Manufacturing & Quality Consultant - Conglomerate - IMEA

Manufacturing & Quality Consultant - Conglomerate - IMEA

Company Description

One of the largest engineering companies as well as one of the largest conglomerates in the world with a turnover of USD 35Bn operating mainly in robotics, power and automation technology.

Basic Function

To provide professional consulting services, training and expertise in operational and quality excellence, business development and resolving customer related quality issues to support the company's Business Units

- Would maximize the value creation for the company by supporting Division, Region and Functional Leaders and teams in the implementation of their various initiatives and actions primarily in following areas: R&D, Marketing & Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Project & Site Management, Value Chain Excellence, Supply Chain combination of education and experience. Management and Service.

- Would work independently to perform activities in support of the company's internal business improvement projects in different business units.

- Define potential projects by following internal leads and executing assessments and pre-studies

- Run data analytics to support Consultants and project leaders in specific project work

Success Metrics

- Must have a good educational background, preferably with an advanced degree relating to operations management.

- Experience in industrial / engineering / automotive / aviation / consumer durable industry.

- 7 - 14 years of industry experience in the area of Global Production Strategies, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Excellence and Innovation Management.

- The candidate would be expected to have the significant background in at least one of the following areas:

- Lean Manufacturing/JIT (5S, Visual Factory, Kaizen, Kanban, TPM);

- Process Quality (Lean Six Sigma, 4Q, DMAIC, SPC, TQM);

- Theory Of Constraints; Value chain strategies & planning including S & OP / IBP and Inventory Management; Supply Chain Management & Logistics;

- Project & Site Management; Change Management; Lean R&D Engineering including DFX; Marketing and Sales Excellence processes, Production Control & Scheduling

- Must have experience of leading consulting projects either as part of an in-house function or through a management consultancy

- Must have experience of business operations, ideally as a functional expert

- Must be a Six Sigma Black Belt or Lean Master

- Must have excellent influencing skills at all levels, in all functions, and in all national cultures.

- Must have demonstrated the ability to work in large-scale global operations and experience in engineer-to-order type of industry.

- Must have excellent communication and selling skills to effectively promote the successes of the team and win additional internal business.

- Must have experience of working through complex matrix structures

- Must have a proven track record of delivery of tangible benefits through their activities