Job Description

Position : Local New Champion

Organization

• Function : Manufacturing
• Country : Lebanon
• Location : Nahr Ibrahim plant
• Supervisor : Plant Manager

Context

Nexans has developed systems and tools to implement lean management (NEW) within Nexans Operations. The target is to maintain the deployment of this program in the plant, logistics centers and offices of Liban Cables.

Purpose

To support industrial and operational functions in process and product developments using NEW tools, processes and policy by coaching, developing and challenging people, so they drive continuously sustainable improvement.

Drive sustainable improvement across Liban Cables operations in Lebanon.

Support lean deployment through structured improvement, performance management, coaching, and project leadership.

Areas of responsibility

• Lean initiatives, KPI and OPI analysis, scrap reduction, Factory Performance Reviews, 5S, Kaizen, SMED, Value Stream Mapping, audits, and Autonomous Maintenance support.
• Manage the plant project pool, prioritizes improvement opportunities, benchmarks sister plants, and reports progress against risks, budgets, milestones, and actions.
• Lead and support Lean initiatives within the different departments of the organization to solve problems.
• Present, facilitate, and lead standard management routines.
• Realign industrial KPIs and OPIs towards global strategic targets.
• Use appropriate measurement, statistics, analysis of historic data and evaluation methods to accurately identify and document process improvements.
• Develop or deploy improvement initiatives in line with Group best practices.
• Report on progress of projects through written reports, project management tools and presentations, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing issues, critical milestones and actions necessary to ensure success.
• Follow up on the scrap project and monitor the output, conduct problem solving to decrease the percentage of scrap in the plant to generate savings.
• Conduct Factory Performance Review (FPR) to control and improve the plant KPIs.
• Analyze KPIs / OPIs (SQDCE, OEE, scrap, CONQ, etc.) and define action plans with process leaders.
• Animate the SQDCE routine.
• Verify work standards and drive standardization and gap closure.
• Deploy 5S and ensure its sustainability.
• Lead problem solving, Kaizen workshops and SMED activities.
• Conduct Value Stream Mapping, bottleneck management and non-value-added activity analysis to improve flow.
• Support the deployment of Autonomous Maintenance.
• Manage the plant project pool; prioritize and follow up continuous improvement projects.
• Perform audit activities (5S, LPC, NEW).
• WCM (World Class manufacturing) self-assessment and requirements.
• Train and coach the teams.Benchmark with sister plants.

Expected results

• Impact on each business or production unit with improvement plan (quality, cost savings, customer service, flow, …)
• Support stagnant endeavors and lead and/or develop new LEAN initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for improvement within the plants and operations.

Required skills and qualifications

• Engineering degree and expertise
• Analytical and statistical skills
• Project management ability
• Strong organizational and collaboration skills.