Associate Director., Operational Excellence MPS

West Point Mps Associate Director

The West Point, PA site is our company's largest vaccine manufacturing facility that manufactures bulk and final dosage forms for our vaccine products and is growing to meet future demand. Our company's production system, MPS, is an integrated production system for how we design, manage, and continuously improve our operations and supporting business processes, enabled through the development of our people. The West Point Site MPS Team is responsible for driving MPS throughout the organization to enable change in the operating systems, management systems, and mindsets, behaviors, and capabilities of our people to manufacture product of the highest quality, for the lowest cost, and in the shortest lead time.

Under the direction of the West Point Site MPS Lead, the successful candidate will work with all levels of site leadership through teaching, 1 : 1 and team coaching and direct on-the-floor support / on the job development.

West Point Mps Associate Director Description of Responsibilities

• Effectively coach and partner with functional leaders, plant manager and the leadership team to develop strategic plans and execute performance improvement activities.
• Influence and link improvement objectives to the highest division priorities that align with our company's long-term strategy.
• Provide guidance to frame appropriate business challenges, identifying key business opportunities using data and industry knowledge and trends.
• Able to engage sponsors and clients and manage site-level initiatives to drive results and realize intended business benefit.
• Mentor leaders on effective communication and active listening techniques to fully understand client / customer needs and expectations.
• Manage teams to mitigate risk, allocate resources, and drive on-time completion of initiatives.
• Provide teaching and coaching to effectively transfer Lean skills into the organization for the development of Lean Leaders and fellow MPS team members who promote a culture of continuous improvement and challenge the status quo.
• Utilize various Lean standards in conjunction with our standardized deployment roadmap to diagnose, analyze and improve business processes.
• Strong competency in understanding and implementation of a Closed Loop System (Visual Management, Leader Standardized Work, Problem Solving and MPS / TPS Standards).
• Grasp the current situation through skillful application of value stream mapping, capacity analysis, and people capability analysis.
• Define a future state and create a master plan to achieve it.
• Develop Lean management systems, including visual management, to make problems visible.
• Respond with urgency to effectively break down complex problems, lead root cause analysis, and develop effective countermeasures.
• Lead and coach kaizens with a team to achieve multiple target conditions that enable progress towards an overall challenge.
• Design balanced work, with smooth flow leading to improved lead time, inventory, quality, and more value-added work for the operator / technician.
• Lead, develop and coach the implementation of level loaded standardized work across the site. Successful candidate should understand the use of supporting tools, such as Task Breakdown Sheets, Production Capacity sheets and Standardized Work Charts and Combination Tables.

Qualifications

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Preferred Experience and Skills :

As a company, we are committed to "Inventing for Life" in all that we do. We keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

The salary range for this role is $126,500.00 - $199,100.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https : / / jobs.merck.com / us / en / compensation-and-benefits .

You can apply for this role through https : / / jobs.merck.com / us / en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.