Process Lead (12 Month FTC)

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

Overview

At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester.

To drive a change to continuously improve performance and skills, which include the following:

• To eliminate process losses on equipment or areas, and to drive standards and problem-solving processes
• To transfer knowledge to the line teams, and to ensure the proper level of skills and qualification successfully deploy the loss elimination skills needed for the line to deliver the line and team goals
• To ensure the lines are not underperforming due to the lack of technical process capability or knowledge
• To provide coaching, teaching, and assessment of problem-solving mechanisms
• To promote reapplication of approaches across the site and the network
• To ensure alignment with both the line lead and maintenance lead, supporting the training and development of equipment / process / area / system owners

Responsibilities

• Actively participating in line daily meetings and in the execution of the daily plan, including reporting on the following results for the previous 24 hours
• 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 him/herself through participating in corporate and external training
• Taking part in planned stops and rapid changeovers (RCOs) flowing to the line, as needed

Qualifications

Success in this role requires a unique and complex blend of technical, analytical, creative, business, project management and leadership skills comprising:

• Ability to influence technicians, engineering resources and line leads, as required
• Ability to teach, coach, and develop others
• Have on-the-floor technical credibility with the people doing the work
• Have effective communication skills, including the ability to be an active listener, and also the ability to both positively confront and be assertive, when necessary
• Have a passion for the work, and the drive and ability to help others see the losses
• Be personally committed to the self‑development required of the role
• Have an understanding of the equipment’s processes for transforming the product
• Have experience in manufacturing, and the ability to understand the manufacturing process
• Possess a flexible mindset, e.g., a willingness to flow with the work, and to cover training and breaks, as required, to deliver the line key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Be willing to actively participate in planned stops and changeovers (COs), flowing to the work as required
• Ability to use data and logic to problem‑solve
• Ability to perform analysis of data

Why Join Us?We offer a competitive salary, bonus, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.

Equal OpportunitiesWe’rean equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

About PepsiCoPepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generatednearly$92 billionin net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio thatincludes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at thecentreof how we will create value and growth byoperatingwithin planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visitwww.pepsico.com, and follow onX (Twitter),Instagram,Facebook, andLinkedIn@PepsiCo.