Senior Manufacturing and LEAN Program Leader

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Job title: Senior Manufacturing and LEAN Program Leader
As a Senior Manufacturing Leader, you will play a crucial role in driving continuous improvement, innovation, and strategic growth within our high-volume manufacturing and business processes.

Your role:

• Analyzing current manufacturing and business processes to identify improvement opportunities.

• Implementing breakthrough innovations and improvements in engineering technology and processes in collaboration with relevant functions.

• Promoting Lean behavior across the organization and support other Philips production sites.

• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and define long-term strategies and goals.

• Understanding and promoting the organization's cultural values.

• Developing future needs in all areas of manufacturing, including digitalization, through technical leadership.

• Networking globally within the industrial market sectors.

• Providing entrepreneurial leadership of a manufacturing site based on financial KPIs.

• Collaborating with R&D across the entire value stream.

You are the right fit if:

• You are able to implement new ideas and processes to enhance efficiency and productivity.

• You have ability to develop and execute long-term strategies to drive growth and development.

• You possess proven experience in the field of industrialization along with proven experience in managing production sites or similar facilities.

• You have expertise in leading technological advancements and managing large-scale projects and cross-functional teams.

• You have knowledge of regulatory requirements and experience in ensuring compliance.

• You have proven track record in driving continuous improvement initiatives.

• You have deep understanding of specific production processes and technologies used in the factory, especially in high volume manufacturing and engineering.

• You have experience cooperating with international markets and the ability to integrate global trends and best practices.

Additional Requirements:

• You have university degree in Engineering and Business Administration.

• Black Belt or Lean Master certification of advantage.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.


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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.