Operational Excellence & Digitalization Director

Job Description Summary:

JOB SUMMARY:

Lead Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement and Digitalization activities across the Plant functions, in order to meet strategic BP objectives and enable transformation; ultimately improving overall productivity & efficiency to absorb volume increase, enhance resources utilization, increase customer satisfaction, increase flexibility, reduce complexity, lower operational costs and seek value creation/optimization opportunities while maintaining high levels of Quality & Safety standards, targeting World Class operations. Transformation of Mindsets & Behaviors and management infrastructure that supports OE implementation moving towards World Class and Plant of the Future. Lead site value creation activities and ensure robust E2E process to meet site, region and CPS value optimization targets and achieve value across the system. Drive Productivity on the ground across all functions. Support the deployment of OE systems, as well as providing coaching and training in the OE standards across the site to drive continuous improvement and transformation momentum, support resolving obstacles and resolution. Work closely with key stakeholders, cross-functionally as well as front line staff to identify and implement improvement initiatives, projects and use cases.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish the Site PMO to help support Program/Project execution (measure and track outcomes), monitor risks and ensure prioritization and alignment of organizational goals and strategies.
• Lead and manage the implementation of the Operational Excellence Program to identify and complete business process improvement projects across all functions. 
• Develop organizational capabilities to become a flexible operation focusing on business efficiency, customer service, quality mindset, continuous improvement, and competitiveness to become a high-performance organization.
• Manage & lead team of direct/indirect reports to deliver improvement projects in the plant and across CPS.
• Ensure sustainable PI growth in an increasing complex environment identifying capacity constraints to manage, plan and implement investments on infrastructure capabilities to support future business requirements.
• Establish measurements and reporting systems to track efficiencies gained through process improvement initiatives.
• Train, mentor and coach process improvement teams throughout the organization to achieve required OE certification Levels within Egypt and globally as necessary.
• Deploy process methodology and OE tools and ensure consistent and sustainable application.
• Establish a network of Lean contacts to import and export good practices and benchmarking within and outside of the system and drive cross functional replications.
• Provide input and recommendations for continuous improvement in processes and overall improvement initiatives.
• Develop improvement standards ensuring consistent approach and application among all teams.
• Review progress of project teams against goals and objectives, analyze and monitor operational data to maintain course of actions with performance measurements.
• Coordinate site KBI Process “Tier metrics”. Analyze business results and trend charts to help management taking the needed decisions.
• Identify problems and provide feedback, coaching and follow up to ensure effective resolution. Recognize barriers to efforts and work to eliminate them.
• Develop and execute communication plans to increase awareness and commitment to driving performance.
• Schedule and facilitate working sessions to resolve issues, mitigate risks and set priorities for improvements.
• Lead the implementation and sustainability of Continuous Improvement activities & OE implementation across all functions and engaging all associates.
• Monitor and track OEE in all plant resources and drive performance forward.
• Represent the plant in the Global OE forums.
• Prepare procedures, reports and presentations for OE to Site and Senior LT.
• Comply with Company Requirements; policies, regulations and International Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025, ISO 18001, FSSC 22000, Coca-Cola Quality System E3 and WPR Policy.
• Monitor and regularly review EOHS performance.
• Implement EOHS policies and procedures endorsed by TCCC, legal authorities and/or international standards (OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001).
• Use risk assessment approach to ensure that safe workplace is provided for all staff.
• Ensure all hazards and incidents are reported and investigated appropriately and suitable controls are implemented.
• Helping ensure the day-to-day continuous improvement activities result in a continuous improvement in the Site Performance towards the goal of key site objectives.
• Lead Plant of the Future annually deep dive diagnostics activity to support plan transformation plans and ensure yearly PI opportunities implementation and use cases deployment.
• Responsible for Cycle time measurement, validation, and bottle neck analysis in operational areas.
• Leading and coaching in Zoning & 5S as well as Standard work deployment Kaizens to support GMP.
• Facilitate Investigations & problem solving for productivity issues with considering error proofing system & CAPA.
• Support day-to-day deployment of the OE and performance improvement activities at site. Deliver according to the OE implementation approach / road map.
• Support continuous capability development of self and others, developed by the Global CPS OE community.
• Track progress of the team deployment of OE tools implementation
• Support in dashboards creation/dashboards & APPs maintenance.

RELATED JOB REQUIREMENTS/ QUALIFICATIONS/Educational:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Science, Pharmacy or related disciplines.
• English & Arabic Proficiency.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, including management and leadership experience.
• Certification belt in Lean / Six Sigma and Project Management.
• Excellent Problem Solving and Decision-Making Skills, problem solving tools.
• Business, manufacturing and supply chain knowledge.
• Financial basics and data analysis.

Skills:

Location(s):

Egypt

City/Cities:

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

May 14, 2026

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