Senior Process Improvement Engineer

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery,LLC•Traverse City, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery is a collection of five brands - Sara Lee, Bistro Collection, Chef Pierre, Superior on Main, and Cyrus O'Leary's - united in quality and innovation under new leadership. The company's vision is to be the world’s most beloved bakery by creating irresistible foods, growing with our customers, and delivering value for all. They believe in collaboration and innovation in an environment where employees feel empowered to execute with speed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field.
Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.
6 + years of manufacturing experience in a consumer product manufacturing operation preferred.
Must be self-motivated, results and action oriented.
Ability to make independent and sound decisions.
Ability to conduct assessments and audits and evaluate to measure progress.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Solid understanding of Business Finance principles.
Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications.
Ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision making.
Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
Strong leadership with the ability to get results through mentoring others.
Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.
Proficient in AutoCAD 19.

Responsibilities

Maintaining & improving OEE, production system capabilities, and operational stability.
Technical leadership and people development, cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, equipment, and safety.
Developing mastery of assigned processes and equipment to deliver improved OEE, quality, and yield.
Responsible for loss analysis & OEE improvement plan development, plan execution leadership, and results tracking.
Develop and implement capital equipment projects as needed to support OEE improvement plans.
Oversee analytical troubleshooting & problem-solving activities.
Facilitate Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project management as needed leveraging the internal Continuous Improvement Program (Sara Lee Continuous Excellence (SLCE)).
Oversee the Downtime collection system.
Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
Deliver effective change leadership - driving business changes while minimizing people impact.
Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues.
Motivate team members to achieve plan goals. Drive data driven and frontline team-based culture.
Understand the fundamental tools & methodologies of the TPM pillars – Focused Improvement (FI), Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Planned Maintenance (PM), Early Management (EM).
Understand the CQV process – Commissioning, Qualification, Verification process.
Apply reliability expertise to stabilize and improve the operation, driving variation down and seeking improved TE through capital, procedural, and operational improvements in both planned and unplanned downtime areas.
Develop and maintain staffing and scrap standards for new and revised manufacturing processes.
Demonstrate good oral and written communication skills through leading meetings and preparing written plant communications.
Oversee process improvement capital projects including, design, planning, organizing, scheduling, control, integration, for on time and within budget completion.
Responsible for rapid changeover activities including principles, target setting, and leading successful efforts reducing changeover time to achieve challenging objectives.
Provide weekly, period, and ‘Year to Date’ reliability and variability downtime analysis support to the operation.
Assist in plant initiatives and direct line supervision as needed.
Administer policies and procedures to ensure compliance with plant safety, security, and GMP requirements.
Regular and predictable attendance at the work site.