Vacancy for Project Manager Operations Development

Join us as a Project Manager based in Pune to be responsible for manage global projects with medium to high complexity or business impact in accordance with Alfa Laval’s project methodology to reach the desired outcome.

Develop and implement competitive/stable production methods and production equipment for production based on global strategy and working environment regulations in the HFH factories.

Be curious and driven in understanding new disruptive processes/technologies that can ensure Alfa Laval’s competitive edge going forward.

Drive & coach Lean Six Sigma mindset, replication and sharing of best practices throughout the HFH factories.

About the Company:

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allow our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for water purification, clean energy, food production, waste processing, pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do.

Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment, and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com.

The position / About the Job:

In this job the Global Project Manager would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

GLOBAL PROJECT MANAGER

• Run Global Projects and activities in line with our strategic direction.
• Support the Product Group Change Coordinator & Factory Change Coordinator in implementing changes in the factory.
• Identify & run concept studies exploring new processes and technologies.
• Implement and validate global processes.
• Ambassador of Operations Development in India introducing performance culture based on facts & data.
• Close collaboration with other factories within HFH with focusing on technology development, manufacturing transformation & digitalization.
• Close interaction with central OD team

• Manage project on time, specification, and budget.
• Has the authority to make decisions and manage the allocated resources, within given frame and budget.
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Report to steering committee (internal and external)

• Support and proactively suggest or lead improvements to meet or exceed Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost targets.
• Designing and implementing production flows & own according to Lean principles.

• Support process and project engineers in their daily project work.
• Stay up to date concerning new technologies and share this new knowledge with colleagues. Function as mentor

• Travelling activities to support colleagues on other sites and carry out quality inspections at sub-supplier’s site.

Core competence:

• Manage Promal/DMAIC projects linked to HFH strategy.
• Strong communicator both in person and in writing that can utilize the elevator speech principles on the global scene.
• Stakeholder management.
• Understanding manufacturing processes (machining, forming & joining). Hands on experience on these processes would be added advantage.
• Drawing reading and understanding of GD &T

Social skills/behaviour:

• Driven & curious.
• Influence & inspire factory management teams.
• Managing network; understand how to form, drive, motivate and socialize network members and stakeholders globally.
• A desire to learn.
• Customer focus.
• Judgement and decision making.

Who are you?

As a person who is responsible for securing that Operations Development meets agreed goals and customer expectations. Actively work with global operational interfaces, communicate, and coordinate.

Qualifications & experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical /Production or equivalent experience. 
• Leadership and management skills and experience.
• 10+ years of experience in a production/manufacturing company.
• Experience from improvement tools, e g; 5S, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Prince2, Promal.
• Project work experience.

Why should you apply:

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

Interested? Please apply for the position.