Manufacturing Process Operations Leader

Responsibilities

• Rotating shifts (including nights and weekends) in a 24/7 operation.
• Optimize operational efficiencies to support the facility’s production, packaging, warehousing, and shipping operations.
• Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize waste.
• Ensure operational practices are followed to control inventories.
• Ensure PepsiCo financial and accounting control procedures are followed to ensure accurate inventory records are maintained.
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
• Flex production plans on a shift-by-shift basis, managing through issues to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
• Identify and coordinate operations improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP).
• Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed, and resources are properly allocated.
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly personnel.
• Manage the performance of direct reports through performance reviews, frequent discussions, coaching, and career development action plans.
• 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.
• Facilitate maintenance activities to minimize equipment downtime.
• Build and develop talent by effectively leveraging PepsiCo Career Growth and Leadership Models and the Performance Management Process: objective setting, performance and development (PDR), people planning, 360 feedback, and competency review.
• Champion and lead an effective safety culture. Coach for safe behaviors and compliance with safety policies and procedures.
• Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies, and cost savings initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with Company policies, contracts and procedures.
• Directly oversee operational measures including but not limited to efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy.
• Directly oversees operational measures including but not limited to CIL/CL compliance, minor stop loss, SRC completion.
• Administer policies and procedures.
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site.
• This role requires regular presence on the plant floor.
• This role requires lifting up to 40 lbs. occasionally.
• This role requires occasional work in poor weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, or snow.
• This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally.
• This role may require off-shift and weekend work.
• This role may require some travel (less than 5%).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field.
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma Experience, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in manufacturing preferred, preferably food/beverage experience.
• Must possess strong skills, knowledge and capability in TPM or lean manufacturing, finance and accounting, project management, human relations, effective communications, and statistics/logical problem solving.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications.
• Able to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Able to lead a team-based approach to decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring skills.
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.