Business Process Expert

Global Business Process Expert – Manufacturing

32-40 hours per week, hybrid in Venlo (NL)

Do you want to be part of the Operational Excellence team to manage our processes and systems so Canon Production Printing is always prepared for the future? We are looking for you!

Canon Production Printing (CPP) develops, produces and distributes high-end printing systems. The Manufacturing and Logistics organization of CPP is making use of standardized processes and systems to realize efficiency across departments and sites. The Operational Excellence team is maintaining and developing these processes and systems to ensure business continuity and to manage continuous improvement at the same time.

What you’ll do

As global business process expert you fulfill a central role and therefore you are in close contact with many stakeholders throughout the organization. In this role, you will maintain and enhance existing manufacturing processes and systems, focusing on areas such as production planning, kitting, and shop floor management. Continuous improvement on a global level is our standard; always seeking opportunities to optimize processes. You will collaborate closely with Manufacturing Key Users throughout the organization.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Analyze current (production-related) processes and systems and identify opportunities for improvement to further develop the maturity of manufacturing processes, focusing on standardization, harmonization across departments, and increasing efficiency.
• Coordinate the definition and optimization of manufacturing processes for our future SAP S4HANA system
• Lead projects to establish new (system-supported) processes in manufacturing. Act as a change agent throughout the organization.
• Provide expert knowledge to key users from the functional organization to resolve issues in existing manufacturing processes and systems. Examples of systems include SAP ECC/S4Hana and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Maintain relevant process documentation in the CPP Quality Management System.
• Proactively manage both global and local stakeholders.
• Serve as a backup for other Global Business Process Experts.

Who you’ll work with

You will be part of the Operational Excellence Department in a team of Global Business Process Experts and Program Managers. In the day-to-day work you will work together with a lot of colleagues, both from your department as well as from other departments at different sites, varying from colleague Global Business Process Experts, Program Managers, Supply Chain Managers, Manufacturing Managers, Key Users, IT specialists and many others.

What you bring

We are looking for someone with an energetic drive and good communication skills. You have strong affinity with IT and or systems like SAP ECC/S4Hana, MES and/or other IT systems. Continuously improving processes and systems gives you energy. At the same time you are interested to keep the existing business processes running by providing support as the process expert. You consider yourself as someone who recognizes improvement opportunities, develops best practice solutions, implements these in the systems and is able to roll-out these improvements across different departments. To do so, you meet the following requirements:

• A Bachelor or Master degree in the related field
• Proven experience in manufacturing processes, preferably in a high-tech environment
• Knowledge and experience with manufacturing processes in SAP/MES.
• Experience with leading multi-disciplinary project teams and able to co-operate with, to listen to and to convince different stakeholders throughout the organization
• Persistent and result driven change agent
• Excellent command of spoken and written English. Dutch and German are a plus.
• 32 to 40 hours available

What you’ll get from us

Join an international, high-tech organization where you will have the opportunity to help shape global manufacturing best practices. We provide an exciting, dynamic work environment with plenty of opportunities for you to develop personally and professionally. Besides, we offer the following conditions:

• A competitive salary that is in line with your educational background and experience (5.000 – 7.200,-)
• 38 vacation days
• Extra 13th month pay (8,6%), holiday allowance (8%) and commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

Career opportunities

From the position of Business Process Expert, you have a lot of career opportunities. These can be within the department, for example switch between specialties, but also towards Program Manager or team leader in a functional department.

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei —living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.

Further information about Canon Production Printing is available at cpp.canon.