**Job title: Manufacturing OPEX Leader** **Job Responsibilities:** * Oversees the deployment and integration of essential capabilities and standardized operational approaches introduced through the (Intraoperative Surgical Checklist) ISC transformation, ensuring seamless implementation across the organization, aligning them with organizational goals and customer needs. * Plans, maintains, and drives the execution of Hoshin planning at both regional and site levels, ensuring sustainability and continuous improvement. * Promotes and conducts thorough evaluations and calibration exercises to assess the organization's maturity in Operational Excellence, utilizing established frameworks and metrics. * Guides Plant Management Teams (PlantMTs) in enhancing key business metrics through regular Operational Excellence (OPEX) assessments and actionable insights. * Collaborates with the business to address issues effectively, leveraging lean tools, Continuous Improvement (CI) methodology, Kaizen events, and Problem Solving techniques. * Spearheads initiatives to foster robust engagement and collaboration among Business Group Operations and Functional leaders, facilitating effective communication and alignment. * Leads productivity planning and execution while maintaining an end-to-end view of value chain efficiency and effectiveness, optimizing resource allocation and performance. * Identifies and initiates enhanced cost-saving opportunities through strategic process streamlining, advanced analytical techniques, and cross-functional collaboration. * Assists in formulating a strategic vision for operational excellence over the long term, considering the implications of evolving business trends, and looking out for changes to be accommodated in the strategy. * Manages talent across the team, while driving employee selection, performance management, compensation management, career development, and ensuring effective operational management. **You're the right fit if:** + Minimum 5 years of experience with Bachelor's OR Minimum 3 years of experience with Master's in areas such as Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent. + Solid hands-on execution experience in Make to order and Make to Stock type of manufacturing mode + Lean Master or Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent. **Preferred Skills:** * Operational Excellence Methodologies * Operational Excellence Tools * Project Management * Change Management * Process Optimization * Continuous Improvement * Operational Excellence Assessment * Data Analysis & Interpretation * Business Acumen * Troubleshooting * People Management * Strategic Planning **How we work together** We believe that we are better together than apart. **About Philips** We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. * Learn more about our business. * Discover our rich and exciting history. * Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.