Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group's innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world's top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program.
The aim of the Excellence Center is to support the GBUs to accelerate the value delivery of Operational Excellence initiatives and fully leverage the potential of emerging digital technologies.
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***THIS POSITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE WORKING***
Overall Responsibilities:
To drive sustainable transformation and deliver important and tangible impact for low complexity transformation projects by integrating 3 dimensions (technical system, performance management, mindset & behavior)
For topics with higher complexity organization (stakeholders, multi-GBU, multi-sites), project leader will support senior project leader
To design a solution/strategy to address the identified challenge
To embark teams in the transformation journey, through change management and communication plans
Developing other talents (project analyst and also project members in the GBU)
Main outputs:
Support deployment of transformation improvement plans and projects (e.g Maintenance & Reliability, Gross Margin Optimization, Fixed Cost Reduction, MRO, Digital) in various areas of Industrial
Working actively with senior transformers and domain leaders.
Support project leader/senior project leader or domain expert in decision making by generating insights through creating and analyzing data and also to support methodology and process: building documentation, support network animation, facilitating workshops
Inspires Mindset of continuous improvement by exemplarity, and help to establish the sustainability of improvement
Support Tracking project results (in cooperation with transformation center corporate team and change leaders on the site)
Lead and support problem-solving & task forces, bring support to the site and project manager during transformations
Deploys and provides insight to Solvay Maintenance and Reliability process & methodology, ensuring the integration of target and references defined by the maintenance strategy team of the group
The perimeter of Cost Influenced: 30 - 150 MEUR
The perimeter of impact with main programs: 2 - 10 MEUR
Supporting all GBU's, application of transformation processes and Methodologies, covering mainly NA and spot support to Canada and Mexico
BS Degree Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical preferred) or MBA
From 5-15 years experience with a technical background in manufacturing, maintenance, and reliability.
Familiar with the industrial environment, results-oriented, and culture of continuous improvement.
Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
Ability to challenge and adapt existing ways of working
Coaching, Influencing and motivating capabilities, driving changes without direct authority on teams (Impact & Influence)
Languages: English fluent, any other language is a plus