Head of Operational Excellence Mason

Festo SE & Co. KG•Mason, OH

26d

About The Position

The Head of OPEX is responsible for the local establishment and further development as well as implementation of an integrated value stream-based organization, taking into account defined lean principles and the existing production system. This role involves enabling the organization to achieve cost and cash savings at the plant level, managing the career path and qualification of the local OPEX organization in cooperation with HR, and developing a local, integrated OPEX KPI system for monitoring. The position also includes the development and standardization of the Festo value production system at the local level, acting as a consultant to the plant management team regarding the operational excellence strategy, and serving as a member of the plant management team. Regular coordination with various internal interest groups and occasional external representation of the company are also part of the responsibilities. The role is responsible for the further development of the production system at the plant level (human and system side), the development, optimization, and application of methods focused on establishing a value stream-oriented organization, and the development and continuous improvement of core work processes for realizing maturity levels of the plant supply chain organization (OPEX assessment). Additionally, the Head of OPEX is responsible for establishing and implementing framework conditions that enable and encourage cultural changes towards a learning organization, enabling an agile operating organization, and providing qualification and training for the entire plant level OPEX (Source / Make / Deliver / Plan). This includes professional leadership of executives, specialists, and teams at the local level, leadership within the matrix of all OPEX employees, and disciplinary leadership of the local OPEX team.

Requirements

Technical studies with focus on management & production engineering
Technical degree (BS) with a focus on management & production engineering
Strong OPEX / Lean knowledge on an international level
Managerial experience
Intercultural knowledge/competence
Fluent in English
5+ years of relevant work experience
OPEX experience at plant level with verified cost & cash savings

Responsibilities

Enabling the organization to achieve cost and cash savings at plant level
Responsible for the career path of the local OPEX Orga in cooperation with HR
Responsible for the qualification within the organization for OPEX in cooperation with HR (training)
Responsible for the development of a local, integrated OPEX KPI system (monitoring)
Responsible for the development and standardization of the Festo value production system at local level (standards)
Consulting function of plant management team in consideration of the operational excellence strategy
Member of the plant management team
Regular coordination with the various internal interest groups (e.g., plant management team; value stream manager, department head, etc.) with partly divergent interests
Rarely external speeches at customers, suppliers, universities, etc. (external representation of the company)
Responsible for the further development of the production system at plant level (human and system side)
Development, optimization and application of methods with the focus on establishing a value stream oriented organization according to the production system
Responsible for the development and continuous improvement of core work processes for the realization of maturity levels of plant supply chain organization (OPEX assessment)
Establishment and implementation of framework conditions that enable and encourage the organization for cultural changes (goal: establishment of a learning organization) => Change Manager
Enabling an agile operating organization that, for example, reacts autonomously according to the PDAC cycle and develops and implements correct solutions
Qualification and training of the entire plant level OPEX (Source / Make / Deliver / Plan)
Professional leadership of executives, specialists and teams at local level
Leadership in matrix of all OPEX employees
Disciplinary leadership of the local OPEX team