Senior Process Engineer

Your mission

Developing and leading systems and process control methodology to drive continuous improvement in the factory.
Be the contact point for Innovation (R&D) for capability assessment and product commercialization
Be the gatekeeper of hand-over of clear product and process specifications for transfer to quality and production
Liaise with Capex engineering and R&D to define production capabilities gaps and propose future technology enhancements and assist commissioning of new equipment’s
Be champion of change implementation in the plant

Engineering: Capability assessment & technology enhancements

Assesses capabilities and define gaps
Proposes Engineering Key CAPEX technology enhancement projects
Assists the installation, testing, Factory Acceptance Trial (FAT), accountable for operational qualification, support Site Acceptance Trial (SAT) of new equipment and machinery
Supports the commissioning and qualification of new machinery
Provides specific SPC, 6 sigmas expertise to Capex engineering

Process Engineering/Industrialization:

Be production representative at NPD session in line with NPD gates process
Works in close collaboration with R&D
Plays important role with R&D, Quality and Production to optimize product quality, equipment capability and cost to serve at industrial scale by being involved from trials phase
Manages the start-up and first production follow-up
Organises the handover from R&D towards production
Organises and verifies the final check and validation of the instructions before first production
Follows the first production in accordance with R&D and initiate changes when needed
Provides a final update of the production instructions and master data after a satisfactory number of production runs
Validate BOM in PLM and DDF
Defines standards for output & scrap of new products, and ensure change management if needed
Measures CPk in collaboration with quality control, assess variability, challenges targeted specifications with SPC methodology for new products
Installs and supervises the maintenance of systems to perform documented design-reviews at each stage in the Operations part of the NPD process
Guarantees that no production can start without having passed all the stages with a positive advice out of the design-reviews, resulting in all the required documents, certificates, approved art-works, line-sheets, etc.

Process control

Be champion in Lean management in dimension of process control, continuous improvement and standardization
Oversees the commissioning and qualification of new machinery
Defines and implements process control systems including SPC and centre-lining systems assuring the process works at the optimum level, to the right engineered rate and quality of output
Defines the process control strategy plan and establish production processes key target process parameters and ensures the implementation of these parameters
Oversees creation of instructions to ensure follow-up of the target values
Evaluates the (statistical if possible) capabilities of production processes
Puts in place processes with the goal to decrease variations and fluctuations in the production process (improved CPk)
Standardizes the entire operations instructions and centralizes and manages the line forms database
Is responsible for establishing and maintaining a structure within the production to guarantee a continuous improvement in the production processes.
Analyses the production processes and come with solutions to improve the efficiencies and scrap rates.
Has a joined responsibility with Maintenance manager and the production leaders on the production losses in general (product scrap, rework, labour cost) that are above the defined standards.
Challenges these remaining ‘standard’ losses on a continuous basis and establish processes to sustain the improvements

Your profile

Technical background

Engineering degree in Production, Chemistry or Food Sciences (or equivalent)
Min 10 years of experience in production/engineering
Demonstrated experience in project management
Demonstrated capability in people management in an organization of minimum 1 direct reports
Knowledge of chocolate production processes, SHE systems, quality systems
Knowledge in NPI stage process and industrialization protocoles
Knowledge in FAT/SAT/ equipment qualification process
Strong experience in change management, 6 sigmas, SPC (Lean green belt)
French or Dutch and English

Soft skills

Superior analytical skills and professionalism: Rigorous, precise and reliable in data analysis and reporting as well as in respect of procedure, rules and core values
Problem solving: Demonstrated capability for problem finding and problem solving and decision making with a win-win approach.
Communication: Extravert, Superior communication skills including listening, verbal and written. Ability to lead cross-functional meetings, be persuasive and to drive decisions and actions
People coaching and development: Recognized ability to develop people by effective communication and feedback, setting of clear responsibilities and objectives with individual evaluation and development plan
Customer focus: Demonstrates service oriented attitude under all situations
Process orientated: Recognizes importance and drives process compliance linked to sound understanding of all aspects of supply chain process. Ability to address problems conceptually, in process flow.

Continuous improvement attitude

Adaptability and Team working: Flexible, adjust readily to new situations while effectively dealing with ambiguity, stress and uncertainty.
Multi-tasks and sense of urgency: Demonstrated ability to deal with multi-tasks with effective prioritization, planning and organization – stress resistance

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