Education & Training Engineer

EDUCATION & TRAINING ENGINEER (W/M/X) Location: Cambrai Contract: Permanent The purpose of the Education and Training (E&T) Site Engineer is to lead the deployment of the E&T Pillar in line with Mars Supply Excellence (MSE) program (or TPM) to improve workplace and organizational effectiveness, supporting the different teams to learn, adapt and evolve their scope as we progress through the different stage of deployment. The scope covers Royal Canin European Dry & Wet sites, working closely with the different functions globally, regionally and locally across the site Pillar members. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? * University degree in Engineering or equivalent in manufacturing and/or R&D * Experience in MSE or TPM /Lean tools and techniques, LEAN/Six Sigma preferred * 5+ years of experience in an Education and Training role in a business and/or manufacturing environment * 2+ years of operations performance experience * Fluent in English & French with strong communication skills * Skill to learn and utilize digital technology to enhance training programs (i.e. Poka, …, etc.) * Strong interpersonal skills and interact with various functional groups WHAT WOULD BE YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES? E&T SITE LEAD, ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT * Site Education and Training Pillar Lead the pillar deployment across the Royal Canin site such as working on training and coaching all associates on MSE/TPM Education & Training standards, meeting cadence, health checks, 90 day plan, 1 year implementation plan, charter, KPI’s and recognition, step up cards, Maturity Assessment (pillar management) * Working closely with different pillar leads and members to support the deployment of the MSE program taking into account the changes that will incur to the workplace and the operational teams roles and responsibilities as we develop through the stages of MSE that needs to be incorporated into the role profile * Actively participate to Regional & Global E&T community of practice (COP) FACTORY CAPABILITY FRAMEWORK: * Deploy the framework that defines the link between performance and individual capabilities to create individualized performance plans that could be tracked back to business performance. These plans will be managed through POKA and/or other tools and will be tracked as part of individual performance review with the Associates line managers. * Facilitate the role profiling methodology to build clear inventories of responsibilities and required skills and knowledge to identify gaps and then use to build training course and curriculum. * Develop with the factory teams Step up Cards based on the role profile methodology. * Support the factory team to develop, evolve and put to practice the factory skills matrix, ensuring this is kept up to date with the outputs of Associate validation. * Facilitate Skills Gap Assessment Process to develop a prioritized annual plan for training activity driving synergy across the sites * Ensure E&T Pillar training material and tools provided at global level are translated and available at factory level and are clearly understood avoid recreation of the info for each site. KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE: * Ensure appropriate knowledge management methodologies are applied to maintain, share and update recorded knowledge within the site’s information structure such as; * facilitating the OPL process (One-point lessons) to ensure these communication tools are managed effectively or * using technology or other available platform to capture and share knowledge * Facilitate the Training design and development methodology with support from the Subject Matter Experts (i.e. Operations, Safety, QF&S, etc.) in a way to drive standardization and simplification across the sites. * Training & Coaching on all E&T processes, systems and tools. KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER * Coach Factory Pillar Leaders and relevant functions in terms of E&T methodology Provide leadership, objectives, feedback, and performance coaching to all associates involved in site education and training programs, especially on the job trainers and expert trainers. * Accountable for integrity and deployment consistency & accuracy of site course and appropriate validation tools to confirm Associate capability. * Create and support framework to ensure successful onboarding for new associates according standard. WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM MARS AND ROYAL CANIN IN PARTICULAR? * At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship. * As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably. * The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars. * You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) * You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you, on a daily basis #LI-FT1