Manufacturing Excellence Specialist

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Burlington, WI

2d•$74,969 - $100,552

About The Position

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. Nestlé USA is looking for a Manufacturing Excellence Specialist to join their team. This role is crucial in enhancing factory performance through robust TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) practices, developing team capabilities, ensuring data accuracy, and driving key improvement projects. Nestlé USA offers a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and growth, with a portfolio of well-known brands.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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.