Lean Manufacturing - Plant Manager
Job in
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, 61791, USA
Listed on 2025-12-29
Listing for:
Ferrero International S.A.
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-12-29
Job specializations:
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Manufacturing / Production
Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Operations Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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We are currently looking for a Lean Manufacturing – Plant Performance Manager. By covering this position, you will manage line
** performance improvement
** through the management and promotion of Ferrero
** Operational Excellence
** and
** Smart Factory
** initiatives for our Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (AV) and Caivano (NA) Plants.
You will also be responsible for managing the
** Smart Factory roll-out
** for the Plant. By covering this role, you will work closely with Plant referents to define deployment plans for Smart Factory initiatives and lead or support their execution locally. One of your tasks will be to monitor and consolidate the progress of Plant initiatives related to Smart Factory and report on their status to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
You will be accountable for managing the people within your area of responsibility, ensuring a management system based on Group values, motivation, competence development, and empowerment. By covering this role, you will promote proper communication and cascading through line managers to the teams.
By covering this role, you will manage the
** Ferrero Operational Excellence
** roll-out for the Plant, acting as a true change agent with a
** continuous improvement mindset**. You will partner with Plant referents to define plans for Ferrero Operational Excellence initiatives and related training sessions, and you will lead or support the execution of these activities at the local level. One of your tasks will be to
** coach Plant referents
** on Ferrero Operational Excellence methodologies and their developments, leveraging the “train-the-trainer” concept to ensure full accountability for implementing performance improvement methodologies. You will also consolidate and report the
** progress of Plant initiatives**, training sessions, and audits linked to Ferrero Operational Excellence.
As a strong communicator, your
** fluency in both Italian and English
** will be crucial to succeed in this role.
Your profile will be completed by excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to guide heterogeneous groups of people.
Your
** availability to work at both Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi and Caivano Plants
** will be essential.
You will bring a Master’s Degree in Engineering or a related field, combined with solid
** previous experience of 5 - 8 years
** in
** Continuous Improvement/Lean Manufacturing
** activities.
Careers with caring built in - discover our benefits .Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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