About AkzoNobel
Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.
For more information please visit
2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Purpose
- Execute the site/tower CI roadmap and deliver tower/BU initiatives by leading medium to complex CI projects end-to-end delivering measurable productivity quality cost compliance and customer outcomes (80% delivery).
- Apply robust CI execution standards (clear problem statements baselines root cause solution design implementation and sustainment) and provide evidence packs for benefits validation with Process Owners/GPOs as applicable.
- Execute Due Diligence/CI Analysis for assigned CI and in-scope Automation & AI Demand-to-Value initiatives to confirm scope baselines readiness controls considerations and adoption/value approach.
- Support Celonis initiatives (Apps/PAM/AI) by executing due diligence support business validation/UAT coordination release readiness rollout enablement and sustained adoption/value routines (usage/action/KPI tracking) in partnership with IT (IT builds/runs) escalating complex cases to CI Transformation Experts as needed.
- Support tower-level Symbio/BPM delivery for assigned towers by executing documentation updates quality gap closure versioning and refresh cadence activities in partnership with CI Transformation Experts and Process Owners/Managers.
- Support the CI Transformation Regional Lead in building CI culture/capability at site (training CI community activities and coaching) while maintaining a delivery focus (80% delivery / 20% culture).
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Key Activities
- CI Roadmap Execution Support (Tower/Site Governance support)
- Translate the approved roadmap for assigned scope into an executable quarterly plan (project charters milestones stakeholder plan resourcing needs) and execute to plan.
- Maintain initiative documentation hygiene in standard CI trackers/templates (scope status risks owners value sustainment evidence).
- Provide regular updates for governance cadences (site/tower): project status risks/dependencies decisions required and value/adoption tracking status.
B. Delivery of Medium to Complex Initiatives (core 80%)
- Lead delivery of initiatives aligned with the CI Transformation Regional Lead roadmap (tower productivity/optimization initiatives BU-sponsored initiatives and assigned Automation & AI Demand-to-Value work).
- Execute projects using the methodology agreed with the CI Transformation Regional Lead: VSM DMAIC DMADOV PDCA/A3/Kaizen (as appropriate).
- Execute Due Diligence/CI Analysis for assigned initiatives: define scope baseline root-cause/analysis improvement levers (process redesign standard work controls and/or automation) and sustainment approach.
- Drive implementation with Operations and Process Owners/Process Managers: deploy standard work/controls ensure training and adoption and sustain results through control plans and performance routines.
- Compile evidence packs (baseline solution impact sustainment plan before/after KPI) to support benefits validation and closure.
C. Celonis PAM / Apps / AI (Due Diligence UAT & Adoption) (IT builds/runs)
- Support Due Diligence/CI Analysis for assigned Celonis use cases (Apps/PAM/AI): clarify scope baseline KPIs/4C value hypothesis process logic/semantics readiness and exception handling and agree acceptance criteria with Process Owners and IT.
- Support day-to-day business enablement for assigned Celonis use cases/apps: user readiness training materials communications rollout coordination and operational embedding into routines.
- Coordinate business validation/UAT activities (test planning user/SME scheduling defect logging and triage with IT sign-off tracking) and ensure business acceptance criteria are met for assigned scope.
- Drive adoption and value routines post go-live: usage monitoring action closure follow-up KPI movement tracking and escalation of adoption risks/issues through CI governance.
- Execute Celonis activities under global standards/governance owned by Head of CI Transformation and day-to-day direction of the CI Transformation Regional Lead; IT owns technical build/run.
Escalate high-complexity Celonis cases (cross-system/event-log complexity controls-heavy logic) to CI Transformation Experts per the operating model.
Experience
- Execution scope: delivers medium-to-complex CI initiatives for the site/tower roadmap and BU priorities including due diligence/CI analysis implementation and sustainment; supports Celonis enablement (due diligence/UAT/adoption) and supports tower-level Symbio execution for assigned towers.
- Operational reach: frequent interaction with up to 200 employees per site (exception: large sites such as Pune may exceed this).
- Bottom-up CI delivery: approves and supports closure of up to 60150 operations-led CI projects (Just Do It/PDCA Yellow Belt) per site/year (site-dependent).
- CI culture network: supports a CI Ambassador community of typically 3060 CI Ambassadors per site (site-dependent).
- Future-ready capability: supports CI Genius programtypically 4080 participants per site/year in a 2-month cycle (site-dependent).
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List the essential educational qualifications relevant experience and required skills.
- 711 years of total experience; ideally in SSC/GBS structures (Finance domain preferred).
- 47 years of hands-on CI delivery experience leading medium to complex improvement initiatives end-to-end.
- Strong track record delivering measurable outcomes with evidence packs for benefits validation and sustainment.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required; Black Belt preferred (or in progress).
- Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills; able to influence without authority in a matrix environment.
- Strong analytical and automations/ai skills (Excel/PowerPoint; process mapping tools such as Symbio/Visio; Celonis familiarity is a plus).
- Experience supporting digital/process intelligence use cases (Celonis PAM/Apps/AI) including due diligence support UAT coordination adoption routines and value tracking (IT builds/runs).
- Full professional proficiency in English.
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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.
Requisition ID:53498
Required Experience:
IC
About AkzoNobelSince 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than...
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.
For more information please visit
2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Purpose
- Execute the site/tower CI roadmap and deliver tower/BU initiatives by leading medium to complex CI projects end-to-end delivering measurable productivity quality cost compliance and customer outcomes (80% delivery).
- Apply robust CI execution standards (clear problem statements baselines root cause solution design implementation and sustainment) and provide evidence packs for benefits validation with Process Owners/GPOs as applicable.
- Execute Due Diligence/CI Analysis for assigned CI and in-scope Automation & AI Demand-to-Value initiatives to confirm scope baselines readiness controls considerations and adoption/value approach.
- Support Celonis initiatives (Apps/PAM/AI) by executing due diligence support business validation/UAT coordination release readiness rollout enablement and sustained adoption/value routines (usage/action/KPI tracking) in partnership with IT (IT builds/runs) escalating complex cases to CI Transformation Experts as needed.
- Support tower-level Symbio/BPM delivery for assigned towers by executing documentation updates quality gap closure versioning and refresh cadence activities in partnership with CI Transformation Experts and Process Owners/Managers.
- Support the CI Transformation Regional Lead in building CI culture/capability at site (training CI community activities and coaching) while maintaining a delivery focus (80% delivery / 20% culture).
|
Key Activities
- CI Roadmap Execution Support (Tower/Site Governance support)
- Translate the approved roadmap for assigned scope into an executable quarterly plan (project charters milestones stakeholder plan resourcing needs) and execute to plan.
- Maintain initiative documentation hygiene in standard CI trackers/templates (scope status risks owners value sustainment evidence).
- Provide regular updates for governance cadences (site/tower): project status risks/dependencies decisions required and value/adoption tracking status.
B. Delivery of Medium to Complex Initiatives (core 80%)
- Lead delivery of initiatives aligned with the CI Transformation Regional Lead roadmap (tower productivity/optimization initiatives BU-sponsored initiatives and assigned Automation & AI Demand-to-Value work).
- Execute projects using the methodology agreed with the CI Transformation Regional Lead: VSM DMAIC DMADOV PDCA/A3/Kaizen (as appropriate).
- Execute Due Diligence/CI Analysis for assigned initiatives: define scope baseline root-cause/analysis improvement levers (process redesign standard work controls and/or automation) and sustainment approach.
- Drive implementation with Operations and Process Owners/Process Managers: deploy standard work/controls ensure training and adoption and sustain results through control plans and performance routines.
- Compile evidence packs (baseline solution impact sustainment plan before/after KPI) to support benefits validation and closure.
C. Celonis PAM / Apps / AI (Due Diligence UAT & Adoption) (IT builds/runs)
- Support Due Diligence/CI Analysis for assigned Celonis use cases (Apps/PAM/AI): clarify scope baseline KPIs/4C value hypothesis process logic/semantics readiness and exception handling and agree acceptance criteria with Process Owners and IT.
- Support day-to-day business enablement for assigned Celonis use cases/apps: user readiness training materials communications rollout coordination and operational embedding into routines.
- Coordinate business validation/UAT activities (test planning user/SME scheduling defect logging and triage with IT sign-off tracking) and ensure business acceptance criteria are met for assigned scope.
- Drive adoption and value routines post go-live: usage monitoring action closure follow-up KPI movement tracking and escalation of adoption risks/issues through CI governance.
- Execute Celonis activities under global standards/governance owned by Head of CI Transformation and day-to-day direction of the CI Transformation Regional Lead; IT owns technical build/run.
Escalate high-complexity Celonis cases (cross-system/event-log complexity controls-heavy logic) to CI Transformation Experts per the operating model.
Experience
- Execution scope: delivers medium-to-complex CI initiatives for the site/tower roadmap and BU priorities including due diligence/CI analysis implementation and sustainment; supports Celonis enablement (due diligence/UAT/adoption) and supports tower-level Symbio execution for assigned towers.
- Operational reach: frequent interaction with up to 200 employees per site (exception: large sites such as Pune may exceed this).
- Bottom-up CI delivery: approves and supports closure of up to 60150 operations-led CI projects (Just Do It/PDCA Yellow Belt) per site/year (site-dependent).
- CI culture network: supports a CI Ambassador community of typically 3060 CI Ambassadors per site (site-dependent).
- Future-ready capability: supports CI Genius programtypically 4080 participants per site/year in a 2-month cycle (site-dependent).
|
List the essential educational qualifications relevant experience and required skills.
- 711 years of total experience; ideally in SSC/GBS structures (Finance domain preferred).
- 47 years of hands-on CI delivery experience leading medium to complex improvement initiatives end-to-end.
- Strong track record delivering measurable outcomes with evidence packs for benefits validation and sustainment.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required; Black Belt preferred (or in progress).
- Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills; able to influence without authority in a matrix environment.
- Strong analytical and automations/ai skills (Excel/PowerPoint; process mapping tools such as Symbio/Visio; Celonis familiarity is a plus).
- Experience supporting digital/process intelligence use cases (Celonis PAM/Apps/AI) including due diligence support UAT coordination adoption routines and value tracking (IT builds/runs).
- Full professional proficiency in English.
|
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.
Requisition ID:53498
Required Experience:
IC
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