Vacancy for Unit Manager - Operations Development

Join us as a Unit Manager - Operations Development based Decanter factory in Pune to be responsible for manage small projects or sub-projects, with small 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 strategy and working environment regulations.

Drive Lean Six Sigma deployment and mindset, replication and sharing of best practices and utilization of belts within the Factories for India region.

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 Unit Manager – Operations Development would be responsible for:

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

BLACK BELT -LSS & PROJECT MANAGER

• Ensure DMAIC Method (quality in the process)
• Coaching & Support for LSS deployment
• Secure updated information for Lean Six Sigma in LSS Database, LSS Dashboard (for the network) and ALPS Scorecard (belts and projects)
• Facilitate the Project portfolio process.
• Manage the extended LSS Network in the factories of region India
• Interaction with ALPS/LSS central team

• Manage project on time, on specification and on 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)

• Competence development plan
  • Belt selection and training
  • Identify training needs and deliver them & maintain plan (1% BB/10% GB/100% YB,WB)

• In close collaboration with factories:

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

• Support in SOP’s establishment. Participate or drive defined projects, as Team Member or Project manager

PRODUCTION PROCESS SPECIALIST

• Manage (internal) technology development projects.
• Support process and project engineers in their daily project work
• Give technical support for customers in sales support and project phase.
• Train and coach colleagues working within the same technology / industry / application.
• Stay up to date concerning new technologies and share this new knowledge with colleagues. Function as mentor
• Further development of the specifict technology to meet "state of the art" requirements.

• Travelling activities in order to support colleagues on other sites and carry out quality inspection at sub-suppliers site.

Core competence:

• Active Black Belt
• Experience from LSS Black Belt projects
• Manage the DMAIC project portfolio linked to strategically prioritized areas
• Understanding of manufacturing process of machining, forming & joining. Hands on experience on these processes would be added advantage.
• Drawing reading and understanding of GD &T
• Project management experience with reporting metrics of cost, time and other resources.

Social skills/behaviour:

• Influence factory management teams
• Managing network; understand how to form, drive, motivate and socialize network members and stakeholders.
• Drive for results
• Customer focus
• Judgement and decision making.

Who you are?

As a person who is responsible for securing that the unit meets short to mid-term goals and customer expectations. Actively work with operational interfaces, communicate, and coordinate.

What you can be?

Qualifications & experience:

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

• 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.