Operations Startup Specialist / Leader (Packing)

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Title: Operations Startup Specialist / Leader (Packing)

Location: Batavia, OH / Eden, NC

Duration: 18 Months

Job Description:

• As an Operations Startup Specialist, you will support the end-to-end PM to plan and lead investment projects and coordinate contribution of all stakeholders (from project charter until vertical start-up and agreed sustained performance is established) to achieve the project defined capability to support the business delivering manufacturing excellence, by managing a cross-functional and multidisciplinary team whose objective is to assure that the invested resources bring the return of investment expected with a flawless execution to deliver a vertical start-up.

Primary Responsibilities:

Before starting the project design phase:

• Contribute to define the project scope, success criteria, and milestone deliverables that support business objectives in collaboration with Product experts, factory and market stakeholders.
• Build the investment project charter that includes the resources plan including a multifunctional project team required to accomplish the project manufacturing excellence targets.
• Ensure local site operational constraints are identified and addressed as part of the project charter. Engage factory team in develop synergies between the project and the factory Client journey.

During project design phase:

• Execute the basic and detailed design of the project based on Client Corporate Business Principles, Client standards, local regulations, the defined User Requirements Specifications and the TPM characteristics of a unit operation (safety, quality, affordability, maintainability, operability and reliability).
• Ensure by design the workers and operators' safety during both the construction and the ongoing operation of the plant.
• Support the design team to accomplish the basic and detailed design, while mobilizing all the required resources and liaising with stakeholders.
• Lead Current Operations Assessment and Change Impact Assessment activity to revise potential barriers that could place the project on risk.
• Lead the Development of an Operation Start-up Plan to coordinate the operational preparation (People, Materials, Methods), including a ramp up curve aligned to the business requirements to ensure a Vertical Start-up can be achieved.

During the start-up phase of the project:

• Lead the assigned area of the factory and coordinate the contribution of all stakeholders and functional support groups to ensure a vertical start-up meeting manufacturing excellence criteria and required production volumes.
• Complete a smooth handover to factory operations after the qualification and verification of the installation.
• Support the preparation and distribution of the project documentation, including the Manufacturing Dossier and TPM readiness assessment for the lines.
• Ensure that the investment project charter and success criteria have been fulfilled and that the project scope is achieved within the agreed cost and timing.
• Manage the allocation of all operational preparation and start-up expenditure.

During the whole project life:

• Be the Manufacturing project leader of a specific assigned area of the factory, meaning integrating all operational tasks, motivating and influencing the workforce, coaching, developing, managing and evaluating team members and being their support and liaison with the steering committee and all the project's stakeholders.
• Keep the Startup Lead and End to End Project Manager informed.
• Keep all the required communication channels open.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 3+ years' experience in project management, business analysis and/or change management experience within a manufacturing, industrial, military, or related environment OR
• Associate's degree with 5+ years of project management, change management, and/or business analysis experience in a manufacturing, industrial and/or military environment
• Preferred: 1+ years' experience in early management, operations, and/or a startup environment