Manufacturing Process Improvement Lead

PepsiCo Inc.; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible working

Wellbeing benefits

Electric car scheme

Parental leave

Job summary

PepsiCo UK in Leicester is seeking a proactive professional to drive process improvements on the manufacturing line. You will lead loss-elimination efforts, build process capability and coach line teams to deliver KPI targets.

Responsibilities include centerlining, changeovers, and benchmarking across sites, with a focus on data-driven decision making and ongoing self-development through corporate and external training.

Qualifications

• Blend of technical, analytical, creative, business, project management and leadership skills.
• Ability to influence technicians, engineering resources and line leads.
• Ability to teach, coach, and develop others.
• On-the-floor technical credibility with the people doing the work.
• Strong communication and active listening abilities.
• Passion for the work and drive to help others see the losses.
• Willingness to flow with the work and cover training and breaks.
• Understanding of equipment processes and manufacturing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Actively participating in line daily meetings and in the execution of the daily plan.
• Centerline (CL) completion and compliance.
• Changeover (CO) adherence to plan and critiques.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses.
• Building the process capability and control.
• Leading the change management (CM) and validation processes.
• Leading and building the capability of process failure technical troubleshooting.
• Leading the process of benchmarking and reapplication.
• Owning critical daily management systems, e.g., centerlining.
• Sharing and reapplying learnings across processes, modules, and plants.
• Using reliability engineering (RE) and data analysis tools to drive centerlining and loss elimination.
• Developing himself/herself through participating in corporate and external training.
• Taking part in planned stops and rapid changeovers (RCOs) flowing to the line, as needed.

Skills

Influence technicians

Teach and develop others

Active listening

Communication skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Flexible mindset

Team collaboration

Tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

PepsiCo UK in Leicester is seeking a proactive professional to drive process improvements on the manufacturing line. You will lead loss-elimination efforts, build process capability and coach line teams to deliver KPI targets.

Responsibilities include centerlining, changeovers, and benchmarking across sites, with a focus on data-driven decision making and ongoing self-development through corporate and external training.