Manufacturing Excellence Specialist

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Fremont, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

As the world leader in nutrition, health and wellness for children from birth to preschool, Gerber Products Company is committed to creating a strong future. We joined the Nestlé Nutrition family in 2007, and have been a partner in parenthood ever since. Our Anything for Baby team works closely with experts to create products that enrich and establish healthy habits for children, and are good for the planet as well. A career at Gerber provides meaningful opportunities to develop professionally, and nurture generations to come. Now is the time to define your future, and ours too. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. POSITION SUMMARY: The Factory Specialist ME actively helps improve factory performance by strengthening TPM routines, building capability across Local Leadership Team (LLT) and shop floor teams, improving data reliability, supporting loss elimination, and accelerating execution of key improvement initiatives.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience considered in lieu of a degree.
1-3 years of experience in Manufacturing
1-3 years working with Factory Management & Leadership team, with success in supporting & developing cross-functional teams
1-3 years with an active role on the implementation of Goal Alignment/TPM/Lean
Understanding of cultural change management, process improvement and business connections
Experience working with Line labor standards, Budget preparation/review, and line capability/speed studies
1-3 years working & developing improvement projects, loss analysis, & strong experience in leading /applying problem solving tools
Ability to collaborate well with others and work cross-functionally across shop floor, LLT, and factory leadership levels
Strong coaching and influencing skills with the ability to build capability and drive behavioral change
Analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to interpret manufacturing losses, performance trends, and operational data to identify improvement opportunities
Digital skills and past exposure to digital systems (should have experience with Microsoft Office), otherwise with strong desire to learn (SAP, DMO, Prometheus, POKA, Power BI)
Goal Alignment/TPM/Lean/Continuous Improvement methodologies
Ability to manage multiple improvement initiatives simultaneously, prioritize work, and drive execution through cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

Supports definition, alignment and implementation of the Local Leadership Team performance improvement plan/strategy
Co-develop Local Leadership improvement strategy that considers: Factory Operational Master Plan, Loss Analysis / External Benchmarks
Gain alignment from the Local Leadership Team (LLT) / Key Stakeholders around the improvement plan and support roll out across the Production Department
Improvement plan to deliver the expected results that include: Long-term TPM rollout plans, Other factory key enablers (Digital, CAPEX, MUV/cost savings, etc), Key improvement projects, Key competency building activities, External support requirements
Support the execution of the improvement plan by: Ensuring proper governance / routines at LLT levels to track execution progression and improvement sustainability, Spending time on shop floor to evaluate maturity progression and identify key opportunities, Providing guidance and feedback to LLT and aligning corrective actions to adjust improvement plan
Develop Critical Competence within Local Leadership Team (e.g. ability to identify opportunities to transform workplace, people, and behaviors to deliver results through GEMBA visits)
Partner with HR / Training to establish and evaluate robustness of function/pillar capability plan for LLT
Train and coach LLT / shop floor owners on systems health and competencies (e.g. Cleaning/Inspection, Centerline, Changeover) and escalate for external support as needed
Evaluates maturity of key systems and provides feedback to functional / pillar leads and guides conversations around steps to improve
Member of FI Pillar, which includes development competence building and health of FI systems and routines (Problem solving, Project & Stakeholder Management, Loss Intelligence, etc.)
Accountable for FI pillar and Industrial Performance related activities within the Local Leadership Team, including health and competency building of systems/routines such as labor utilization studies, data reliability, SAP BOM/Master Data, Planning Rate Reviews, Asset Intensity systems (DMO), Tagging/Prometheus, St 21-908, Capacity Utilization, etc