Nestlé are looking for a Manufacturing Excellence Intern based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Manufacturing Excellence Intern supports Factory Team to achieve World-Class Manufacturing Excellence by leveraging NCE practices to improve business results in a continuous and sustainable manner and ultimately the factory to become a Lean Enterprise.
The Manufacturing Excellence Intern supports the implementation of NCE across the Factory or drive the NCE implementation in limited scope of the factory.
Your Role
A day in the life of a Manufacturing Excellence Intern:
Support the strategic plan development and management in the Factory:
- Support the factory to achieve their business goals by applying NCE Methodologies;
- Helps to translate the Market priorities and function priorities into the Factory/area OMP;
- Ensures the right cascading of priorities and measures from the Market to the Factory/area;
- Defines and embeds NCE projects and initiatives into the Factory/area objectives and align Local Leadership Teams towards the plan.
Establish adequate competencies for the Factory:
- Stewards, trains, supports, and coaches the Factory Leadership Team and Local Leadership Teams in the NCE in Manufacturing competencies (e.g.GA, FI, LVS, AM) and applicable manufacturing standards.
Improvement in Manufacturing Excellence results:
- Promotes and supports cross-fertilization of Manufacturing best operations, knowledge, standards and improvements across the factories ;
- Ensures an overall understanding of the different NCE methodologies (pillars) within the Factory Leadership Team, functions and how they integrate through the NCE implementation plan avoiding silo working;
- Conducts specific projects to support results improvement around priorities established by the Factory; Provides hands-on support to the Local Leadership Teams and Local Operating Teams to accelerate improvement of results (coach by doing with factory);
- Drives pragmatic application of methodologies, routines(7+4) and tools focusing on delivering results by applying NCE simplification principles;
- Ensures effectiveness of NCE implementation (business results); Helps the Factory Operations to drive NCE in manufacturing; Support the roll out of digital tools in factory operations.
- Support the adherence of the stock policy for Raw & Pack Materials derived through the RPIO or equivalent tools.
- Support the Strategic & Global procurement to ensure excellent supplier relationships.
- Understanding of stock management systems
What you bring
What will make you successful?
- A degree in Manufacturing, Engineering or Supply Chain Management
- Minimum 1 year factory experience
- Collaboration and influencing skills
- Curiosity and passion for operational excellence