What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Technology Leader position at Lesaffre North America?
Duties and Responsibilities include the following.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- PI Historian Deployment and Management (Cedar Rapids & Dothan sites)
- Ensure full compliance of PI Historian systems with corporate standards.
- Promote and implement new features to enhance operational performance.
- Deploy and maintain standardized PI functionalities across both sites.
- Provide training and onboarding support to new users of PI Historian.
- North America Referent – Group Industry 4.0 Program
- Act as the key point of contact for Industry 4.0 initiatives in North America.
- Report progress and results of local initiatives to corporate stakeholders.
- Represent the North America region in corporate Industry 4.0 meetings.
- Manufacturing Technology Program – 4.0 Program Leadership
- Collaborate with Operations and Lean Manufacturing teams to identify, pilot, and implement new technological developments that enhance industrial performance.
- Coordinate initiatives related to Manufacturing Technology (EBR, MES, OEE, others Manufacturing Applications).
- Lead selected projects, from scoping through deployment.
- Support OT/IT interface activities, ensuring seamless integration between shop-floor systems and corporate IT platforms.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Contribute actively as a member of the Process & Innovation (P&I) team, including participation in department meetings, preparation of reports, and involvement in cross-functional initiatives.
- Support additional activities or projects as assigned.
- Provide project management, analytical skills and expertise.
- Report on the progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success.
- Prepare technical documentation, develop specifications, and monitor the progress of projects.
- Ensure relevant on-going learning and development of employees in term of Industry 4.0 technologies.
- Ensure that the function operates in accordance with the EHS and Quality policies.
- Bachelor’s degree required, MS degree preferred, with an emphasis in Manufacturing and/or Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Industrial Environnement
- Experience on PI Historian Osisoft software is mandatory
- Experience in developing and deploying industrial digital applications (dashboards, OEE, MES, EBR, scheduling tools, etc.) is mandatory.
- Experience in Manufacturing Technology is required 4.0/Digital technologies including experience in automation, robotics/cobotics, digitalization, control systems, data acquisition and supervision, industrial plant monitoring network.
- Proven track record in leading digital manufacturing projects within an industrial environment is required preferably in Food/Pharma/Chemical industries.
- Basics concept of processes in Food/Pharma /Chemical industries
- Experience in Lean Manufacturing would be a plus.
- Experience managing multiple contractors to support projects.
- Proficiency in programming is not mandatory, but familiarity with DAX, Python, R, or JavaScript is considered a strong plus.
- A background in industrial automation systems (e.g., Rockwell, Siemens) would be an additional asset.
Limited U.S. business travel (5 - 10% of working time).
Competencies
All Employees
- Open minded
- Show curiosity and openness
- Listen actively to different ideas and points of view
- Adopt a positive attitude to change
- Show empathy (put him/herself in others’ shoes)
- Open to diversity
- Accept and ask for feedback
- Act as an innovation – change agent
- Come up with creative ideas to improve situations (processes, systems, services, products…)
- Experiment different and new ways of working
- Challenge the status quo with a mindset of continuous improvement
- Innovate while remaining constantly attentive to customers’ needs
- Learn from failures and treat them as Learning, Growing, and Improving moments
- Accountable
- Show proactivity
- Implement necessary actions and changes without delay
- Take ownership
- Come up with solutions instead of problems
- Concentrate on priorities
- Differentiate between essential and trivial matters
- Accept support from others, ask for it when needed, escalate when required
- Concentrate on his/her direct perimeter
- Consider team and group priorities in decision
- Achiever
- Strive for results and performance
- Focus on deliverables/expected results
- Back up statements with facts and figures
- Do what has been committed to
- Go the extra mile
- Deliver results while remaining customer centric
- Show professionalism and perseverance
- Work efficiently
- Remain focused on objectives
- Show resilience when facing obstacles
- Act honestly and ethically
- Team player
- Promote cooperation, collaboration, and team spirit
- Support others
- Remain available even under pressure
- Share information and best practices
- Learn from others
- Open to work with other departments
- Encourage others to do their best
- Put Team’s interest before own interest
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.