Operations Excellence Lead — Lean, Six Sigma & CI

Hershey Company; Robinson (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) savings with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Career development programs

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking a Sr Mgr Operations Excellence at the Robinson, IL site. You will lead the site’s operations excellence strategy, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and manage a team of direct and indirect reports across CI pillars.

You will leverage TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, and digital tools to improve safety, quality, service and cost while partnering with plant leadership. Key responsibilities include directing governance, performance standards, and an improvement pipeline,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing and leading continuous improvement or operational excellence initiatives.
• Proven Lean adoption and digital work processes in high-speed consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Advanced Excel, SAP S/4, and Power BI capabilities.
• Experience with Augmentir Connected Worker, Electronic Value Stream Mapping, TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, change management, and performance analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Robinson site Operations Excellence strategy and Integrated Continuous Improvement program using TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Partner with plant leadership to establish objectives, governance, performance standards, audits, and work plans aligned with site and company priorities.
• Lead and develop an organization of 7 direct reports and 12 indirect reports across Process Leads, Labor & Scheduling, the Learning and Development Pillar, and Training.
• Drive improvement across safety, quality, service, cost, engagement, and operating performance through structured problem solving and a healthy improvement pipeline.
• Coach and develop leaders, Process Leads, line-centric teams, and employees across shifts to strengthen capability, ownership, and CI tool usage.
• Guide linedeployment, pillar development, Focus Teams, capability progression, and sustainability of Hershey Lean across the site.
• Monitor performance and financial impact against multi-year glidepaths, identify major risks, and communicate updates to senior stakeholders.
• Lead deployment of Connected Worker solutions, including Augmentir, and electronic value stream mapping to strengthen digital work processes.
• Proactively analyze operating trends using Excel, SAP S/4, and Power BI, translate insights into actions, and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with central teams and Operations Excellence leaders for scalable implementation.

Job description

The Hershey Company is seeking a Sr Mgr Operations Excellence at the Robinson, IL site. You will lead the site’s operations excellence strategy, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and manage a team of direct and indirect reports across CI pillars.

You will leverage TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, and digital tools to improve safety, quality, service and cost while partnering with plant leadership. Key responsibilities include directing governance, performance standards, and an improvement pipeline,