Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Eau Claire, WI

About The Position

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.

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.
8+ years in a manufacturing or continuous improvement environment, required.
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
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 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

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification desired
Food or CPG experience preferred

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 align Factory Leadership Team towards 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 Factory Cost Controller an overall competence of Costing Standards for Manufacturing
Collaborate with Market Excellence manager within a Market/Category to drive NCE