Sr Site Initiative Execution Leader (SIEL)

Danone North America, LLC; Fort Worth (TX); Sur place; USD 140 000 - 200 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Performance-based bonus

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Plan

Wellness Program

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Bonding Leave

Résumé du poste

Danone North America, LLC is seeking a Sr Site Initiative Execution Leader to drive the Site Initiatives Master Plan at the Fort Worth, TX site. You will lead integrated master planning, prepare prefeasibility/feasibility assessments, and ensure successful execution of site product and packaging innovations while maintaining SQCDMN alignment.

You will own factory readiness for initiatives, manage COGS assumptions, and collaborate across Operations, R&I, Quality, Finance, and other functions to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, or a related field.
• 10+ years in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or project execution.
• Advanced degree or certification in PM/Operations/Supply Chain preferred.
• Experience leading site-level initiatives or innovation execution in a manufacturing environment.

Responsabilités

• Own and maintain the Site Initiatives Master Plan (IMP), ensuring alignment with plant priorities and resource capacity.
• Lead integrated master planning to enable effective site resource planning and initiative execution.
• Ensure accurate prefeasibility and feasibility assessments during the project definition phase with PQCDSM accuracy.
• Lead successful execution of product and packaging innovations at the site, including vertical startups.
• Own factory supply chain readiness for initiatives, including master data, materials supply, planning, and production readiness.
• Own and validate factory initiative COGS assumptions and financial impacts.
• Partner with factory and project teams to meet SQCDMN performance indicators.

Connaissances

Project governance

Initiative execution

Operations excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Advanced degree or certification in PM/Operations/Supply Chain

Description du poste

Sr Site Initiative Execution Leader (SIEL)

Job Locations

US-TX-Fort Worth

Job ID: 2026-28790

Number of People to Hire: 1

Job Family: Manufacturing

Level of Experience: Experienced Professionals

Short Intro and About the Job

At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Sr Site Initiative Execution Leader based in Fort Worth, TX.

Key Responsibilities

As a key member of our team, you will play an important role in driving our mission forward. The following responsibilities outline the core expectations and contributions for this position:

• Own and maintain the Site Initiatives Master Plan (IMP), ensuring alignment with plant priorities and resource capacity
• Lead integrated master planning to enable effective site resource planning and initiative execution
• Ensure accurate project prefeasibility and feasibility assessments during the project definition phase, with a strong focus on PQCDSM accuracy
• Lead successful execution of product and packaging innovations at the site, including vertical startups
• Own factory supply chain readiness for initiatives, including master data, materials supply, planning, first factory production, and remnant depletion
• Own and validate factory initiative COGS assumptions and financial impacts
• Own or participate in the evaluation and mitigation of manage Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobility and Nature (SQCDMN) risks at the factory level for all initiatives
• Partner closely with factory and project teams to ensure strong quality of execution and achievement of SQCDMN performance indicators
• Own InnoPro Gate deliverables for the factory scope of initiatives
• Ensure initiatives meet defined objectives for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability
• Serve as the site single point of contact (SPOC) for all innovation, renovation, productivity, and sourcing projects, ensuring strong crossfunctional alignment across Operations, R&I, Quality, Finance, C&P, and iPRO.
• Provide factory technical and industrial feasibility leadership from project definition through execution, ensuring alignment between product specifications and site capabilities.
• Own factory resource planning and governance, including CAPEX/OPEX assessment, homologation, and stagegate execution for all site initiatives.
• Lead factory execution of innovation, productivity, and quality projects, integrating engineering and operations resources to deliver successful trials, startups, and scaleups.
• Drive industrial testing, validation, and launch excellence, including scheduling and optimization of trials, startups, artwork, and specification validations, with clear reporting to project teams.
• Ensure performance monitoring and continuous improvement, leading postlaunch reviews, postmortem analyses, and identification of new innovation and productivity opportunities.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs and ladders, balance; stoop, kneel or crouch; talk and hear. Occasionally required to lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Work is performed in a manufacturing environment with exposure to moderate noise and temperature variations.
• Work schedules could include nights, weekends and/or holidays to provide the ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing environment as business needs dictate.

Engagement in our Integrated Work Systems

Ensure adherence to plant standards and procedures (including but not limited to GMP, AIB, FDA, IWS, Quality, Safety, Finance, ISO, HOPE, Danone Behaviors, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE). As a fundamental piece of the organization, your responsibility is to participate and own the implementation and deployment of IWS system and its pillars (Leadership foundation, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE; Autonomous Maintenance; planned Maintenance; Focused Improvement; Education and Training; Environmental, Health and Safety; Quality; Organization; Supply Network; Early Equipment Management) with the objective of owning your space, owning your performance (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobilization, Nature) and owning your continuous improvement.

Compensation & Benefits:

Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options.

About You

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of education, experience, and skills that enable them to excel in this position. The following qualifications outline what we're looking for, including both required and preferred criteria:

Education & Experience:

• Required: Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field
• Preferred: Advanced degree or certification in Project Management, Operations Excellence, or Supply Chain
• Required: 10 + years of experience in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or project execution roles
• Preferred: Experience leading sitelevel initiatives or innovation execution in a manufacturing environment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and supply chain integration
• Experience with project governance, stagegate processes, and initiative execution
• Ability to assess and manage Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobility and Nature (SQCDMN) risks at the site level
• Strong analytical, planning, and problemsolving skills
• Effective communication and collaboration across crossfunctional teams
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement within structured operating
• Must understand vague and implicit instructions and react favorably in all work situations
• Must be mentally adaptable and flexible in dealing with a variety of people
• Must be able to communicate providing verbal feedback in a professional manner systems

About Us, We offer and What's next

Danone USA is an industry-leading food & beverage company, with a mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Founded in the Bronx in 1942 as Dannon Milk Products, Danone USA now employs 5,000 people across more than 10 U.S. manufacturing facilities.

When you join Danone USA, you'll help make products for well-known brands including Activia, DanActive, Danimals, Dannon, evian, Follow Your Heart, Happy Family Organics, International Delight, Light + Fit, Nutricia , Oikos, Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, STK Cold Brew Coffee , Too Good & Co, and YoCrunch.

You'll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps in the world, working to make sure our company creates real value for people and the planet.

Danone USA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.

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