Regional Manufacturing Excellence Specialist

Givaudan; Northwest; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Regional Manufacturing Excellence Specialist, where your expertise will drive innovative food and fragrance solutions. With a focus on digitalization and continuous improvement, you will lead projects that enhance operational efficiency across the APAC region. Collaborate with talented professionals to implement cutting-edge technologies and best practices, ensuring quality and process efficiency. This role offers an inspiring environment that values creativity and teamwork, allowing you to make a significant impact on the lives of billions. Embrace this opportunity to thrive in a diverse and inclusive culture, shaping the future of manufacturing excellence.

Benefits

Attractive package with benefits

Excellent opportunities for progressive learning

Creative team environment

Comprehensive healthcare plans

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 5 to 15 years of working experience in B2B or FMCG industry.
• Experience in implementing digitalization and automation projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee on-time completion of projects and savings generated.
• Lead as Programme manager for Digitalization and Automation APAC.

Skills

Digitalization

Automation

Data Analytics

Continuous Improvement

LEAN Green Belt

Education

Technical University degree in Chemical Engineering

Technical University degree in Computer Science

Technical University degree in Data Science

Job description

Step into our world of creativity and joy!

Regional Manufacturing Excellence Specialist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances, and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There are many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, personality, and determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Regional Manufacturing Excellence Specialist APAC - Your future position?

As the ManEx Specialist, you will oversee the on-time completion of projects, savings generated in projects led or supported by ManEx and PT across APAC.

Working location: 1 Woodlands Avenue 8

Reporting to: Head of ManEx & Process Technology APAC

Main Responsibilities

1. Contribute to Major ManEx and PT Projects

• Share best practices in the region (Gap Assessments, updates, support to implement actions, trainings, skill development)
• Lead as Programme manager for Digitalization, Analytics, and Automation APAC to build roadmap with important partners and site teams
• Help implement the UNS (Unified Namespace) project and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) as the APAC coordinator

Participate as Team Member in APAC Projects

• Support for skills matrix development and tailored training programs for technical topics.
• Support on GPS Gap assessments
• Active participation in Improved agility in First Time Right Quality achievement.
• Represent quality and process efficiency requirements (URS) in CAPEX projects and site masterplans, support qualification (PQ and OQ) and commissioning of new processing installations
• Promote connectivity, coherence, and integration between sites, businesses, and central functions, ensuring capabilities are adapted and weighted towards the businesses' priorities

Lead smaller and medium ManEx and PT Projects

• Review, analyze, update, and support improvement of internal quality performance indicators (Z2Q and Z2P) trends in the region
• Drive cross-functional engagement in Industrialization Performance (Lead Time, Ratio Industrialized to Sold), Manufacturing Instruction compliance, Continuous improvement Maturity Assessment, Simplification, and Integrated Audits

Collaborators

• Work in close collaboration with Continuous Improvement, Regional Process Technology, Packaging, Site Operations, Flavour Creation, Supply Chain Management APAC, Global COE (Engineering, CI), Global ManEx Best Practices Team

Main Requirements

• Technical University degree in Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or Data Science
• Minimum 5 to 15 years of working experience
• Function-related experience of minimum 3 years (not mandatory specific Process Technology or Manufacturing Excellence experience)
• Working experience in either a B2B or FMCG industry
• Experience in implementing digitalization, automation projects, or data analytics initiatives
• Experience in Continuous Improvement, LEAN Green Belt

Our Benefits

• Attractive package with benefits
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• A creative team environment that will inspire you
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• Paid time off

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate, and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions, and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers, and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Remote working: On-site