Global Manufacturing Excellence Lead Pb

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Global Manufacturing Excellence Lead PB
- Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
- We are looking for a dynamic and experienced **Global Manufacturing Excellence Lead for Powder Blending** to lead our Manufacturing Excellence program within the Taste & Wellbeing division. You will lead the implementation of the Givaudan Production System for Powder Blends, focusing on targeted cost, quality, safety, and sustainability improvements.

**This role can be based in one of our regional Head Quarters/ Major Powders site in Kemptthal (CH), Mako (HU), Cincinnati or Chicago (US)** and you will report directly to the Global Head of Manufacturing Excellence and Process Technology.

**In this exciting role you will**:
**Manufacturing Excellence Program Development**
- Guide the Manufacturing Excellence program for T&W powder blends, building a project pipeline and tracking progress
- Establish a global expert network in Powder Blending and develop training and certification programs

**Process Optimization**
- Lead the development and implementation of Powder Blends standards to enhance manufacturing processes with a focus on sustainability, safety, quality, and efficiency

**Performance Metrics**
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate dry blending performance
- Analyze the entire value chain to implement changes that achieve performance goals and reduce Powder Blend costs per kilogram

**Training and Development**
- Provide training and support to manufacturing staff on best practices, new technologies, and process improvements
- Conduct Powder Blends audits and establish know-how standards, along with a comprehensive training and certification program

**Cross-Functional Collaboration**
- Collaborate with local Operations, Quality, Continuous Improvement (CI), and Engineering teams to ensure agreement and support continuous improvement programs
- Align the Powder Blend Manufacturing Excellence roadmap with the CI program to deliver expected impacts

**Innovation & Strategy**
- Stay updated on new developments to improve manufacturing processes
- Define the global framework for the Powder Blend Manufacturing Strategy and support capital expenditure solutions according to it

**Your professional profile includes**:

- University degree in manufacturing, engineering, or management
- 3+ years of direct experience in a LEAN environment, with at least 1 year in a leadership position managing local or regional teams
- Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt certification from a reputable institution
- Experience with accounting, budgeting, and process control
- Experience building cross-functional teams
- **Experience with Powder Blending**:

- Expert in presenting in front of multiple stakeholders on different levels
- Proficient in Business English; of advantage knowledge of a foreign language

**Our benefits**:

- Bonus Payment
- Home office
- Private Health Insurance
- Free parking
- #LI-Onsite

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.

**Remote working**:Hybrid