Lead Plant Continuous Improvement - Logansport, IN

Tyson Foods, Inc.; Logansport (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Tyson Foods, Inc. seeks a Plant Lean Leader to drive Tyson Lean MOS across the facility, delivering lean training and providing direction to teams on program governance.

You will coach staff, maintain the War Room, and publish weekly updates while collaborating with the Plant Manager and Corporate Lean Team to ensure ownership and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes developing production processes to maximize efficiency, reduce waste, and improve profitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or related experience preferred.
• 2+ years of management experience in a manufacturing environment with food industry experience preferred.
• Lean/CI background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain governance and program administration for the plant.
• Attend daily DMS Level meetings and provide coaching and health checks.
• Ensure problem solving is followed with weekly meetings and A3 documentation.
• Publish weekly lean journey reports to leadership.
• Maintain the War Room and update documentation weekly.
• Manage the action item registry and share visibility with leadership.
• Liaise between Corporate Lean Team and Plant Manager on process ownership.
• Develop action plans to improve processes for future lean tools deployment (90–120 days).
• Assist Operations with standard work instructions alignment.
• Troubleshoot SPQDC boards issues and escalate as needed.
• Lead Kaizen events from problem solving escalations.
• Collaborate across departments to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and successes to senior management.

Skills

Lean / CI

Project management

Coaching / mentoring

Data analysis

SAP

Power BI

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Power BI

Redzone

Smart Factory apps

Job description

Management Level:

87

Work Shift:

B Shift (United States of America)

Summary:

The Plant Lean Leader is responsible for driving the Tyson Lean MOS (Manufacturing Operating System) processes and ensuring the plant is following the standardized methodology. This person will deliver lean training for any program changes and ensure that the site is up to date with any program governances changes. They will provide direction, teaching, and coaching to Team Members throughout the facility on the Tyson Lean MOS program. This individual will be responsible for advising the Plant Manager on how the team is doing with the processes and if the culture is owning the change. The Lean Leader will ensure the plant is maintaining the War Room, publishing the weekly report out, and developing the strategy with the team on how to mature the process to pass the next checkpoint. This individual will also support the operations team in the facility by providing technical guidance and support to achieve KPI’s and optimal performance. This individual will assist in maintaining our labor performance reporting systems. This individual will analyze systems and performance to develop process improvements and controls. The individual will assist in developing production processes that maximize efficiency, reduce waste, optimize capacity utilization, and improve overall performance and profitability to impact our bottom line. Any other tasks as deemed appropriate for the successful performance of Tyson Foods, Inc.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain all governance and program administration requirements for the plant.
• Attend DMS Level meetings on a daily basis and provide teaching, coaching, feedback, and complete health checks.
• Ensure problem solving methodology is being followed with weekly meetings, A3 documentation, backlog of projects, value of solutions, etc.
• Publish weekly report out to leadership on lean journey and milestones achieved.
• Maintain the War Room in conjunction with the standardized SOP and update all documentation on a weekly basis.
• Maintain the action item registry and ensure visibility to site leadership as well as relevant stakeholders. This will include publishing the number of action items opened each week, closed actions, current open actions, and delinquent action items.
• Be the liaison between the Corporate Lean Team which will provide direction on the program and processes and the Plant Manager for how ownership of the process is going at the plant.
• Assess culture of adoption with the plant team by using the maturity assessment tool to define ownership. Lean Leader is responsible to develop action plans with plant leadership to improve their processes to be eligible for the next set of lean tools within 90 to 120 days post-deployment.
• Assist Operations Leadership with maintaining and updating all standard work instructions to align with the company standard.
• Troubleshoot and escalation any issues related to the automated SPQDC boards.
• Work in conjunction with Plant Manager to escalation any problems not remediated through problem solving processes to Level 4.
• Ensure all documentation is done correctly and submitted along with the escalation.
• Participate/Lead Kaizen events that get generated from problem solving escalations.
• Collaborate with all cross-functional departments as needed to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and successes to senior management and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and team members to ensure project milestones are met within established timelines.
• Implement change management methodologies to ensure successful adoption of process improvements.
• Train and support all new employees on the Tyson Lean MOS processes to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Utilize data-driven insights to identify trends, root causes, and areas for improvement.
• Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and identify opportunities for enhancement.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize processes and increase efficiency.
• Identify and analyze current processes to identify areas for improvement.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Industrial Engineering, Agriculture, or other technical degree combined with applicable industry experience is preferred.
• High School diploma or equivalent required

Experience:

• 2+ years of management experience in a manufacturing environment with food industry experience preferred.
• A Lean/CI background is a plus.

Communication Skills:

• Ability to effectively engage people at all levels of the organization, solid coaching and mentoring skills, ability to develop and create documentation to include work instructions, SOP’s, playbooks, program administration, weekly report outs, templates, and forms.

Travel:

• Less than 20% travel after participating in the deployment of the Tyson Lean MOS processes at another facility.

Specific Skills:

• Strong business acumen, lean and/or continuous improvement skills, process management background, strong computer skills in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms; SAP, Power BI, Redzone, and other Smart Factory applications.

A resume with qualifications must be attached for consideration.

Internal disqualifiers are the following:

• More than 6 attendance points
• Any suspension on record for the last 12 months

This position will work: 11A.M to 7P.M

Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all candidates who are level 79 or above.

All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI. People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Referral Payout Eligible:

No

For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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