Context
Calderys/High Temperature Solutions (HTS) is an Imerys Business Area which serves three core markets – Iron & Steel, Foundry, and Thermal.
We combine unique business expertise to provide customized and innovative solutions from our 37 plants along with end-to-end value-added services to all our customers.
Being an international business, we offer to our more than 2500 employees a world ofopportunities in our various locations in 33 countries.
We put to work over 100 years of expertise to foster a positive impact for all our stakeholders. Every day we build a sustainable future through teamwork, customer orientation, and proactive mindset.
We are a company where performance is recognized and learning is promoted; an environment where you can grow and fulfill your potential; a workplace where every day is a new day and it isNEVER BORING!
Mission
Implement and drive industrial / I-Cube / Supply Chain / continuous improvement programs to improve site cost competitiveness and efficiency of our processes, practices and site organization
Responsibilities
• Leads Continuous Improvement programs deployment across the HUB by supporting the 2 pillars of I3 : improving Working conditions with MUST HAVES and generating margin improvement
• Cultivates and promotes a strong continuous improvement culture across the HUB
• Leads Continuous Improvement programs deployment across the HUB by supporting the 2 pillars of I3 : improving Working conditions with MUST HAVES and generating margin improvement
• Cultivates and promotes a strong continuous improvement culture across the HUB
• Implement new performance management system for the site with respect of BA guidelines
• Facilitate/lead lean workshops (Kaizen, Hoshin,...) for quick improvements
• Supports analysis of processes and practices to enable safety / efficiency / quality continuous improvement initiative generation, also with the support of Imerys Centers of Excellence and other Business Areas Centers of Excellence
• Perform assessments on the site to evaluate industrial maturity and gap discrepancy as per Group standards
• Shop floor support to analyse processes and practices to enable safety / efficiency / quality continuous improvement initiative generation, also with the support of Imerys Centers of Excellence and other Business Areas Centers of Excellence
• Actively support the COO of the plant in production capacities designing/engineering: define and specify Process Equipment, issue Process Specifications for Inquiry.
• Generates detailed continuous improvement initiatives across the site to generate savings
• Maintains and creates appropriate documentation for reports, project execution, and data analysis
• Develops a strong expertise in mineral processing and provides mentorship for the on-site process teams, also via technical trainings
• Find ideas to upgrade existing processes and define new ones
• Submit regular reports reflecting project financials, expenditures, savings, and any site performance KPI applying also best practices when required.
• Leads effective operational processes’ implementation
• Monitors progress of continuous improvement projects and related savings, including process management improvement, process modification, energy optimization
• Key interfaces: ensures tight coordination with COO and I Cube teams
• Culture changes: support behavior changes (agile way of work,..) to sustain continuous improvement efforts beyond project activities.
Profile/Competencies
Educational Background
• Engineer or equivalent work experience
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green or Black belt) is a plus
Key competencies
• Ability to perform and understand process modelling
• Demonstrated capabilities of reaching cost reduction and productivity by working on process improvement, development of new processes
• Strong Continuous Improvement culture and methods (project management, Kaizen, 6-sigma, value stream mapping, …)
• Strong Analytical skills, incl. research
• Problem solver
• Strong Project Management skills
• Technical / process expertise
• Ability to positively influence teams in a matrix organization
• Able to organize training paths forall levels of the organisation
• Cooperation mindset and openness to listen to the input from other departments and stakeholders
• Turkish andEnglish arerequired
Is a plus
• Good base knowledge of the main Process in Minerals processing
• Ability to make field measurements through specific Instrumentation (airflows, flue gas composition, etc)
• Knowledge on Control and Automation
• Softwares: Google suite/ Minitab/SAP/ any BI