The Manager of Operational Excellence leads Lean and Six Sigma projects, coaches team members, and integrates continuous improvement programs while managing resources and performance metrics to enhance business operations.
Why Patients Need You
At Pfizer, our mission is to inspire a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management that empowers colleagues and enables simple, effective processes. Whether you are managing projects or liaising with others, your contribution in this team will help in making our work easier and faster so that we can deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
What You Will Achieve
Your organizational skills will help us integrate our continuous improvement programs across the organization, both vertically and horizontally. Thanks to your knowledge and skills, it will be ensured that the improvement programs yield results and strengthen the overall business strategies. You will work as a coach and a facilitator for improvement projects as well as maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
As a manager, you will support the program by taking care of project governance, project reviews, communications, trainings, certifications and rewards. You provide guidance to operational teams for managing projects. Your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of this discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between teams.
It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
Qualifications
Must-Have
Nice-to-Have
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
Continuous Imprv and Proj Mgmt
At Pfizer, our mission is to inspire a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management that empowers colleagues and enables simple, effective processes. Whether you are managing projects or liaising with others, your contribution in this team will help in making our work easier and faster so that we can deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
What You Will Achieve
Your organizational skills will help us integrate our continuous improvement programs across the organization, both vertically and horizontally. Thanks to your knowledge and skills, it will be ensured that the improvement programs yield results and strengthen the overall business strategies. You will work as a coach and a facilitator for improvement projects as well as maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
As a manager, you will support the program by taking care of project governance, project reviews, communications, trainings, certifications and rewards. You provide guidance to operational teams for managing projects. Your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of this discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between teams.
It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
- Manage Lean and Six Sigma projects end to end viz opportunity assessment, project creation, project management, project coaching, reporting, implementation and control
- Coach Yellow and Green Belt colleagues in the application and use of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to solve business problems
- Enhance capability of colleagues through YB training and certify them on completion of YB Certification. Support to arrange GB, BB and Lean training for the site
- Support team for identifying root causes for critical investigations and other issues to achieve Quality, Manufacturing Excellence
- Support to identify Cost Improvement projects and support cost savings
- Support Business Excellence lead in managing strategic projects, production systems and OpEx foundations at site
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Engineering graduate with at least Black Belt certification on Lean Six Sigma
- 8-12 years of experience in Lean Manufacturing and/ or Lean Six Sigma
- Competent in Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies and tools
Statistical analysis, Interpretation with use of Minitab
Ability to perform Statistical Studies with the appropriate with appropriate Statistical assumptions addressed
Ability to work and influence cross functional teams
Good Communication & Presentation Skills
Nice-to-Have
- Master Black Belt in Lean Sigma
Knowledge OpEx Model like Baldrige, CII Exim, Shingo
Leadership, Innovation and idea management
Awareness on Quality Management system.
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
Continuous Imprv and Proj Mgmt
Top Skills
Lean Six Sigma
Minitab
Pfizer Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
Chennai, India
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