The Company
The Position
Industrial Continuous Improvement Manager ItalyJob Summary
JOB SCOPE/DIMENSIONS
Part of the Business Area Performance Minerals EMEA which scope is:
80 sites in 24 countries - 3700 employees - 1.2b revenue.
Italy Hub involves 6 production sites, 2 quarries, 1 underground mine and 2 logistics platforms.
The sites are located in Avezzano and Carrara for Carbonates, Civita Castellana for Ceramics, Corsico and Morgonggiori for Perlite and Rodoretto, Porte and Malanaggio for Talc.
MAIN MISSIONS
The Continuous Improvement Manager is a key position of industrial change management deployment He/She leads the implementation of various industrial best practices.
Deploys and sustains I-Cube program within the Hub by supporting the 2 pillars of I-Cube:
Improving working conditions and industrial skills through 5S, Dust Management, Rituals of Management, and all other group
Generating margin improvement through cost saving projects
Support the definition of sites specific industrial mid-term vision (3YP) in line with all level of industrial management
Supports analysis of processes and practices to enable safety, customer centricity, industrial maturity, competitiveness, also with the support of BA I-Cube Center ofExcellence team.
Generates, tracks, animates detailed continuous improvement initiatives across the plants based on sustainable savings pipeline, with the cooperation of plant management more specifically around
Leads effective operational process implementation at hub level
Provides technical and project management expertise to on-site teams for I-Cube deployment and improvement projects
Maintains and creates appropriate documentation for reports, project execution, and data analysis
Captures and communicates learning to enable best practice transfer within his/her hub and the other hubs
Key interfaces:
ensures tight coordination with Hub manager (direct report) & Business area I-Cube manager (functional coordination).
ACCOUNTABILITY
Working conditions improvement:
Safety felt leadership and Industrial Must Haves implementation & sustainability
ICube Program roll out as planned
Cost savings delivered as budgeted
Long term sustainability of savings pipeline of idea
Effective OEE improvement (Availability, Performance, Quality) on the field.
KEY COMPETENCIES & BACKGROUND
Engineer background (preference to mechanical, chemical or mining)
Proven experience of 3-5 yearsin Project Management, Mining or Industrial Operations or Operational Excellence.
Excellent level of English
English and Italian is a must.
Any other language is a plus for future possibilities of evolution within Imerys
Continuous Improvement culture and ability to learn methods very fast (project management, Kaizen, 6-sigma, value stream mapping, Fish-Bone diagram, working capital optimization)
Strong Analytical, Problem Solver, Project Management skills,
Finance literacy
Ability to quickly develop process expertise around our technical clusters (ie:
mass balance, thermal balance,crushing, wet/dry grinding, dewatering, drying, packaging,...)
Ability to positively influence teams in a matrix organization
6sigma Black Belt or Green Belt is a plus