Asociado Senior Excelencia Operacional

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Senior Associate, Operational Excellence

Description:

The Senior Operational Excellence (OE) Associate is responsible for managing, leading, and implementing a Lean culture at the Santa Clara Site across all Site functions.

The OE leader is responsible for developing sustainable strategies to increase process efficiency and business effectiveness across our operations by implementing OE and Lean methodologies and driving those projects across the organization.

Functions, duties, activities:


* Operational Excellence (OE) Leadership: Develop, align, and implement OE initiatives to establish best-in-class operations at the Santa Clara site.


* Process Improvement & Efficiency: Develop new processes and tools to enhance business efficiency and operational effectiveness.


* Lean Culture Development: Cultivate a culture of Operational Excellence and continuous improvement within the plant.


* Lean Implementation & Maintenance: Implement and sustain core Lean elements (Gemba Walks, Skills Matrix, Huddles, Standard Work, etc.) and a robust continuous improvement system.


* Benchmarking and Collaboration: Benchmark against other sites and functions, share best practices, and collaborate with global OE and Production functions.

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What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):



* Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, Six Sigma Black Belt certification, and advanced English proficiency (written and verbal).


* Experience: Proven project management experience (PMP, Six Sigma) and at least five years in operational excellence or a related area.


* Key Skills: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills, combined with a proactive, independent work style and cross-cultural collaboration abilities.

Additional Information:


* Travel: 0% - 10%


* Location: Santa Clara, Ecatepec, CDMX

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