Tobacco Heated Product consumables development, Innovative filters and materials

Product Technologist , reporting to Eastern Europe Product Department manager with the following main accountabilities:Define requirements of existing and new manufacturing equipment settings towards critical WMS specification parameters, liaise with WMS suppliers to understand their process and technology capabilities, investigate possible improvement opportunities, address issue determine required WMS specification tolerances to maximise performance of existing SMD equipment provide… Show more Product Technologist , reporting to Eastern Europe Product Department manager with the following main accountabilities:Define requirements of existing and new manufacturing equipment settings towards critical WMS specification parameters, liaise with WMS suppliers to understand their process and technology capabilities, investigate possible improvement opportunities, address issue determine required WMS specification tolerances to maximise performance of existing SMD equipment provide support to factory QA, supervise critical material trials, validate results and draw conclusions interface with global IDD group through New Product Implementation pilots, drive root cause analysis of any runability issues related to NPIs, evaluate applicability/effectiveness of global specification inputs, advise manufacturing on required machine adjustments aiming to improve quality, maximise OEE and reduce wasteIncumbent of this role will primarily require in-depth understanding of manufacturing process and SMD equipment.Number of factories -8; Number of finished goods SKUs - 900+; WMS SKUs -1300+ Show less

130 subordinators, 4 shifts, 24hrs x 7days production, 19 production lines.- Key objectives: Fulfil plan for producing finish goods of the required quality and quantity in accordance with department production schedule (APO). Control manufacturing and maintenance budgets, manning, raw and other materials usage and continuous improvement mentioned indexes. Drive changes of production process to increase productivity results. Develop and implement departmental strategy to support its… Show more 130 subordinators, 4 shifts, 24hrs x 7days production, 19 production lines.- Key objectives: Fulfil plan for producing finish goods of the required quality and quantity in accordance with department production schedule (APO). Control manufacturing and maintenance budgets, manning, raw and other materials usage and continuous improvement mentioned indexes. Drive changes of production process to increase productivity results. Develop and implement departmental strategy to support its growth. Production process optimisation using “Kaizen” strategy tools (kamban, TPM). Appraise and create development plans for subordinates, resolve personnel issues within department. To control the observance of safety regulations in compliance with legislation and BAT EHS policy.- Key achievements: Organised production process and staff recruitment/training for new filters technology. From 2007 department capacity increased to 3 times. All filters types manufacturing localisation. Member of Global filters team experts. Show less

Annual projects budget - 40 mill. US$. Three departmens.- Key objectives: To organize and coordinate activities related to all phases of project’s (Business case, technical solution, layout, schedule, budget, purchasing, installation, commissioning). To ensure expenses do not exceed agreed budget and implementation of the project on time. To create work schedules and monitor achieving of the key milestones. To supervise the observance of safety regulations in compliance with legislation. To… Show more Annual projects budget - 40 mill. US$. Three departmens.- Key objectives: To organize and coordinate activities related to all phases of project’s (Business case, technical solution, layout, schedule, budget, purchasing, installation, commissioning). To ensure expenses do not exceed agreed budget and implementation of the project on time. To create work schedules and monitor achieving of the key milestones. To supervise the observance of safety regulations in compliance with legislation. To elaborate manning and organise staff training. To draw up monthly reports and presentations for Top Team.- Key achievements: Factory capacity increased twice from 20 billions to 40 billions cigs. Renewed packaging equipment and “Kent” production localisation. Filter rods manufacturing department created from the zero point. Show less