Manager Corporate Continuous Improvement ­­/­­ Operational Excellence (f­­/­­m­­/­­d)

The Aenova Group is currently establishing an Operational Excellence task force. The task force will operate as a hands-on internal consulting group with the objective of scoping, implementing, and delivering transformative projects in line with Aenova's strategy and 5-year value creation plan. The initial team will consist of a Head of this task force plus 2-3 project managers. The Head will report directly to the CEO. The task at hand is project-dependent, and as such will vary on an as-needed basis. It will encompass site-specific projects as well as overarching group-wide initiatives. The ultimate objective of this team is to create insights, recommend pathways for implementation, and deliver hands-on implementation to achieve best practices. Projects will be both strategic and focused on operational improvement e.g. OEE improvements, footprint optimization and optimall product allocation, working capital optimization, throughput-time reduction etc. Your responsibilities are: Shape and maintain Continuous Improvement framework & methodology, .e.g. CI checklist, DILO etc. Manage and coordinate knowledge management systems and community Gate-keep transformation methodology and identify opportunities for improvement based on shop-floor observations from Corporate CI and local CI, best practice from other sites Develop and deliver Operational Excellence trainings Identify cross-cutting issues/topics encountered in transformation projects and identify solutions to address them and coordinate deployment (e.g., Supply Chain; S&OP process or Engineering) Build Lean Management expertise Advise internal customers to gain best practice approaches with a focus on standardisation Communicate on transformation content internally and externally