About this Position
We are seeking a visionary and hands-on leader to design, deploy, and sustain a world-class Henkel Production System (HPS) and Maintenance strategy across all global sites. This role drives operational excellence, continuous improvement, and a high-performance, people-centric culture.
What you´ll do
- Set the vision & roadmap for the Henkel Production System and Maintenance strategy, aligned with Adhesives Operations objectives.
- Lead global teams of lean and maintenance experts, mentoring regional leaders and building a culture of operational excellence.
- Deploy a global OE framework integrating Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and modern best practices, tailored to local site maturity.
- Build a culture of CI across the E2E value chain, embedding equipment ownership, structured problem-solving, and lean leadership behaviors.
- Develop people & skills, including global operator skill programs, lean/maintenance training, certifications, and capability roadmaps.
- Standardize daily management systems, problem-solving routines, and workplace practices (5S, Kaizen, visual management).
- Drive focused improvements in value creation, waste elimination, material/information flow, automation, and process simplification.
- Ensure equipment reliability through autonomous & preventive maintenance, CMMS use, structural loss elimination, and spare parts optimization.
- Leverage digital enablers (IoT, real-time dashboards, connected worker platforms) with IT to scale lean and predictive maintenance.
- Collaborate cross-functionally & with leadership, ensuring alignment with operations, supply chain, quality, and engineering, while reporting performance and risks.
