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About this Position We are seeking a visionary and hands-on leader to design, deploy, and sustain a world-class Henkel Production System (HPS) strategy across all 100+ global sites. This role drives operational excellence, continuous improvement, and a high-performance, people-centric culture. What you´ll do Set the vision roadmap for the Henkel Production System and Maintenance strategy, aligned with Adhesives Operations objectives. Lead global teams of lean and maintenance experts, mentoring regional leaders and building a culture of operational excellence. Deploy a global OE framework integrating Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and modern best practices, tailored to local site maturity. Build a culture of CI across the E2E value chain, embedding equipment ownership, structured problem-solving, and lean leadership behaviors. Develop people skills , including global operator skill programs, lean/maintenance training, certifications, and capability roadmaps. Standardize daily management systems , problem-solving routines, and workplace practices (5S, Kaizen, visual management). Drive focused improvements in value creation, waste elimination, material/information flow, automation, and process simplification. Ensure equipment reliability through autonomous preventive maintenance, CMMS use, structural loss elimination, and spare parts optimization. Leverage digital enablers (IoT, real-time dashboards, connected worker platforms) with IT to scale lean and predictive maintenance. Collaborate cross-functionally with leadership , ensuring alignment with operations, supply chain, quality, and engineering, while reporting performance and risks.