Operational Excellence Specialist

This job is with Reckitt, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

We are Reckitt

Home to the worlds best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. Its how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And its our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If youre looking for a career in supply chain, theres no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About The Role

Individual is responsible for supporting Operational Excellence (OE) initiatives in continuous improvement, problem solving, developing and implementing CI system initiatives. This role will also build and manage a training system that ensures Plant employees learning initiatives are aligned with operational needs, standards and business goals.

Your responsibilities

• Supporting the execution of deployment plan and readiness of function
• Support deployment and post deployment of initiatives with close collaboration with functional representative
• Support the development and delivering of training materials
• Support and facilitate CI related workshops
• Train employees on operational excellence principles and tools
• Guide teams in applying CI applications in roll-out
• Implement monitoring systems to track Site performance
• Track and maintain CI performance
• Continuously evaluate system and provides recommendations for improvement
• Design, build and implement a structured training system in the Plant that includes onboarding, upskilling and certification processes
• Build and maintain role-specific skill-matrix, training, competency models and skill progression pathways
• Develop standardized tools and documentation such as training modules, SOPs and work instructions in collaboration with department leaders
• Train and support on-the-job function trainers in delivering consistent and effective training
  
  

The experience were looking for

Education

• Diploma/ Degree in Engineering
  
  

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of working experience in minimum 2 years in operational excellence related or similar
• Experience in training and development is an advantage
• Experience in supporting deployments will be an advantage
• Experience in design and building of system will be an advantage
  
  

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, Lean Six Sigma/ TPM
• Knowledge and experience of Operational Excellence System
• Knowledge and experience in Learning & Development system will be an advantage
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong Team player with high collaboration to ensure successful deployment of company system
  
  

Professional Certifications

• Minimum Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
  
  

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitts potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitts pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people dont always tick all the boxes. Thats why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you dont meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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