PPG Asian Paints - Lean Manager - Manufacturing

JOB FUNCTION - REQUIREMENTS :

1. Safety Health & Environmental

- Integration of Lean principles with existing Safety & Health initiatives.

2. The Lean Enterprise System

- Function as an internal expert in first defining, then rolling out, the implementation of a Lean Enterprise system for the plant, ensuring that critical success factors are incorporated within the transformation model. Develop strategy and execute plans.

3. Organizational Development

- Provide leadership, coaching and training. Provide objective assessments of our capability to lead significant change and work with leadership team to reconcile any issues or obstacles.

4. Measurement/Metrics

- Develop the appropriate driving metrics for Lean, assess baseline performance, develop appropriate targets and measure the progress.

5. Teaching / Mentoring

- Hands-on leadership and teaching of Lean principles and tools.

6. Drive Continuous Improvement

- Facilitation and implementation of the Lean through Rapid Improvement Workshops by value stream and facilitate the use of various structured problem solving techniques, team effectiveness techniques and drive the workshop participants to implement lean tools using team ideas and solutions that will achieve real and sustainable improvements in manufacturing capacity, quality and cost.

7. Internalization & Best Practices

- Play an active role within a network of Lean/Performance improvement sharing within plant. Document and share the best practices.

Requirements :

- Expertise in Performance improvement processes

- Minimum of 8 years experience on Lean manufacturing

- Ability to plan and set target, and drive execution of improvement plans

- Ability to effectively facilitate cross functional teams in a process improvement workshop

- Working knowledge of how to facilitate/lead organizational change initiatives

- Ability to work under Multi-culture environment

- Good communication skills

- Should meet all related requirements regarding Quality Management Systems and EHS Management Systems

- Any training experience and ability is plus

Primer Success Factors : Focus on Results, Drive Change, Promote Teamwork, Build Trust and Respect, Understand Market & Customer Perspectives.

Other Individual Success Factors : Build Strong Working Relationship, Influence Decisions and Actions, Plan and Organize, Develop Others, Learn Continuously, Communicate and Share Information