CORE ACTIVITIES

• Identify key supply chain processes and prioritise them for investigation, based on 1) importance / size of prize 2) difficulty / resource requirements
• Organise working sessions / workshops with key stakeholders to define the «as-is» and to identify gaps and improvement opportunities
• Refine and elaborate possible solutions, down to the required level of detail
• Develop business cases in support of proposed solutions
• Organise and lead sessions with the appropriate decision makers in order to seek and obtain approval of proposed solutions
• Co-ordinate the execution of approved solutions, making use of the appropriate project management techniques.

EDUCATION / WORK EXPERIENCE

• Degree in Engineering, Logistics, Science or Business with several years experience in a manufacturing, supply chain environment.
• Experience in coaching and leading cross-functional teams, including team building, understanding motivation and negotiation techniques and providing work direction
• with experience in TPM Principals and methods (5S, Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, visual management, Kaizen).
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Equipment plays a key role in Ecolab’s success, both via direct sales and as an essential enabler for our customers to use our chemical products. The core purpose of this role is to co-ordinate and drive the building of a more effective, efficient, agile and resilient equipment supply chain for the INST, FRS and QSR Divisions in Europe.

The «Process Improvement Manager (m/f/d) – Equipment INST/FRS/QSR» will be accountable for:

• Analysing key «as-is» supply chain processes for equipment
• Evaluating their effectiveness and identifying gaps and improvement opportunities
• Developing solutions and improvement proposals
• Garnering approval for such proposals by the relevant stakeholders
• Executing approved improvement proposals
• Tracking benefits and savings delivered via the improvements.

In order to deliver the above, the Process Improvement Manager will require the support of many stakeholders within Ecolab (the equipment community, plus functions like Marketing, Procurement, Planning, IT, etc). Therefore, a key part of his/her role will be to earn the trust and collaboration of such key stakeholders (supported by his/her line manager).
While the focus of the role is on supply chain processes, the scope may also extend to business processes with strong connection and impact on the supply chain (e.g.: product lifecycle
management).