The key purpose of this role is to implement, entrench and improve the use and effectiveness of VPO in the plant to deliver business results.
Key roles and responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with Safety standards and guidelines and drive a safety culture to ensure safety in the work environment
- Management Pillar Owner for the Plant
- Use effective Loss and Waste analysis to identify gaps in the Plant Management system vs. VPO. Drive actions to close the gaps
- Monthly review of VPO gap closure and score managed
- Quarterly review of VPO managed
- Monthly and quarterly updates sent to the Zone
- Co-ordinate VPO for the Plant working with other Pillar owners to ensure an integrated VPO implementation and improvement process
- Interface with Zone VPO team with regards to monthly and quarterly reporting for VPO for the Plant (across all Pillars)
- Identify and develop VA initiatives for future VA commitments and drive and monitor current year committed VA initiatives
- Ensure Plant’s routine meetings (MCRS and TOR’s) are documented and standardized
- Interface with Zone VPO management Pillar and regional VPO team members to ensure Plant implementation and improvement plans meet expectations
- Ensure and assure suitable training capability exists (material and facilitators) suitable to cover Management Pillar training needs
- Co-ordinate, track and monitor GOPs compliance across Plant
- Submit monthly compliance scores to Zone
- Lead, coach and train team members
- Ensure continuous improvement in engagement of people in the Plant
- Own, guide and standardize 5S implementation across the Plant Departments
- Co-ordinate and assure Tracking and Monitoring Management Pillars and Plant VPO information for the Plant and to the Zone is correct and timeously submitted
Minimum requirements:
- 5+ years’ experience in Manufacturing Excellence or Department Management
- Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Advantageous)
Additional information:
- BAND: VII
