Apsa Manufacturing Operations Lead

Your chance to be in a regional leadership role and at the center of strategic excellence.
- Be part of a leading and reputable global Animal Health organisation
- Bring your entrepreneurial curiosity and learning spirit into a career of purpose, personal growth, and leadership.
- Engaging with key stakeholders and commercial leaders, providing critical insights to help shape the best outcome, aligned with overall business objectives and in line with operational requirements.

Our Animal Health division is a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to the health and well-being of animals. We are a global team of professionals working together to make a positive difference in animal care and the world's food supply, and we have a deep sense of responsibility toward our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet. We offer one of our industry's most innovative portfolios of products, services, and technologies that serve to prevent, treat, and control diseases across all major farm and companion animal species

We are a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing and delivery of solutions for animal identification, monitoring and traceability. Our data-driven solutions are used by farmers, companies and countries to manage hundreds of millions of animals worldwide. By putting intelligent, actionable management information into farmers’ hands, our solutions empower them to act in a timely manner to safeguard their animals’ health and wellbeing, while achieving optimal production outcomes for a healthy food supply.

**Overview**:
You will lead a regional team of 5 sites representing up to 500 HC. As the Regional Manufacturing Lead, you will lead the Asia Pacific & South Africa Manufacturing organization and be responsible for the manufacturing and operations of all products in the Region. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the Region, implying Tianjin (China), Manesar (India), Brisbane (Australia), Palmerston North (NZ), and Cape Town (South Africa). You will organize and optimize the operation in a 7/7 24/24 work structure including EHS, Quality, cost, Supply Chain and People. We prefer this role to be based in either Australia or China. It will involve travelling (at least 50%).

**What will you do**:

- As the regional manufacturing operations lead, you will set the overall regional strategy, including developing a 5-year plan to optimize site activity and performance.
- You will work with your team to evaluate and continuously improve the plant's Environmental, Health & Safety compliance posture. You will strive to provide all employees with a safe and healthy workplace.
- You will organize the manufacturing activities to guarantee an uninterrupted supply of products at a competitive cost. You will collaborate with the site Leadership Teams to ensure proper reporting.
- You will be responsible for the Product Quality delivered in your scope. You will provide the necessary evidence and documentation to keep products compliant with various global and national regulations related to these kinds of products. You will ensure that the Quality organization follows the Global Quality strategy.
- You will promote the creation of the right manufacturing performance tracking tools (incl. the right Key Performance Indicators) and use these tools to evaluate the performance of the manufacturing sites.
- You will promote Lean Manufacturing & 6 Sigma principles in the manufacturing facilities. You will sponsor the Continuous improvement & best practice sharing initiatives.
- You will co-define and execute a mid-long and long-term strategy for its manufacturing sites to cope with the targeted growth and the un-predictiveness of some markets.
- You will provide ongoing feedback and sponsors development opportunities to your Leadership Team, explicitly focusing on talent and expertise pool.
- You will ensure compliance within the Region according to AH trade standards and policies at Manufacturing sites. Supports trade compliance audits in the Region to ensure compliance with policies and procedures and assists in developing and implementing corrective and preventive actions.

**What should you have**:

- You have a Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience. Good understanding of ISO9001, ISO14001 & ISO18001 systems with lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma principles.
- You can successfully collaborate across functions and geographies and has extensive experience in driving cross-functional processes, with a career progression showing multifunctional growth.
- You demonstrate creativity and effectiveness in addressing strategic challenges. Possesses an entrepreneurial mindset; capable of thinking out of the box and taking measured risks. You are insightful about how Supply Chain capabilities can enable commercial success and drive growth multi-nationally.
- You are a strong, inspirational and enterprise