Global Maintenance Strategy and Planning Lead

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Manage an engineering team with crucial engineering processes and contribute to strategic decisions.

Job Description   Global Maintenance Strategy and Planning Lead at a glance ...
As the Maintenance Strategy and Planning Lead, you will architect operational efficiency and reliability for over 60 facilities worldwide. In this high visibility role, your strategic leadership will drive maintenance excellence and embed a culture of continuous improvement across our global footprint. By defining standards and spearheading asset management, you will optimize safety and performance on a global scale. As our central Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will empower plants and markets to achieve world class reliability, sustainability, and cost effectiveness.
Key Ingredients:
The delivery of a maintenance strategy program will be your primary responsibility. You're constantly looking for improvement activities within the maintenance field.
Maintenance Global Strategy and Policies
Implement the global Asset Management strategy. (Sets the foundation)

Review existing maintenance policies to align with industry best practices, strategic goals, and regulatory requirements, while monitoring the effectiveness of maintenance policies globally.

Develop and implement new maintenance policies for MRO, asset management, and PM transactions to address emerging challenges.

Communicate maintenance policies effectively to all personnel involved in maintenance activities.

Lead the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program to maximize equipment uptime and optimize costs.

Conduct RCM assessments for critical equipment and assets.

Support the development of RCM-based maintenance plans.

Develop the strategy and focus on the annual maintenance budgeting process.

Revise KPIs and targets to support the annual routine setting process.

Support the analysis, evaluation, and approval of capital projects for asset replacement.

Identify and develop new digital solutions to support CMMS transactions across all sites.

Define MRE team structures and propose adaptations based on site size and asset volume.

Perform field checks, coaching, forums, and workshops to develop site-level teams.

Provide technical support for large-scale emergency failures at sites.

Support the KHMS MRE pillar initiatives.

Recipe for Success:
Apply if this sounds like you!
Hard Skills
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) or Operations Management.

8+ years in manufacturing operations with a proven track record of scaling global maintenance and reliability programs.

Asset Management Mastery:
Advanced knowledge of ISO 55000 standards and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodologies.

CMPR / CRL Certification

Technical Systems:
User level in SAP CMMS/PM (Project Management & Maintenance modules).

Experience in Opex/Capex budgeting and life cycle cost analysis for large scale asset replacement.

Certified expertise in Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar systematic improvement frameworks.

Demonstrated ability to manage and supervise cross functional global teams

Ability to translate complex data sets into actionable maintenance strategies.

Excellent communication skills to bridge the gap between shop floor technical teams and executive leadership.

Personal Attributes - habit of work, mindsets, and approaches that are keys to success in the role
About the Position
Decisiveness:  You are biased towards action even when faced with uncertainty. You will make multiple decisions every day, from what to communicate, what actions to follow-up on, what can be deferred, and what to escalate. Being assertive in day-to-day activities is key to effectively executing plans and achieving your goals. When it comes to decisions within your projects, you will need to identify and obtain critical information, and gauge when enough detail has been collected in relation to the potential outcomes.
Passion for Learning:  You will constantly absorb lessons from past projects. Remembering what…