Senior Operational Excellence SME | Black Belt

Umicore AG & Co. KG; Nysa; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Umicore is seeking a Business Process Professional-SME Analytical Lab to drive continuous improvement across the Analytical Lab landscape. The role focuses on cost-sensitive process optimization, KPI standardization, and OE governance.

You will mentor colleagues, lead major improvement projects, benchmark best practices, and work with site management across the AL organization to implement efficient processes and financial modeling improvements.

Qualifications

• The holder of this position will manage continuous improvement across the AL landscape and be accountable for results, with KPI-based standards.
• Drive cost metadata and task ownership for business results in the AL area.
• Lead significant improvement projects delivering tangible business benefits.
• Identify opportunities with site management to improve processes.
• Benchmark best practices within AL, coordinating with Analytical Technology and SME domains.
• Roll out KPIs and standardize targets across the organization, enabling performance tracking.
• Gatekeeper of OE processes, policies and framework.
• Drive OE maturity assessments and support area roadmaps across AL.
• Mentor less experienced colleagues in Operational Excellence.
• Willingness to travel to other Business Units in different countries.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement projects with cost-saving impact and KPI standardization.
• Follow up on site cost metadata and drive business results in the AL area.
• Lead major improvement projects delivering tangible benefits to the business.
• Identify and implement opportunities for improvement with site management.
• Benchmark practices and maintain an AL continuous improvement community with SME collaboration.
• Roll out KPIs across the organization and ensure target setting and monitoring.

Skills

Continuous improvement

Project management

OE expertise

Mentoring

Job description

Umicore is seeking a Business Process Professional-SME Analytical Lab to drive continuous improvement across the Analytical Lab landscape. The role focuses on cost-sensitive process optimization, KPI standardization, and OE governance.

You will mentor colleagues, lead major improvement projects, benchmark best practices, and work with site management across the AL organization to implement efficient processes and financial modeling improvements.