Job Purpose
Develop and successfully execute performance and reliability improvements across the facility. Serving as a key technical and operations resource, deliver improved, sustainable line performance through enhancing production and maintenance operating systems and margin improvement / cost savings on operational projects.
Essential Functions
- Manage the continuous improvement program and all operational and workplace organization standards
- Utilize TPM and lean flow methodologies to optimize asset and employee effectiveness along with workplace organization to ensure ideal production rates, parameters, and formulas are established and met
- Develop and manage reliability improvement plans for employees and assets
- Lead and facilitate mindset training programs to support reliability improvement plans
- Lead testing and startup for packaging materials and equipment; assist startup lead for all new projects
- Provide technical operations support for capital projects to ensure effective early management / vertical startup
- Manage new product commercialization initiatives for operations
- Serve as technical liaison between functional groups including production / maintenance employees, leadership, marketing, sales, R&D, and other facilities
- Lead cost improvement efforts, ensuring annual cost target achievement is met, specifically focused on manufacturing / operations
- Support plant leadership in annual operating and capital plan development
- Facilitate training to leadership and associates for key problem solving / continuous improvement methodology tools
- Assist team in creating and sustaining an environment of continuous improvement and fact-based decision making
- Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies)
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in industrial or mechanical engineering, business, or finance or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or engineering, preferably with food packaging and bakery equipment, packaging materials (film, corrugate, etc.
and related manufacturing systems / processes
- Ability to lead and support multiple projects and strategic initiatives concurrently and independently
- Complex problem solving and critical thinking skills, leveraging process-driven and root cause mentality
- Lean-minded thinker
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong knowledge of product quality, FDA, OSHA, and EPA regulations
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