Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager

PowerToFly; Eau Claire (WI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent food manufacturing company in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager to lead factory-wide performance improvement strategies. This role involves developing and executing plans in line with Nestlé Continuous Excellence practices, ensuring reliable data and asset utilization, and facilitating cultural changes within the factory. Candidates should ideally possess a Bachelor's degree and have over 8 years in manufacturing, with Lean Six Sigma certification preferred. This is an opportunity to shape processes and drive excellence in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a manufacturing or continuous improvement environment.
• Food or CPG experience preferred.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute performance improvement strategy.
• Ensure data reliability and asset utilization.
• Lead NCE projects implementation.

Skills

Digital tools (Power BI, SAP Master Data, DMO)

Leadership in cultural change management

Manufacturing process understanding

Line labor standards and budget preparation

Advanced knowledge of TPM

Problem-solving capabilities

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in food science, Engineering or related degree

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager is responsible for the development, alignment, and execution of a factory-wide performance improvement strategy. The role acts as the center of expertise and key driver for Nestle Continuous Excellence (NCE) and Industrial Performance activities in the factory.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for development, competence building, and health of Industrial Performance systems & routines, including Labor utilization studies
• Accountable for data reliability, SAP BOM/Master Data, planning rate reviews, Asset Intensity and utilization systems, Nestle Standards for Manufacturing Performance
• Leads development of Strategic plan (OMP) and improvement strategy in the Factory
• Ensures the right cascading of priorities and measures from the Market to the factory
• Defines and embeds NCE projects and initiatives into the Factory objectives and aligns the Factory Leadership Team toward the plan
• Establishes and drives effective Factory governance to ensure that NCE implementation contributes to delivering business results
• Supports Factory competency building plan that ensures NCE is developing autonomy at all levels of the organization
• Stewards, trains, supports and coaches the Factory Leadership Team and Local Leadership Teams in manufacturing competencies (e.g. GA, FI, TPM 7+4) behaviors and applicable manufacturing standards
• Develops competency of Local Leadership Teams and Factory Leadership Teams, supporting them to apply methodologies to improve and sustain results (e.g. all NCE methodologies, Value Added Activities, Workload studies, etc.)
• Conducts, sponsors and/or coaches specific projects to support results improvement around priorities established by the Factory
• Understands and ensures together with the Factory Cost Controller an overall competence of Costing Standards for Manufacturing
• Collaborates with Market Excellence manager within a Market/Category to drive NCE

Experience and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Engineering or related degree required. Will consider 10 years of related job experience in lieu of a degree.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification desired
• 8+ years in a manufacturing or continuous improvement environment, required.
• Food or CPG experience preferred, which includes:
  • 2+ Years of direct production/maintenance floor experience
  • 2+ Years working with factory management/leadership team
  • 2+ Years of project management, loss intelligence, & advanced problem solving
  • 2+ Years working in Goal Alignment/TPM/Lean implementation

Skills

• Strong knowledge of digital tools including Power BI, SAP Master Data, DMO and other visualization tools/data analytics experience preferred
• Strong leadership in cultural change management & managing multiple complex priorities and business connections
• Ability to understand/learn new manufacturing processes and quickly identify their challenges and areas of opportunity
• Experience in developing line labor standards, budget preparation/review, and line capability/speed studies
• Advanced knowledge of TPM
• Strong problem‑solving capabilities
• Demonstrated track record of leading changes in a difficult environment
• Demonstrated track record and competence on TPM and Lean and/or World Class Manufacturing (WCM) methodologies and implementation.
• Cultural change agent working with hourly operators and senior stakeholders
• Project management capabilities

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