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Manufacturing Excellence Manager

City: Lagos-Island

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

This role is responsible for leading the implementation of the global Reckitt Production System, the Manufacturing Excellence Manager leads the manufacturing excellence program.

This role is a key member of the lead/management team working under the Head of Manufacturing and collaborates across all levels and functions of the organization to drive capability building, to co-lead with functional managers the implementation and adoption of proven systems and ways of working based on RPS pillars.

Your responsibilities

- Collaborates across all levels and functions of the organization to drive capability building, to co-lead with functional managers the implementation and adoption of proven systems and ways of working based on RPS pillars
- Ensure consistency and compliance of performance measures and losses definitions with global standards, improve data collection systems efficiency and accuracy in collaboration with IT&D team and digital manufacturing. Optimize reporting visualization and consolidation to improve gap diagnosis.
- Collaboration with Engineering and Innovation to prevent risks, improve performance and optimize work through early management of CapEx projects and new products innovation.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to reduce OEE losses, reduce waste, reduce energy consumption, reduce quality losses, increase productivity, reduce safety risks, etc.
- Productivity Project Governance: Facilitate ideation events, monitor productivity projects. Update global productivity tracker.
- Manage CI budget and monitor financial results.
- Lead strategic initiatives for building own capabilities.
- RPS Standards implementation and adherence across the site
- Capability building for shopfloor and management in matters related to CI

The experience we're looking for

- Demonstrable experience in managing large manufacturing operations, with a focus on driving performance and efficiency.
- 4+ years working in operations with a Manufacturing Excellence structured program, progressively expanding the systems and reaching higher levels of adoption, maturity and therefore results.
- Proficient in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma.
- Working knowledge of production logistics, supply management, and contract negotiation.
- Experience with TPM / WCM / IWS strategy implementation
- Expertise as trainer and coach of TPM / WCM / IWS methodologies and systems
- Strong leadership, change management, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience implementing digital working systems e.g. MES, connected worker, Power BI, power
- Experience of designing remediation plans to address productivity and efficiency issues, and track record of following through to ensure closure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of Partners, senior managers, and subject matter experts.
- Analytical, project and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into operational requirements.

The skills for success

Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Category Management Expertise, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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