Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Nestlé SA; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food and beverage company in Singapore is seeking a professional to lead Total Productive Maintenance initiatives. The role includes supporting teams on the shop floor, coaching leaders, and managing projects for continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in engineering, 5-7 years of experience, and strong leadership skills. This position offers an opportunity to drive sustainable improvements while maintaining high-quality standards.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of relevant working experience in a similar capacity.
• Demonstrated capability to lead a group of people.
• Intermediate knowledge of TPM or similar continuous improvement methodology.

Responsibilities

• Support teams in the TPM activities on the shopfloor.
• Coach the pillar leaders and members.
• Report and validate project results to stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Change Management

Education

Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering or related fields

Job description

A day in the life of…

• Actively support the teams in the TPM (Total Performance Management / Total Productive Maintenance) activities on the shopfloor.
• Coach the pillar leaders and members.
• Promote and support cross-fertilisation of ideas, knowledge, standards and improvements.
• Coordinate the support from external consultants if applicable.
• Motivate & empower people through positive attitude and stimulate change in traditional mind set.
• Integration of Pillars.
• Coordination with master pillar leaders and TPM coordinators.
• Consistent measuring, monitoring and improvement of factory standards whilst safeguarding assets.
• Ensure the implementation of the Best Practices as defined in the HPF BiC Repositories and Globe Business Excellence.
• Optimise the use of systems to maintain and improve competitiveness.
• Leadership of projects for improvements - Drive Factory initiatives to develop, implement and maintain sustainable improvements, cost reduction and competitiveness whilst maintaining Nestle Quality Standards.
• Report & validation of project results - Monitoring the implementation of improvement intitatives within the factory, ensure that the benefits are properly measured and that the impact on production costs are clearly identified. Results are communicated to stakeholders.
• Training & methodological support - Practice and serve as a mentor to the leaders of focused improvement projects in the factory. Conducting and implementation of continuous improvement tools within the factory. Coordination of CI team activities (training, team formation, monitoring of progress, information sharing).
• Technical support for production including using industrial performance tools to ensure successful troubleshooting and debottlenecking of process flow related to equipment. Conduct on his own focused improvement projects, or coordinate and lead multi-functional teams to improve.
• Training, coaching and assessment for the factory and the local committees on GA practices.
• Responsible to implement safety and environment practices in the workplace.

What will make you successful

• Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering or related fields
• 5 to 7years of relevant working experience in a similar capacity
• Demonstrated capability to lead a group of people
• Intermediate knowledge of TPM or similar continuous improvement methodology
• Good understanding of the business needs
• Exposure to implementing continuous improvement and employee involvement techniques. Implementation experience of TPM
• Problem solving techniques
• Change management
• Good stakeholder management and influencing skills