Manufacturing Excellence Specialist (Industrial Performance Specialist)

Nestle • Eau Claire, WI • 1d ago

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

Position Summary:

Manufacturing Excellence Specialist will be responsible for driving operational excellence. Continuous improvement efforts will focus on making sustainable gains in reliability, quality, safety, cost, and delivery. Methods for achieving and sustaining improvements will be based on Nestlé Continuous Excellence, TPM, and LEAN fundamentals. The team member will need to collaborate closely with division, factory, and other internal partners to achieve the Manufacturing Excellence objectives aligned with the business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Create and maintain line and labor standards for new / current SKUs based on loss analysis, studies, and historical data

Deploy and leverage Digital tools like SAP modules, DMO Performance, MMS etc to enhance real time decision making and analysis of losses

Determine the optimum machine speed, production cycles and line crewing that are required for master scheduling, as well as for short term planning and control.

Perform bottleneck studies and other industrial performance studies towards improving throughput and productivity

Develop and publish Dashboards, Scorecards and Operational Review Platforms using Power BI, SharePoint, and Teams.

Build and deploy digital solutions like Power Apps, Flow towards Paperless workflows

Determine means to minimize wastes like material losses, machine losses by utilizing NCE and TPM methodologies

Develop project teams on key skills to drive continuous improvement.

Experience and Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree preferred (Engineering or Business, preferred)

2+ years of experience in food manufacturing, preferred

Skills:

Ability to build trust and interact with all levels of the organization

Proficiency in O365, Power BI and Power Apps development

Strong project management and change management skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Creative, reliable, organized, adaptable, flexible, innovative, and a self-starter

Focus on adding value to a fast and performance driven business

Interpersonal skills and leadership abilities #LI-SF1

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you'll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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Job Requisition: 388574

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