Operational Excellence Manager

About The Role

The Operational Excellence Manager Africa will be responsible for developing, supporting, engaging, aligning, and contributing to the Continuous improvement initiatives in Africa connected with the “Go 4 Zero Together” Global Strategy.

Key Responsabilities :

• Contribute to the deployment of the continuous improvement culture in all departments and operations
• Train and develop project managers with CI leads of the sites for CI implementation and sustainability
• Plan and drive implementation of CI-strategy and programs at any site in the region
• Lead project development meetings and coordinate periodic review of project status and results for CI-projects
• Provide support to the Region and plants in tools of lean manufacturing
• Establish master training program for the OSCO group working with plants to identify the needs of the OSCO team.
• Support OSCO strategy “Go 4 Zero Together”
• Influence, support, guide and contribute to all the operational departments in Africa as follows: Beans grinding sites, Beans cleaning sites, and Supply Chain operations in total of 8 sites in 4 countries (Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast)
• Relate and work closely with all operational stakeholders as CI leads, Stream leaders, Plant Managers, SC managers, Finance partners, Controllers, also working as team member in the regional Africa level
• Close working activities with A&P leader for Africa and Global Cocoa specialists.

• University degree; a master or bachelor degree in Engineering, Food Science or Economics
• Experience in lean, TQM, six sigma or similar Continuous Improvement environments
• Experience in Project Management
• Fluent in English/French Language.
• Knowledgeable in MS Office Suite
• Excellent global stakeholder management requirement
• Excellent communication skills
• Master all elements of change management, including requirements structures and implementation barriers at all organizational levels
• Leadership and interpersonal skills
• Result-oriented.