Lesaffre is hiring a Regional Lean and Industry 4.0 Manager

Lean Management and Continuous Improvement: Leading continuous improvement initiatives across the MEA Region to enhance operational performance and promote lean management principles. Developing and implementing a robust lean framework to ensure consistent and effective deployment of lean practices aligned with global best practices. Contributing to the creation and execution of lean vision, strategy, policies, and procedures to drive operational excellence. Organizing and facilitating training programs to build a strong understanding of lean management, operational excellence, and continuous improvement among regional teams. Collaborating with each entity to establish, monitor, and report on their continuous improvement roadmaps, aligned with their priorities and strategies. Ensuring continuous improvement projects are strategically aligned and work closely with key stakeholders. Providing support and guidance to participants across the MEA region for the successful deployment of improvement initiatives. Conducting business processes and statistical analyses to identify and evaluate ongoing and potential improvement opportunities. Visiting regional plants, analyzing current conditions, collecting data, and proposing effective solutions to address identified issues. Performing root cause analysis to resolve problems detected or reported by the MEA region plants. Identifying business improvement opportunities for MEA region subsidiaries, developing projects and action plans, and presenting them to management. Contribution to new business initiatives and projects and reviewing/communicating the impact on lean activities. Development and publication of business improvement process documentation to reflect best practices Recommending cost optimization measures without compromising quality and service standards. Factory 4.0 & Automation Management: Managing and supporting the Factory 4.0 Regional Project Executive and Automation Leader, ensuring alignment with the regional industrial strategy. Validation of the OT (Operational Technologies) roadmap and ensuring IT-OT convergence Overseeing the regional "Factory 4.0" roadmap deployment, ensuring the proposed technological solutions serve the lean efficiency goals. Providing regular progress updates to the management team, including risks, dependencies, budgets, resources, and necessary actions. Ensuring health and safety requirements are met during the implementation of lean and technical projects.