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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Cell HPS Manager
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About this Position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
- This position is the area HPS expert who will drive implementation of local and global best practices across all lines in the area and for safety, quality, productivity (OEE, MTBF, UPDT), people capability and costs for the cell. Cell HPS manager designs, implements and maintains systems to collect and analyze data for the cell to prioritize the tasks focusing on continuous improvement. This position is a key leader on the cell leadership team.
- The HPS manager is a key leader on the cell leadership team.
- Core responsibility is to identify and drive improvement to reduce inefficiencies, waste and product variation through the application of HPS tools and methodologies.
- Owns critical daily management systems. SIM, DH, CILT, CL. Participates in the daily direction-setting process – report results, flag issues and request resources. Keeps the team focused on addressing key issues & priorities
- Standardizes equipment and work processes. Reapplies across equipment and lines. Prepare and give trainings associated with standards and processes
- Key contributor in technical reviews and assessments for Technical Readiness from Project establishment through launch
- Collaborate with cell process engineer/technician and reliability manager to develop standards to improve the effectiveness of daily operations. (operator efficiency, machine reliability, sustainability and waste reduction)
- Work hand in hand with operations team (SM and associates) to maximize efficiencies while promoting Henkel HPS strategies.
- Interface with global leaders to report out on local production system roadmaps, performance data, and best operating practices.
What makes you a good fit
- Motivate and support the operational team to continue to execute activities at a high level with the end goal of continuous improvement within the cell
- Listen, coach and teach all levels of the cell organization striving for operational excellence
- Empower the cell team to utilize HPS techniques
- Continue evaluation of current work processes to improve workflow, time, cost and frequency. And the ability to quantify improvements per KPI
- Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills and the ability to present proposals and projects to all levels of management
- Team first mentality
- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead and influence through a matrix organization.
- Agility to support changes in a dynamic work environment
- Demonstrated ability to present proposals and projects to all levels of management
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3 years minimum experience applying continuous improvement tools and methodologies in an industrial setting.
Some benefits of joining Henkel
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
The salary for this role is $90,000.00 - $110,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
JOB ID: 26091634
Job Locations: United States, KY, Bowling Green, KY
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English. Should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company, you will be working with colleagues from all over the world, and English is our official company language. Generally, our recommendation is to please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact, it is our expectation that Henkel employees will want to grow and explore different career paths during their time with us. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and in two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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