At Henkel, you can be a game changer and craft your career. Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit by bringing your ideas to life within a global team. Our leading brands and technologies, along with our high-performing businesses will provide you with countless opportunities to develop your skills and explore new paths. Your career at Henkel will contribute to a more sustainable future, while you grow within our vibrant, diverse culture of trust and belonging. If you’re up for challenging the status quo, join our team of pioneers and make your mark on the future with us.
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YOUR ROLE
Manages all technical activities and projects in the plant
Implements a technology strategy to ensure efficient production and high quality products
Delivers against technical performance KPIs, budget and projects
Sets up and executes development plans for production personnel, esp. regarding training in Engineering and technology
Ensures operations processes and solutions are implemented according to global procedures and local regulations
Has legal responsibility for fulfilling SHEQ requirements
Acts as key contact for local authorities in the area of responsibility
Responsible for defining the vision and master plan for Maintenance at the facility (procedures, programs, tools, systems, etc.)
Align Department strategy with site goals and priorities
Closely partner with production to provide support and partnership on technical aspects of operations, i.e.
Autonomous Maintenance, Preventative maintenance, etc.
Ensure the implementation of daily management systems which support the correct deployment of the OEE glidepath and the deployment of the production strategy
Drive all operations of the maintenance department ensuring high operating standards are always applied
Ensure safety and quality mindset is adopted by all employees
Ensure competency-based process specific as well as safety and quality training for all employees is conducted in a timely, efficient, and complete manner to meet legal, regulatory and company requirements
Work closely with the Technical Reliability and Continuous Improvement personnel to analyze current performance and establish work activities to address losses
Own and execute daily maintenance meeting and escalate information to leadership team for Daily Operational Review
Provide direct leadership, direction, development and coaching to maintenance team members in accordance with skill matrices.
Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. These responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, and developing employees in the department: planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Actively seek and secure the best talent available creating a pipeline for future roles with both internal and external talent
Develop high performance team to meet long term maintenance needs of the facility.
Develop and execute training plan for all team members of the department
Support and manage the development of continuous improvement of standard work for all areas
Use all standards and tools deployed through HPS with full ownership in the use of problem solving to address root cause of losses
Accountable for overall maintenance budget including Maintenance and Repair Cost, Equipment availability and spare parts inventory
Partner closely with production to provide partnership, coordinator and coaching on the Break Down analysis
Ensure compliance with Henkel standards for human resources management, safety and loss prevention, cost control, waste reduction, quality, and on-time delivery
Ensure compliance with all Federal, State and Local and regulatory requirements
Support Henkel safety, environmental, health and quality initiatives and lead departmental commitment at all levels of direct and indirect personnel to follow the Safety, Environmental, Health and Quality Management Systems.
Perform other duties as may be required.
YOUR SKILLS
10 years of related experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment with a multicultural company
Relevant degree in a technical field required - preference is chemical, mechanical, or industrial engineering
Process Safety Management and Mechanical Integrity experience preferred
Proven strategic and tactical leadership experience within a plant /manufacturing, preferably in CPG or related
industry with strong work ethic, and positive attitude towards feedback
Strong work ethic with the highest level of integrity and can demonstrate professional maturity necessary to gain the confidence of senior level leaders, acting as a role model walking-the-talk
Demonstrated leadership, technical, functional and people development skills to continuously stretch performance of individuals in direct team
Demonstrated skills as a change agent, displaying a high level of energy, being self-driven and constantly questioning the status quo
Strong analytical and communication skills - demonstrated ability to communicate and present to all levels of an organization both verbally and in writing, being able to probe deeply into important details quickly even into complex circumstances and the ability to communicate complex concepts in a compelling, concise and creative way
Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement based on relevant experience in this area, i.e. Lean and TPM
Demonstrated track record of driving operational performance via strong leadership and change management skills.
Demonstrated ability to drive team productivity and maintain high levels of employee engagement and morale
Demonstrated ability to identify issues, conduct root cause analysis and take-action to fix issues as well as building quantitative and analytical problem-solving as a key competence into a plant wide capability
Demonstrated strong project management skills, including larger capital expenditure projects
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics.