Continuous Improvement Manager, Thailand

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The Continuous Improvement Manager will lead the implementation of the Ingredion Performance System (IPS) initiatives in Thailand, focusing on driving improvement and increasing operational efficiency.

Kewajiban

• Lead the implementation of Ingredion Performance System (IPS) initiatives in Thailand, and sustainability of IPS to drive improvement and increase operations efficiency.
• Collaborate with teams to develop an improvement, sustainability, and continuous improvement and preventive IPS culture, plans to reduce losses, and improve effectiveness’s through root cause analysis and facilitate implementation of IPS strategy across Thailand.
• Direct supervise Thailand IPS initiatives with country manufacturing director and 4 plants leadership support.
• Chair the Thailand IPS Steering Committee. Develop, standardize and track KPIs, best operational practices and root cause analysis for improvement projects. Identifies, evaluates and presents projects aligned with the operating or strategic agendas.
• Drive initiatives to reduce costs overall, increase productivity and quality to deliver overall cost savings target with collaboration of country and plant leadership team in Thailand.
• Manage/assist with sites overall savings targets for IPS efforts. While the savings will be rolled into the individual site savings to report and claim, this role will share direct responsibility for achieving these targets.
• Provide leadership and support to team on IPS pillars and foundation management systems implementations.
• Support IPS Projects (PDCA, LSS and CAPEX) to assure short and long-term IPS Roadmap in Thailand.
• Coordinate with APAC IPS Learning group training, processes, tools and reporting activities.
• Lead and drive a data driven culture of continuous process improvement throughout the organization utilizing improvement projects principles.
• Serve as a focal point for IPS activities and expert resource in country.
• Maintain and continue to expand personal knowledge of IPS system; be considered an internal resource and expert in Lean Six Sigma for Thailand.

Kualifikasi

• Strong experience in continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean and Six Sigma.
• Proven track record of leading improvement initiatives and driving operational efficiency.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with various teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Experience in manufacturing or related industries is preferred.