Regional Smart Factory Leader

Job Summary:

The Regional Smart Factory Leader is responsible for driving the implementation and optimization of smart manufacturing initiatives across the region. This role focuses on enhancing operational efficiency, promoting digital transformation, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Smart Factory Solutions: Implement smart factory initiatives across different sites, ensuring they are effectively integrated and maintained.
• Identify Use Cases: Analyze business pain areas and opportunities where smart technologies like IIoT, AI/ML, AR/VR, MES, RPA, and Digital Twin can provide value.
• Improve Processes: Ensure smart solutions enhance process robustness, efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness, with strong governance and high adoption rates.
• Drive 4IR Technologies: Lead the deployment of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, preparing plants for Advanced/Sustainability Lighthouse Certification.
• Talent Development: Support managers in identifying and developing digital talents and experts at their sites, fostering a culture of innovation.
• Collaboration with Digital Talents: Ensure effective collaboration with site digital talents to deploy digital solutions successfully.
• Change Management: Lead change management initiatives at sites to facilitate digital transformation.
• Govern Smart Operations Program: Oversee and govern the Smart Operations program, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
• Standardization of Sites: Drive the evolution of plants and distribution centers from developing to standard and advanced sites.
• Hands-on Industrial Automation: Utilize expertise in industrial automation, including connected products, PLC, and HMI solutions.
• Knowledge of Industrial Protocols: Apply and deploy industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP/IP, EN/IP, Field networks, and OPC.
• Integration Knowledge: Manage integration between connected products, edge layers, PLC, SCADA/HMI, ERP, analytics, RPA, and IT applications/tools (e.g., Tableau, E-Mail/SMS) within a cybersecure architecture.
• IT Awareness: Maintain awareness of cybersecurity, networking, and cloud/on-premises infrastructure related to IT applications.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME): Act as the regional SME and Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all digitization activities, leading proposals and evolutions for the region within the global perimeter.
• Lead Proof of Concept (PoC): Coordinate with CoDI and Business Units to lead PoCs in latest trending technologies and IIoT.
• Provide L2 Support: Offer level 2 support for all standard applications at the sites, coordinating with SD and GSC-IS.
• Market Awareness: Stay informed about competitor and standard OEM solutions/products in the Smart Factory and DC sectors.
• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the regional smart factory strategy aligned with corporate goals.
• Project Management: Oversee smart factory projects from conception to completion, ensuring they meet budget, timeline, and quality standards.
• Team Collaboration: Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, IT, and operations, to foster a culture of innovation.
• Data Analysis: Utilize data analytics and IoT technologies to optimize manufacturing processes and improve productivity.

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• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field
• Proven experience in manufacturing, operations management, or digital transformation.
• Strong knowledge of smart manufacturing technologies (IoT, automation, data analytics).
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

• Project management expertise.
• Analytical mindset with problem-solving abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills for team collaboration.