Operational Excellence Manager - Pronsfeld

at  Arla Foods

Location:Pronsfeld, DE
At Arla, we strive to maintain a high level of operational excellence and are seeking an Operational Excellence Manager to lead this journey at Pronsfeld. This role is crucial in ensuring that our processes, standards, and operational excellence culture continue to evolve and meet the highest industry standards and towards our vision of ZERO losses, ONE team and 100% engagement.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE TO:

• Own, plan and execute the site’s Operational Excellence journey, including the strategic alignment and implementation of APS standards and ways of working, to drive continuous improvements.
• Oversee all site Operational Excellence projects, from planning and coordination to follow-up, ensuring they align with business goals and performance metrics.
• Establish, develop and foster a market Community of Practice (CoP) together with Senior OpEx Managers and participate in centrally led global pilots.
• Identify opportunities for automation and digitalization at the site and execute implementation of relevant digital tools.
• Facilitate workshops, conduct training, and provide coaching to site teams and leaders on OpEx tools and methodologies, empowering them to drive performance improvement and sustain results.
• Promote the use of balanced scorecards and KPIs to manage site performance, fostering a performance driven problem solving culture and preventative mindset.
• Nurture a culture of continuous improvement by challenging the status quo, leading lean initiatives, and encouraging the use of digital tools to accelerate data-driven decision-making and shop floor visualisation.

WE HAVE A PURPOSE FOR GOOD

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?