Head of Manufacturing Excellence Operations Avesta

Outokumpu is the global leader in stainless steel. We aim to be the best value creator in stainless by 2020, through our competitive edge of customer orientation and efficiency. The foundation of our business is our ability to tailor stainless steel into any form and for almost any purpose. Stainless steel is sustainable, durable and designed to last forever. Our customers use it to create civilization’s basic structures and its most famous landmarks as well as products for households and various industries. Outokumpu employs 10,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and shares listed in Nasdaq Helsinki. In Avesta we have a fully integrated steel site and is one of the largest mills in Outokumpu. About 800 employees work at our site in Avesta.
We at Outokumpu look to the future with confidence. By putting the customer first and constantly streamlining our production processes, Reliability in our machinery is one of our prerequisites for increased efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Outokumpu is an attentive and welcoming company where you are met by an open and positive attitude. We are an attractive employer and we would love it if you have international ambitions.


Head of Manufacturing Excellence Leader – Avesta
Outokumpu have a defined and sponsored European wide program for Manufacturing Excellence, this is a unique and exciting role that forms part of the site management team in Avesta to take program ownership and accountability for ME in one of our key sites.
We are now ready to capitalize on the building blocks in place and accelerate improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and productivity gains through continuing to challenge existing ways of working.
Leading a dedicated team of Manufacturing Excellence professionals, your role encompasses the overall management and growth of ME capability, driving a step change in continuous improvement culture. You will evolve the deployment and focused improvement strategy considering the "big picture" and priority projects for site successes and improvements.
Working in close collaboration with change leaders in other Outokumpu operations in Europe. You will report to the Site Manager in Avesta as a key advisor for manufacturing excellence.
We require a strong leader with experience developing a Lean Sigma program in a relatively green field environment, developing a team on a sizable site and someone who can build upon the last 2 years of foundational activity.

To be considered you will have experience in the following:
- Master of Science in e.g. Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Experience within robust lean production systems
- Experience in a production environment with industrial / equipment / machinery
- Lean Sigma credentials with hands on implementation and delivery of a broad range of projects
- Statistical process control, working on often complex problems
- Working with management teams to support continuous improvement thinking
- BlackBelt and Lean Six Sigma training
- As a leader support the development of operational excellence team members
- Senior leadership experience for transformation and change management
- Fluency in Swedish & English language


This is a fantastic and unique opportunity for a passionate operational excellence leader that will see you gaining unprecedented exposure to many departments, processes and experiences. For the right person this is a career springboard into operational leadership within a stable and ambitious company where your efforts are highly visible.
To be considered please send your resume to info@melium.eu Last day for application is on April 30th. In this recruitment we are collaborating with Melium Consulting.
Melium are a specialist European search firm, who work in true partnership with clients on their ambitions towards transformation and improvement agendas.