Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement & Transformation

WK Kellogg Co; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 136,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Plan

Health Insurance

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

11 Paid Holidays

Life Insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee recognition program

Job summary

WK Kellogg Co is seeking a Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement in Battle Creek to drive enterprise transformation across COEs. You will build aZero Loss mindset, develop supply chain leaders, and deliver CBn results such as productivity and cost savings.

You will partner across Demand Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, CS&L, and R&D to deploy standardized, scalable practices and embed continuous improvement into daily routines. 75% travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing or supply chain experience.
• 5+ years of technical leadership in transformation or operations excellence.
• Knowledge of CI/Process Optimization, Quality & Food Safety, TPM, high performing organizations.
• Ability to lead end-to-end CI work and integrate improvements across multiple COEs.
• Broad business understanding across Procurement, CS&L, Strategy & Transformation.
• Strong data analytics and storytelling with data.

Responsibilities

• Establish strong partnerships with Demand Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, and CS&L.
• Apply a work-process improvement lens to material, process, and delivery performance.
• Design future-state Quality Maintenance COE and evolve QA/FS COE.
• Collaborate with R&D, Strategy & Transformation, CS&L, and QFS to deliver scalable standards and measurable CBn results.

Skills

CI Leadership

Process Optimization

VSM / Lean

Data Analytics

Stakeholder Management

End-to-end CI

Workshops facilitation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

WK Kellogg Co is seeking a Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement in Battle Creek to drive enterprise transformation across COEs. You will build aZero Loss mindset, develop supply chain leaders, and deliver CBn results such as productivity and cost savings.

You will partner across Demand Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, CS&L, and R&D to deploy standardized, scalable practices and embed continuous improvement into daily routines. 75% travel may be required.