Dairy Process Improvement Specialist

Agropur; South Dakota; On-site; USD 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

401(k) with company contributions

3 weeks paid time off

Paid holidays and floating holidays

Paid parental leave

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Agropur in Lake Norden, SD, seeks a Process Specialist to enhance operating efficiencies in cheese and whey production. You will troubleshoot advanced processes, work with management across functions, and drive waste reduction and variation control to improve customer and employee experience.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 3 years in dairy or manufacturing process improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Operations Management or Engineering is required.
• Minimum three years of dairy or manufacturing process improvement experience is required.
• Extensive dairy experience and progressive leadership growth preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify problem areas or areas for improvement in production; determine a course of action; help implement improvement and corrective actions in these areas.
• Perform problem solving: use AOS tools to identify opportunities, analyze data, implement solutions, and monitor results.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (safety, production, quality, maintenance) to drive improvement initiatives.
• Obtain and maintain knowledge of cheese make, cheese conversion, whey and permeate processes and procedures.
• Build and document standard work procedures with training staff to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Understand and comply with Quality Assurance policies and report any potential food-safety issues.
• May work with ERP systems (SAP, MES, AOS) for product disposition and formulation updates/changes.
• Engage and lead AOS activities such as centerline and CIL management, loss tree, and 90-day plan development.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Operations Management or Engineering

Tools

SAP

MES

AOS

Job description

Agropur in Lake Norden, SD, seeks a Process Specialist to enhance operating efficiencies in cheese and whey production. You will troubleshoot advanced processes, work with management across functions, and drive waste reduction and variation control to improve customer and employee experience.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 3 years in dairy or manufacturing process improvement.