Associate Director of TPM

• Ensure TPM is central to site strategy and the programme reflects identified improvement priorities
• Collaborate with the Leadership Teams to shape outcome-focused roll-out plans.
• Coordinate TPM activity across site teams and improve processes to support consistent implementation.
• Align site TPM implementation plans with regional and global Lean strategies, AZ Supply System Maturity Review, and site scorecard targets.
• Build relationships with frontline operational and engineering staff and coaching teams to sustain TPM standards
• Collaborate with Regional and Functional TPM Leaders, participating in cross-site networks as Local Process Champion for TPM.
• Develop and coordinate practical TPM learning through a ‘learning by doing’ approach
• Define TPM implementation processes from start to finish; establish process goals and targets; monitor process performance.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Strong interpersonal and change leadership skills, with a proven ability to build engagement, establish credibility and influence stakeholders at all levels. Able to coach and challenge leaders, technicians and operators, adapt communication to different audiences and bring cross-functional teams together around shared priorities.
• Relevant qualification in an Engineering or related technical/business field
• Experience of leading / implementing Total Productive Maintenance within a Manufacturing Environment
• Project management and improvement expertise
• A track record of understanding and application of change management principles
• Broad understanding of production and maintenance engineering processes

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Six Sigma (or Lean Six Sigma) Black Belt certification and/or certification from an accredited external Quality program
• Understanding of Good Automated Manufacturing Practice, current Good Manufacturing Practice and regulations as defined by local regulatory bodies

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