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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Manager Commissioning Validation & Start Up - Commissioning, Validation and Start Up

Project ManagementPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in TPM or manufacturing.
  • Three to five years of experience in manufacturing, operations, maintenance, continuous improvement, engineering, or project management roles.
  • Experience leading teams or small projects in a manufacturing environment is desirable.
  • Strong understanding of TPM principles, especially early management and vertical start-up.
  • Knowledge of planning tools such as Microsoft Project, budget management, and POKA or equivalent tools.
  • Knowledge of operational KPI planning and tracking, including digital tools for managing KPIs.
  • Good understanding of hygiene and safety standards in the food industry.
  • Demonstrated experience leading projects or significant workstreams within a large project and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and deliver an effective training program.
  • Advanced problem-solving skills and analytical approaches.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise CVS secondees.
  • Participate in the project team from EWP Phase 0 through Phase 5.
  • Create the CVS plan and roadmap during EWP Phases 0 and 1, then modify, track, and deliver it through HO2, ensuring systems, equipment, processes, and people are ready to meet targeted performance for safety, quality, OEE, cost, scrap, and rework.
  • Accelerate the ramp-up of new production lines and assets to achieve vertical start-up at full nominal speed and capacity as quickly as possible while minimizing losses and downtime, through risk management, readiness activities, and robust validation and verification planning to achieve stable operations.
  • Lead cross-functional efforts to create or modify standard operating procedures to maximize operational efficiency, ensure the procedures are published, and ensure training is delivered before start-up.
  • Manage the complete training deployment to develop operator skills, working with supply training or the value stream's continuous improvement function before the start-up date.
  • Ensure and execute integration of project or change initiatives involving recipes, packaging, or assets into the value stream and all relevant processes, including FMOS and MSE.
  • Ensure all relevant stakeholders are informed about CVS activities throughout the project.
  • Escalate CVS schedule, budget, and resource risks that may affect start-up or handover milestones to the Project Manager and relevant stakeholders.
  • Contribute to factory acceptance test planning by organizing Operations resources.
  • Support site acceptance tests.
  • Define and track project success criteria established at project Stage 0 in the project charter or MPAR.
  • Create the CVS plan and strategy for effective commissioning, validation, and start-up of new assets and recipes, achieving HO0 and HO1, on-time start-up, and HO2.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and functions including R&D, Engineering, Operations, Technical, IE, and planners to create and deploy the CVS schedule and plan; convene these functions as needed to ensure alignment.
  • Communicate project progress and CVS activities clearly to stakeholders throughout the project.
  • Define, track, and control CVS-related costs and highlight risks to the Project Manager; budget approval and final accountability remain with the Project Manager or IE Manager.
  • Work with the project team to implement Mars risk-assessment procedures throughout the project, including PRP, technical risk assessment, DICE, FMEA, and EWP.
  • Plan and deliver MSE requirements within scope and execution of all capital projects.
  • Manage the project snag list, including clear objectives and a resource and schedule plan.
  • Manage CVS documentation by establishing storage, making it accessible to the team, and ensuring project documentation remains up to date.
  • Organize and lead CVS and handover meetings and subsequent stakeholder follow-up.
  • Provide regular coaching and feedback to associates to support on-time project delivery.
  • Work closely with the Project Manager to integrate CVS schedules and the risk plan into the overall project plan.
  • Integrate project deliverables into the FMOS process.

About the Company

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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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