Operational Excellence Manager

Job Summary

Operational Excellence

The Operational Excellence approach aims to maximize performance (safety, quality, cost, lead time) by focusing on customer needs, empowering teams and eliminating waste.

The OpEx program changed gears in 2023 with increased ambitions and efforts. Since then, the program has been launched in many subsidiaries across Africa, and the OpEx teams have expanded, both at head office and in other subsidiaries.

It is in this context that the company in Tanzania is seeking to hire his/her Operational Excellence Manager in Dar es salaam

 

Responsibilities

• Build a register of issues to be addressed in the organization and assess the impact of potential projects.
• Prioritize and plan OpEx projects, define methodologies according to issues, allocate resources to projects.
• Build a network of OpEx partners to multiply the number of projects and actions the organization can undertake.
• Develop "day-to-day OpEx" skills (visual management, operational standards, problem solving) of operations managers through training and coaching.
• Gradually train all employees at the right level to support culture change.
• Provide day-to-day coaching for improvement projects and other ongoing OpEx actions and directly lead critical projects.
• Mobilize the executive committee to prioritize actions in line with the strategy and drive executive committee involvement on the shop floor.
• Communicate and raise awareness of Operational Excellence initiatives (e.g. Gemba tour, Kazen challenges)
• Draw inspiration from improvement initiatives implemented across other subsidiaries and capitalize on actions undertaken within the company in Tanzania to share with the Group ExOp community.

Requirements

• Preferred Degree holder in Logistics and Shipping Management or any related field of study.
• Preferrably more than 5 years working experience in a similar role.
• Experience in strategically deploying operational excellence within a site or a company
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt certification desirable.