Rotational Operations Analyst – Manufacturing & Leadership

Kansas Ag Connection

Kansas City (KS)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Kansas Ag Connection seeks a Rotational Operations Analyst as part of the Experience program to rotate through manufacturing, engineering, quality and process technology over roughly two years, gaining practical experience to prepare for a future leadership role.

You will work across plant shifts, participate in CI projects, analyze data with Power BI and other systems, support customer audits, and collaborate with supervisors to improve reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Manufacturing, engineering, or related field required.
Internship experience preferred.
Certification and/or license – N/A

Responsibilities

Visit a DFA farm to gain basic dairy farming knowledge and experience.
Meet with cross-functional experts to further understand the business and the Cooperative.
Work on various plant shifts to gain insight into the manufacturing process, opportunities, and challenges.
Complete a manufacturing project using educational experience.
Participate in review of production costs, rework meeting, and/or analytics.
Participate in ideation, package design, problem-solving, etc., meetings.
Utilize systems throughout rotation, including Power BI, Salesforce, PCM, genesis, trace gains, SharePoint, etc., to analyze data and produce metrics.
Produce reports, provide analytics, and build capability around data analysis and critical thinking.
Participate in a customer audit in plant (understanding of quality, regulatory etc.)
Prepare and send samples for customers. Understand how to maintain sample and raw material inventory
Participate in a customer call, such as a prospecting call or complaint resolution
Complete a CI project involving influence
Run dryer; understand science and methodology to spray drying, blending, etc.
Work on a new product project, commercialization and scale up Prepare and present report on project results and next steps
Assist with new product scale-ups at manufacturing facilities and/or scale up at customer facility where product is used
Attend industry workshop training, such as cheese-making, spray drying, dry blending etc.
Complete OSHA, environmental, ECO lab, and IDFA training courses
Shadow Plant Supervisor, Plant Manager, and Director of Operations
Act in a supervisory role (once leadership training is complete)
Review disciplinary issues with operations leader
Deliver constructive feedback
Participate in the interview and selection process
Onboard new hires, including 30/60/90 day check ins
Coordinate staffing
Research new ingredient process technologies
Shadow the controls team and assist in conducting costing and data analysis
Troubleshoot quality issues in collaboration with food safety & quality team
Assist in the capital management process
Understand and utilize engineering standards
Work with manufacturing, maintenance and engineering leaders to improve plant reliability
Sit in on sales and operations planning (S&OP) and procurement meetings to understand how to schedule product, get bids, and interact with vendors
Rotations may be available at cheese, taste & flavor and dairy powders locations around the country
The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned.