Operational Excellence Leader at Roquette

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Job title

Operational Excellence Leader - Qualicaps Operations

BG Health & Pharma Solutions

Reporting function

OPERATIONS

Job name

Operational Excellence Qualicaps Operations

Main responsibilities

• Design a performance continuous improvement roadmap/program for Qualicaps operations network (capsules and equipment) based on synthesis of existing good practices @ Qualicaps Operations and existing good practices existing in the rest of Roquette
• Ensure support for deployment of performance improvement roadmap in each plant, using a network of Operational excellence champions at site and giving practical support in each plant.
• Harmonize and optimize operating systems to ensure simple and efficient performance results consolidation and reporting.
• Ensure up-skilling of Qualicaps Operations workforce by defining tools and mindset requested for continuous improvement and deploying training to targeted operational workforce using the local Operational Excellence champions
• Develop and manage with influence the network of Operational Excellence resources at plant level.

Main activities

• Coach and develop a team of Operational excellence champions across 8 different sites.
• Structure, formalize and roll out a continuous improvement program aiming to deploy tools/mindset for performance improvement across Qualicaps network in co-ordination with HPS BG and Roquette Operational excellence network.
• Structure and animate performance monitoring routines and governances allowing to cascade down objectives and gathering up results and actions across Qualicaps plants network.
• According to roadmap, drive key transformation initiatives related to continuous improvement aiming to increase number of people to participate to continuous improvement.
• Organize and roll out upskilling program on Lean manufacturing tolls and initiatives (5S, 6σ, VSM, 5Y, DMAIC, GSTD…)

COMPETENCES

Key Skills & capabilities

• Expert in lean manufacturing
• Finance acumen
• Appetite for product technology and mechanics

Transversal skills and abilities

• Excellent influencing skills
• Transversal leadership
• Complexity management
• Ability to mobilize, energize and develop a team
• Project Management 
• Problem solving
• Results-oriented
• Ability to identify performance levers
• Rigor and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate with a variety of interlocutors and create a relationship of trust
• Ability to work in a cross-functional mode
• Reporting - monitoring of dashboards – KPIs

Language skills

English Level C1

SPECIFICS / OBLIGATIONS OF THE JOB

Travel

20 % of Full time max

Other elements

Up to  20 % home office

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together!

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. 

Roquette strives to create a dynamic workforce while remaining firmly committed to equal opportunity by complying with EEO laws.
 

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