Manufacturing Process Lead - Loss Elimination & CI

PepsiCo; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Flexible working

Wellbeing benefits

Electric car scheme

Job summary

PepsiCo UK is seeking a capable professional to drive continuous improvement on the production lines. You will lead loss elimination, training, and changeover improvements to raise line performance. The role requires strong analytical skills, ability to coach teams, and hands-on manufacturing experience in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with line leads and maintenance to deliver KPIs. We offer a competitive salary, bonus, flexible working, and wellbeing benefits to support your

Qualifications

• Ability to influence technicians, engineering resources and line leads.
• Ability to teach, coach, and develop others.
• On-the-floor technical credibility with the work people.
• Effective communication; active listening and assertive when needed.
• Passion for the work and drive to help others see losses.
• Commitment to self-development for the role.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and transformation of product.
• Experience in manufacturing and knowledge of the process.
• Willingness to flow with work and cover training/breaks to meet KPIs.
• Participation in planned stops and changeovers to deliver KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Actively participating in line daily meetings and execution of the daily plan, including reporting results.
• Centerline completion and compliance.
• Changeover adherence to plan and critiques.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses.
• Building process capability and control.
• Leading change management and validation processes.
• Leading troubleshooting capability and problem solving.
• Leading benchmarking and reapplication efforts.
• Owning critical daily management systems, e.g., centerlining.
• Sharing learnings across processes, modules and plants.
• Using reliability engineering and data analysis tools for centerlining and loss elimination.
• Developing oneself through corporate/external training.
• Participating in planned stops and rapid changeovers flowing to the line as needed.

Skills

Influence technicians and leads

Teach and coach

Technical credibility on floor

Strong communication

Self-development commitment

Understanding equipment processes

Manufacturing process knowledge

Flexible mindset

Lead planned stops and COs

Data-driven problem solving

Job description

PepsiCo UK is seeking a capable professional to drive continuous improvement on the production lines. You will lead loss elimination, training, and changeover improvements to raise line performance. The role requires strong analytical skills, ability to coach teams, and hands-on manufacturing experience in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with line leads and maintenance to deliver KPIs. We offer a competitive salary, bonus, flexible working, and wellbeing benefits to support your