Plant Strategy and Factory Performance Manager

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
# 158944 - Cambridge, Ohio, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

 

Job Summary

 

The Cambridge Plant Strategy and Factory Performance Manager is accountable for leading and driving the five-year strategic and productivity plans for the site. They will use analytic data, gap analysis, external benchmarking and technical information to provide reliable tools and processes for decision making, strategic design and capabilities and continuous improvement. They will also act as the resource for Factory Performance and Reliability standards. This includes ensuring data accuracy, self-assessments, supporting the Operational Excellence (OE) audit program, and management of SDM RCA process, among other tasks.

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the Reimagined Strategy to provide proper guidance and roadmap of strategic activities needed in a 3-5 years time frame to meet Financial and Sustainability ambitions.

• Participate in the development and execution of special projects, evaluate plant efficiencies and future capacities to Build End of mind values. The purpose of these projects could be to address any particular need of the moment (e.g. Develop strategy and drive a product and materials portfolio simplification plan that benefits Plant Performance and Resilience), or projects identified as development opportunities for the benefit of the Manufacturing Strategy Manager.

• Lead and Coordinate Monthly Performance Reviews (including Efficiency, Losses, Financials and related critical metrics). Reviews in 3 stages (1. Internal, 2. Managerial local, and 3. Collaboration with All Regions through Planning/SNP and Net Ops). Including tracking performance improvement plans based on systematic mentality. Control and communicate production standards, including line rates, headcount, scrap, segmentation.

• Collaborate with plant leadership to ensure that FP&R activities are aligned with the site’s Capacity Growth Plan – Equipment Master Plan, Operational Strategy, Labor and People Strategy and Communication Strategies.

• Develop and communicate a clear Site responsibility matrix to identify key roles and responsibilities related to FP&R Standards implementation.

• Ensure that annual FP&R self-assessments are conducted and the site action plan is updated.

• Partner with site leadership to implement a system to ensure that critical metric performance is supervised and communicated

• Develop and own the continuous improvement systems as established by FP&R guidelines and standards by conducting regular data driven CI reviews, coordinating cross-functional evaluations of CI projects through return on investment (ROI), Continuous Improvement Plans (CIP) and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and ensure CI project timelines to achieve optimization initiatives.

• Partner with FP&R Leader and site Operations Manager and develop a site-wide approach to ensure that current standard procedures are available for line operations, changeovers, and inspections within the factory.

• Partner with focus factory management, team leaders and FP&R leader to coordinate 5S implementation across all individual equipment, lines, tools and production/general areas.

• Ensure that systems are in place to display visual elements using consistent color and symbol standards in accordance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

• Partner with the site EOHS Leader and Quality Manager to ensure that t