Manufacturing Operations Global Business Process Consultant

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food is available for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Job Description

About this opportunity:

We are looking for a Manufacturing Operations Global Business Process Consultant (BPC) to partner with business leaders to establish & drive the Crop Protection Manufacturing Excellence strategic agenda in both our Active Ingredients and Formulation, Fill & Pack operations.  In this role, you will ensure Manufacturing Operations process design integrity and optimisation, incorporating external insights and innovation where appropriate, while acting as a focal point for other BPC engagement and Manufacturing Operations activities.

You will be accountable for:

• Providing subject matter expertise, guidance and process leadership in order to support and improve business performance across Crop Protection manufacturing operations
• Ensuring a functional roadmap is established and prioritized by business leaders and mapped against the business strategy
• Identifying opportunities / risks resulting from situational changes such as new regulation, data insights, new business situations to shape new ways of working
• Working with senior stakeholders and Business Process Owners to identify & assess the feasibility of potential new solutions
• Working with the Project Management and Change & Transformation communities to scope and design solutions that maximize value for the business
• Effectively managing key interfaces (eg to Crop Protection Production & Supply Centre of Expertise, Functional Centres of Expertise, Business Process Owners, Operational Excellence, IT etc).

Knowledge, experience & capabilities required for the role:

Knowledge:

• Solid understanding of production operations ideally within a similar industry
• Knowledge of continuous improvement & operational excellence are advantage
• Literate in Smart Manufacturing
• Fluent in English, other languages are an advantage

Experience:

• Hands on experience of transformational change delivery within a global organization
• Working in a multi-cultural and complex matrix organization
• Production management roles or in other manufacturing areas
• Project and change management experience is an advantage

Capabilities:

• Sound influencing skills and ability to establish strong working relationships across the organizational hierarchy
• Analytical thinker, able to effectively break complex problems into simple steps. Balancing strategic direction with tactical short-term needs
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated team player with effective communication skills
• Flexible mindset and ability to work across diverse teams
• Able to tolerate ambiguity and capacity to adapt to new scenarios

In return for your skills and knowledge Syngenta will offer:

• Competitive benefits package
• Up to 31.5 days holiday
• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees

We embrace and encourage diversity, and this is what drives our innovation and lets us outperform the market. https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion

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Qualifications

A Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing or IT