OPEX Coordinator
What you will enjoy doing
OPEX Coordinator
ALPLA UK – Port Sunlight, Merseyside
Salary £35,000 - £40,000 DOE + Excellent Benefits
Monday to Friday (7-4)
At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.
We currently have an opportunity within our OPEX function for a Continuous Improvement professional to join our Port Sunlight location in Merseyside.
Purpose of job/mission:
To achieve Operational Excellence for the plant, through the effective application of improvement programs and execution of the OPEX Improvement Strategy. Lead improvement workshops & trainings, including Kaizen and SMED workshops.
What makes you great
Experience:
- At least 2 years of professional experience in Manufacturing and Lean Management, process analysis, supply chain, and project management.
- Basic training in continuous improvement systems (LEAN, Six-Sigma, etc.) or internal training in this aspect.
- Process management skills and strong analytical and methodical competence.
- Entrepreneurial thinking, project-oriented working, and passion for continuous improvement.
- Experience with quality tools, process mapping and problem-solving. Strengths in communication, moderation, and problem solving in many day-to-day situations, and being familiar with Change Processes.
- Experience with Supply Chain Processes.
- Leading and management skills are key.
- Team player and service oriented.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot preferred.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Experience in the use and deployment of Lean, OPEX Tools
- Ability to analyse data to identify improvement opportunity's
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Recognised certification Lean Six Sigma or equivalent (desirable)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel (desirable).
- Improvement and problem-solving techniques
- Project/programme management.
- Effective communication skills.
- Train the trainer (desirable).
What you can expect working with us
Tasks & responsibilities:
- To plan, implement and evaluate improvement processes for the plant.
- Participate in the definition of the local OPEX Improvement Strategy.
- Develop and execute implementation plan for OPEX Improvement Strategy.
- Regularly report progress against plan to local Management and key stakeholders
- Facilitate and participate in improvement projects including Kaizen and SMED workshops.
- Support process owners to implement new tools and improvement projects.
- Verify effectiveness of new tools and the sustained application in the plant.
- Ensure that ALPLA systems are implemented to the required standards
- Provide training to plant employees
- Create, identify and implement Good Practices using ALPLA Good Practice sharing platform.
- Participate in improvement workshops & training in other plants in the Region.
- Create and deliver communication plan for local participants and Regional stakeholders.
- To perform any other duties requested by the line manager from time to time that are consistent with the purpose of the job / specific function.
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Due to the high volume of applications we receive you will only be contacted if your skill set and experience match the requirements of the position.
Contact Kerry McCormick – ALPLA UK Talent Lead – for more information
Kontakt
ALPLA UK Limited
Kerry Mccormick, Human Resources
Unit 9 Stonecross Business Park, Yew Tree Way
WA3 3JD Golborne