Opex Manager

Responsibilities:

• Assess the performance of the plant regarding any given referential, typically maturity of management organization, process, equipment adequacy and efficiency, maintenance, housekeeping and dust management, quality, etc. 
• Work with the plant management to determine and justify the priorities. 
• Elaborate and coordinate any relevant action plan to deal with the priorities. 
• Lead and Coordinate Kaizen/Lean and 5S workshops 
Role includes: 
• To be involved in each agreed action,
• Train the members in the use of lean techniques and help in training others to train, 
• Agree the actions and follow their implementation, 
• Measuring the success of the action plan, 
• Check the sustainability of the new processes., 
• Ensure EHS procedures are fully included in the scope 
     ● Check in due time the status of work group results, push them to analyze further and achieve their goals 
     ● Share the opportunities with the OPEX teams and roll out best practices. 
     ● Report progress and resource needs to the plant manager
     ● Apply & follow safety rules within the plant
• Coordination for IMS implementation with all functions & consultants. 

Profile/Competencies:

Education, background, level of experience Essential/Mandatory: 

• B.E/B.Tech in Chemical, Ceramic, Production, or Industrial Engineering
• Six Sigma Green Belt or any equivalent Lean certification 
• Professional with a background of 5 - 8 years in an industrial site operating ideally in fields similar to Calderys (continuous processes like steel, cement, refractories etc)
• Solid technical basic skills, even scholar, enabling him to understand all aspects of industrial life. 
• Field production experience
• Ability to lead multi-disciplined teams 
• Experience and knowledge in the field of lean production, production system design principles and know how to use lean methods as improvement tools in a targeted manner. 
• Open minded, experience in multicultural environments 
 

Desirable Skills: 
• Problem solving, Planning, negotiation and arbitration 
• Oral and written communication - internal/external contacts 
• Team player with positive mindset 
• Ability to “influence without authority”, lead multi-disciplined teams, train: able to explain concepts, help people without substituting himself, able to make concrete feedback to encourage improvements 
• Professional English (Knowledge of Hindi is desirable), MS Office, Strong analytical skills, Data analytics skills, including experience of statistical methods (knowledge of a statistical software package like Minitab is an advantage)