Open+ Manager- Philippines

Our client is a trailblazing pioneer in the Tobacco Manufacturing Industry. What sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to innovation and progress. They have embarked on a remarkable journey of transformation, with a resolute aim to create a smoke-free future. This ambitious endeavour has completely redefined every aspect of their business, from the production and distribution of their products, to how they interact with their customers and society as a whole.

By embracing this transformation, our client is leading from the front, with their pioneering vision and steadfast determination to create a smoke-free future.

With a workforce of more than 75,000 talented individuals worldwide across 180 countries, they have truly established themselves as a global leader in the industry. 

Responsibilities:

• Ensure full compliance with local legislation and company policies and practices. Adhere to all Environment, Health and Safety (Sustainability) rules, policies and practices.
• Ensure safety instruction, safety traineeship, and safety knowledge assessment for subordinates in cases as required by applicable legislation.
• Ensure all subordinates enforce to all applicable Sustainability policies and procedures. Work in close collaboration with Sustainability department to develop and improve departmental safety and job procedures.
• Encourage correct quality behavior, behavior safety and mindset by demonstrating consistent behaviors and leads by example.
• Holds a high level of self and others accountability towards safety.
• Ensure execution of Open+ tools, teams engagement and participation to Sustainability programs
• Ensure the affiliate’s alignment of the operating standards according to global solutions, ensure sustainable knowledge sharing on continuous improvement tools and methods, standard work processes, daily management systems and pillars according to the global standards.
• Own the OPEN+ implementation and deployment in the affiliate according to the region/cluster OPEN+ deployment strategy and MOF in order to ultimately establish an integrated operating system.
• Concur to region/cluster OPEN+ Strategy development by representing the affiliate on region/cluster meetings and workshops, ensure affiliate challenges, priorities and initiatives are understood and integrated into the region/cluster OPEN+ plans.
• Ensure the overall accountability and governance of the OPEN+ deployment and the sustainability of the system within the affiliate. Ensure all methods, standards and processes within affiliate are fully in line with the global standards and aligned with the region/cluster governance/deployment team.
• Develop the affiliate’s strategy and roadmap in line with the region/cluster OPEN+ plans in order to achieve continuous improvement in the OPEN+ journey.
• Assess the organization and processes to develop efficient and effective OPEN+ plans. 
• Develop internal communications strategies, organization and system leading the implementation of related plans to ensure full alignment with Company strategies, objectives, values, behaviors at affiliate level.
• Supervise, lead, coordinate and develop the internal communication community to ensure the use of the proper communication tools and channel and the effectiveness of the Company and departmental communication plans and activities.
• Continuously review best practices and adjust affiliate plans to maximize people engagement into productivity generation, driving innovation and increasing organization agility to deliver business results in accordance with the defined standards and practices.
• Ensure best practices are recognized, shared and adopted into affiliate’s standards.
• Ensure proper affiliate’s OPEN+ organization structure including a robust career path to meet OPEN+ objectives and plans.
• Ensure a pipeline of talents are in place to support the continuous improvement effort in the affiliate and to maintain sustainability of OPEN+ expertise and capabilities.
• Support the organizational leaders to drive the OPEN+ culture.
• Coordinate training activities in the affiliate related to OPEN+ deployment.
• Engage region management teams and key partners into communications plans.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master degree
• Strong experience in Manufacturing / Quality / LEAN / Product development / Supply Chain or other beyond Manufacturing departments
• Deep knowledge of IOS/OPEN: pillars, standard work processes, lean / continuous improvement, systems and tools 
• Functional: Manufacturing processes (tobacco processing, make-pack-filtermaking), Quality and PPMD processes (quality requirements, stage-date, regulatory requirements, product knowledge, etc.), Sustainability practices and standards, Supply Chain processes, HR practices and processes
• Experience in “lead others” career stages
• Soft skills: Leadership, collaboration and communication skills, Training skills, Coaching and Mentoring skills
• Proficient in English