ManEx and UMS Executive

Job Title: ManEx and UMS Executive

Work Level: 1B

Work Location: Nashik Factory

Roles and responsibilities:

The SU Manufacturing Excellence [ManEx] Executive is responsible for delivering the Manufacturing Excellence program for the sourcing unit in its entirety. For the UMS [Unilever Manufacturing Systems] organisation, they serve as the UMS Coordinator and FI [Focused Improvement] Pillar Leader. The ManExExecutive has a direct impact on delivering improvements of SU’s performance (e.g. Waste, Net Productivity, OEE, ManEx Savings, CPT, Reliability, etc.). S/he inculcates the UMS philosophy, embraces digital & data-driven solutions and leads by example to influence colleagues and help them apply a continuous improvement mindset.  

S/he builds a UMS site master plan that is aligned with the Business Group [BG] & Business Unit [BU] manufacturing strategy. S/he provides teaching, coaching and mentoring on UMS best practices for pillar leaders and operators within the sourcing unit, as well as working with the SU Leadership team to ensure appropriate progress is being made against all UMS Pillar KPIs and KAIs. 

Business Impact 

• Masterplan: Develop Factory Masterplan in coordination with BG & BU ManEx team, SU Leadership Team, BU Finance, BU Long-termcapacity planning, Engineering, HR, etc.  

• UMS: Responsible for overall UMS Coordination in factories and gives set-up governance for each pillar's progress with SUD and BU ManEx Lead. Additionally, lead the FI Pillar program rollout and implementation, activities and projects.  

• Waste: Support the sourcing unit teams on waste governance and help R2S [Run 2 Standard] teams to develop waste improvement projects using FI methodologies to update & prepare glidepath. Involved in key EPM [Early Product Management] for the Ice cream innovations project along with SUIT to address commissioning or ramp-up waste losses from design.  

• Cost Governance: Co-Lead the Cost governance along with BPCD Pillar Leader to develop the cost budget and to control the cost by Weekly Cost Governance and Zero-Based Budget.  

• Savings: Responsible for consolidating all the savings projects through FI activities, transformation and Kaizens from the sourcing unit operations teams and helping to identify projects to meet the targeted production cost and manufacturing waste.  

• Reliability: Expand the loss management framework beyond Manufacturing and have KPI´s for interfaces with Manufacturing (OR losses)  

Continuous Improvement Program 

• Tools and Methods: Guide and encourage the SU team to identify opportunities for Kaizen and use the right Tools and Methods (toolkits) to attack the major losses and ensure good quality standardisation across the SU.  

• UMS: Own the rollout of the UMS program (for foundation and advanced) in the SU, perform gap analysis, support teams to create an improvement plan; facilitate assessments with global teams. Lead the role of our 7 Steps of FI Pillar.  

• OEE & Productivity: Drive people (man-hr/ton) & asset efficiency (OEE) aligned with R2S and ensure OEE losses are 100% aligned with MMP Code and ensure an auto data collecting system is in place to generate the loss tree.  

• Performance reporting: Support the deployment of MMP standards, set up and coherent application. Analyse and report continuous improvement savings through Cost Deployment. Facilitates the timely and accurate reporting of site performance KPIs, such as waste, Net Productivity, OEE, ManEx Savings, and kaizens.  

Digital & Data Analytics  

• Descriptive and Diagnostic: Drive digital factory program for level 1 and level 2. Act as the primary point of contact for RTVA, MDCS data reporting systems, and use of global apps DFOS, BuildApp, SPC and NGTW.  

• Predictive and Prescriptive: Support BG and BU engineering for level 3 and level 4 solutions in terms of impact on operations and business results.  

People 

• Continuous improvement culture: Ensure that ManEx activities are impacting both results and the culture change towards the vision as determined by a zero-loss mindset, including. Record, recognise and reward all improvements, e.g. Kaizens.  

• Upskilling & reskilling: Support skills development (upskilling and reskilling) of white and blue-collar workers  

• Training: Deliver and coordinate appropriate training (theory and practical application) involving continuous improvement  

• FOS [Factory Operation System]: Standardise sourcing unit governance systems in line with FOS (R2S - Sourcing unit Operating System) elements and audit effectiveness  

Requirements

• 4-year B. Tech degree, with a Master's degree preferred

• At least 5 years of work experience in manufacturing setups is required

• Prior experience as a Production/Manufacturing Executive is required

• Thorough understanding of WCM, TPM, Six Sigma, Lean, and automation in manufacturing is required

• Strong Continuous Improvement background is preferred with demonstrated performance