mindset** * Promote a performance mindset at all site levels through Lean events, standardization and simplification initiatives, collaborators priorities setting up and review, recognition system, learning organization… **Strategy Implementation** * Help in the site strategy definition – Bottom up relay of information to help the top management decision making * Implement the strategy by activating the Lean & Performance site network