Senior TPM & Manufacturing Excellence Leader

Nestlé; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 101,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Healthcare coverage

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Nestlé USA is seeking a Factory Senior ME Specialist to support TPM strategy and act as an expert for industrial performance. As part of the local leadership team, you will accelerate autonomy development across the factory and drive key improvement projects.

You will develop LLT competencies, implement execution plans, and partner with HR and Training to sustain capability growth while leading cross-functional teams on floor-level improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing.
• 1-3 years working with Factory Management & Leadership teams, with success in supporting & developing cross functional teams.
• 1-3 years with an active role on the implementation of Goal Alignment/TPM.
• Understanding of cultural change management, process improvement, and business connections.
• Experience working with Line labor standards, Budget preparation/review, and line capability/speed studies
• Training effectiveness & facilitation
• 1-3 years working & developing improvement projects, loss analysis, & strong experience in leading /applying problem solving tools.

Responsibilities

• Supports definition, alignment, and implementation of the Local Leadership Team Execution Plan.
• Co-develop Local Leadership Team improvement strategy that considers loss analyses and external benchmarks.
• Provide alignment from the LLT/Key Stakeholders around the Execution Plan and cascade across the Business Unit.
• Partner with Local Leadership Team to define Execution Plans to deliver results including NCE rollout plans, digital enablers, CAPEX, and key improvement projects.
• Support the execution of the plan by ensuring governance and routines at LLT levels to track progress and sustainability.
• Spend time on factory floor to evaluate maturity and identify key opportunities; provide guidance and corrective actions.
• Capable of being point of contact in absence of team Manager.
• Develop Local Leadership Team ability to identify opportunities to transform workplace, people, and behaviors to deliver results.
• Partner with HR/Training & Learning to establish and evaluate function/pillar capability plans.
• Train and coach LLT on needed system competences and escalate for external support as needed.
• Develops and manages critical competence within ME team and Focused Improvement Technicians; build a pipeline of internal talent.

Skills

TPM

Problem solving

Power BI

Change Management

CIG

Manufacturing processes

Project management

Finance & value creation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Nestlé USA is seeking a Factory Senior ME Specialist to support TPM strategy and act as an expert for industrial performance. As part of the local leadership team, you will accelerate autonomy development across the factory and drive key improvement projects.

You will develop LLT competencies, implement execution plans, and partner with HR and Training to sustain capability growth while leading cross-functional teams on floor-level improvements.