.**Job Description Summary**: Associate Director, BD Excellence will lead the strategy development and deployment (SDD) for the BU, working closely with our ISC Leaders to create a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change. You'll be responsible for driving continuous improvement across our network, challenging existing paradigms, and promoting internal and external benchmarking.- Lead strategy development and deployment (SDD). Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs') top down and bottom up. Support business unit leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, business master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across all functions and sites. The majority of time to be spent in the factory environment directly developing capability.- Challenge existing paradigms, encourage and promote internal and external benchmarking. Develop and grow zero loss mindset across critical areas to optimize safety, quality, delivery and cost.- People development, especially with regards to Business OPEX managers and Plant OPEX managers. As the OPEX function leader for a business unit, teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in BD Excellence concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components, Zero Loss mindset and all related methodologies/tools. Ensure execution of and resource breakthrough Kaizen events Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability. Coach and guide business unit leaders to ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.- Continue to drive BD Excellence capability development and impact through deployment of progressively advanced aspects of component methodologies. Achieve long term CI objectives through cross functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.- Works closely with the Business Unit OPEx Managers, Plant Managers and Site OPEx Manager to support the development and implementation of the improvement strategy for their BD Excellence Maturity.- Develop and grow BD Excellence capability, to help the business unit deliver a multi-year cost-to-win (CtW) program. Focus on building capability that improves problem solving, increases loss awareness, and empowers teams to eliminate factory-loss in an impactful, efficient, and sustainable way.- Develop a plan and govern the execution of projects driving OEE / OLE increase, Waste reduction and Labor Productivity increase in alignment with overall CtW plans for the BU.- Depending on your business unit organization, you may also have responsibilities for CtW governance and portfolio management.**Qualifications**:**Education and/ or Experience Required**:- Bachelor's degree in engineering or other bachelor's degree.- Master's degree desirable, e.G., business administration / LEAN production