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The Associate Director, OpEx, Training and Digital Ops is responsible for developing and aligning leadership on site strategy and building a culture of continuous improvement across the entire value chain. This is a highly visible and interactive position that is expected to lead to change in challenging environments and overcome status quo resistance. This person will be responsible for facilitating leadership alignment of site priorities to drive transformation of the site. This position will set standards for 'how we work' - OPEX, while engaging champions across different functions of the site to drive standardization and improvement. This position will take appropriate action to resolve conflicts and will promote continuous improvement mindset in alignment with organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate leadership in building site strategy, prioritization and execution.
• Drive alignment and communication of shared goals and objectives across the site.
• Drive transformational change across the end-to-end value streams including operational efficiencies, new technology, and organizational improvements
• Build a continuous improvement culture across the entire site by defining standards for 'how we work' - Operational Excellence (Tier Boards, Gemba Walks, Leader Standard Work, 5S, etc.)
• Oversee the development and implementation of Site Digital Roadmap supporting Factory of the Future and the Digital Operations strategy.
• Manage and direct the site Learning & Training team to ensure engaging and effecting training of site personnel.

• Strong data analytics and management skills, including the ability to interpret business needs, translate them into operational requirements and drive standardization and improvement towards those requirements
• Strong Operational Excellence and manufacturing background and knowledge of complex Lean & Six Sigma methodologies and tools.
• Bachelor in Science or Engineering with demonstrated management skills working on OpEx projects in a multi-disciplined environment
• Black Belt certification is a plus but at a minimumm you should have the Green Belt certification
• Demonstrable experience in leading operational excellence projects of significant size and scope using OpEx methodologies, resulting in quantifiable business benefit in a global and multi-cultural environment.
• Hands-on experience applying lean manufacturing, 6-Sigma and advanced planning and control methods/tools is needed for this role and you will have strong knowledge of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operational Excellence (Pharma/Bio or Device).
• 12-15 years of industry experience, 5 or more years OpEx experience in a leadership capacity.
• Strategic thinking, innovative leader with strong communication, organization, analytical, presentation, and people skills.

Preferred

• 8 years' experience Operational Excellence: Lead site-wide continuous improvement efforts by establishing standard work and driving Operational Excellence practices to improve performance across value streams.
• 8 years' experience Site Strategy: Partner with site leadership to define priorities, execute long-range planning, and manage capital improvement initiatives.
• 8 years' experience Training & Development: Oversee the Learning & Training function to ensure effective training programs that build site capability.
• 8 years' experience Digitization: Develop and execute the Site Digital Roadmap in support of the Factory of the Future and Digital Operations strategy.

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors  including  geographic location, and we may ultimately  pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be  modified in the future. 

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

• This job is eligible to  participate in our short-term incentive programs.  

Note: No amount of pay is  considered to be wages or compensation until such amount isearned,  vested,  and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that areallocable to a   particular employee  remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be  modified at the Company's sole and absolutediscretion,  consistent with applicable law. 

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