09: Increasing Operational Performance for a French Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology Group
in the role of "Head of Industrial Engineering & Program Management"
French Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology Group
Leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical dosing systems, with a focus on plastic injection molding technology and highly automated assembly.
Head of Industrial Engineering & Program Management
Responsible for program management of all customer projects, plastic injection molding technology, assembly and automation technology, plant layout planning incl. value stream analysis & design, as well as SAP data management.
- Management of customer projects, from pilot series to stable series production.
- Process development and optimization for injection molding and assembly.
- Design of injection molds and assembly systems.
- Supplier management in close coordination with purchasing.
- Production support for injection molding and assembly.
- Leadership of approximately 45 employees with reporting line to the site & plant manager.
Initial Situation & Tasks:
- Bridging a vacancy due to short-notice resignation of the previous position holder (health-related, burnout).
- Insufficient performance of the Industrial Engineering team.
- Quality deficiencies in engineering and production processes.
- Upcoming implementation of a major structural adjustment in production with definition and introduction of “Autonomous Production Units” (APUs).
- Selection and onboarding of the future position holder and Head of Industrial Engineering.
Activities / Measures:
- Consistent leadership of the unit, including introduction of leadership principles, with clear definition and communication of each individual role within the unit.
- Structural and process optimization, including introduction of a Program Management team leader and a person responsible for plant layouts and value stream management, plus consistent shopfloor management.
- Identified weaknesses in the “New Product Introduction (NPI)” process and addressed them together with the French headquarters.
- Implementation of overdue personnel measures.
- Definition of the APU structure including adapted roles and processes.
Key Achievements/Results:
- Performance and commitment of the team were significantly increased.
- Identified deficiencies in the engineering and production process were eliminated.
- Introduction of the “Autonomous Production Units” (APUs) was prepared.
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