Director, Operational Excellence
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Morristown
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
). The person will be responsible in driving the process rigor,
managing, and updating the SOPs, working with IT in setting up
business bowlers and dashboards.In this role, person will drive
operational productivity initiatives and process excellence related
to outages and will be accountable for cost KPIs for the Business
Line, and for business outcomes (e.g., performance against Safety,
Quality, On Time Delivery, and Cost Targets).Key
Responsibilities
- The selected candidate shall be the single point of contact and
setting up for all elements of planned outages and factors
impacting cost. Accountable to develop and implement processes to
better understand cost drivers and prioritize improvement
projects.
- Partner with the regional outage excellence SMEs on continuous
process & systems improvements. These projects will be evaluated
and prioritized based on business impact.
- Partner with the outage maintenance team to setup a robust cost
target setting and cost tracking system. This also includes
collecting data to measure outage cost, the accurate bucketization
of cost (OPEX/CAPEX/Non-Outage) and establishing cost standards
(Outage Cost Catalog).
- Establish and enforce process accountability and communication
between the Sites, Region, Productivity and Central ops. team
through established KPIs.
- Work with IT team in establishing the business KPIs, Bowlers,
dashboard for providing process and cost visibility.
- Work with productivity team to establish the process for
sharing regional best practices and lesson learnt on outage
execution and are shared across regions.
- Collaborate with the Sourcing, Outage Engineering, and other
functions (PMO) to improve and meet cost targets.
- Work with different value stream owners project leaders to
understand the overall financial and operational impact of proposed
changes to outage scope, and schedule. Build strong relationships
and communicate clearly between central and regional outage
maintenance leaders.Required Qualification:
- Master's Degree from an accredited university or college in
Business or Engineering or related stream
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience within the Energy industry
and their products
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple programs.
- Demonstrated ability to follow and enhance processes with
efficient and sustainable controlsDesired Characteristics
- Strong background in Field Services transformation, especially
working experience with the outage team would be a distinct
advantage.
- BB/MBB certification and/or a proven education or work history
in statistical analysis of complex data and measurement
systems.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities working across a matrixed
organization.
- Proven ability to work efficiently with minimal direct
supervision. Self-motivated with demonstrated ability to motivate
others to achieve results.
- Highly motivated and focused on meeting business commitments,
driving change & implementing process improvements.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills.Our DEI
CommitmentCovanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed
an Affirmative Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate
against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity,
disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental,
and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for
service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other
characteristic protected by law. Know Your Rights ()Please note
that Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the
applicant's experience or skills.If you are an individual with a
disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable
accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to
access job openings or apply for a job on this site because of your
disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by going to
Covanta.com and clicking on the 'Contact Us' button. Under
Inquires, select 'Careers' in the Interest field, fill out all
required fields including your message. In the message section,
please note this is a 'Job Application Accommodation Request'.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, West Orange , Director, Operational Excellence, Executive , Morristown, New Jersey
Didn't find what you're looking for? Search again!
Loading more jobs...