Processing Area Leader

Job Description

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet and Science Diet. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food.

Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life.

A career at Hill's Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

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Job Title:

Processing Area Leader

Travel Required?:
Travel - up to 10% of time

Posting

Start Date:

5/6/26

On-site

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number #173062 - Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values-Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous-we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

At Hill's we have a purpose to transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, science-led nutrition, and the best and brightest people. If you're interested in work that matters, fueled by passion for pets, we invite you to apply.

Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hill's mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. Our decades of science and research guide us in creating nutrition that's a step ahead so pets and pet parents can enjoy every day together. As the US #1 Veterinarian recommended pet food brand, knowledge is our first ingredient with 220+ veterinarians, PhD nutritionists and food scientists working to develop breakthrough innovations in pet health.

Scope of Responsibility:

As a Processing Area Leader you will be responsible for effectively managing all functions related to Processing production and maintenance activities including developing and managing continuous improvement initiatives as established by the FP&R guidelines for all systems to improve the plant's quality, productivity, maintenance, and reliability performance. You will stablish and maintain effective KPI's, leading process/ batching improvements in the areas of reliability, waste, product quality, safety, and cost per pound.

In addition you will track performance, and make recommendations for optimizing performance and quality.

Core Responsibilities:

* Drive operational excellence aligned with safety, quality and FP&R standards

* Develop and manage the continuous improvement systems as established by FP&R guidelines and standard by conducting regular data driven CI reviews, coordinating cross-functional evaluations of CI projects through ROI, Continuous Improvement Plans (CIP) and manage CI project timelines to achieve optimization initiatives in applicable areas including Raw, Batching, Receiving and Processing.

* Provide leadership, development, and coaching for Processing Focus Resource and Maintenance Team on enhanced efficiencies and timely support for the business and plant operation

* Manage the maintenance functions in the relative areas of the facility to effectively schedule and execute maintenance work orders, preventative maintenance (PM) plans as well as autonomous maintenance (AM) activities while leveraging the SAP PM System and work order process

* Implement and drive autonomous maintenance (AM) and preventive maintenance (PM) programs in accordance with FP&R Standards

* Establish and maintain effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) measurement, tracking and reporting tools, and establish corrective actions for continuous improvement for Process and Batching.

* Assist in achievement of plant KPI's by working with Team Leaders and other leadership in order to translate business needs into daily operations and create technical solutions

* Lead the development of employee training programs, process improvements and optimization plans for the Process department (safety, throughput, yield, quality, and cost).

* Implement training programs for greater productivity performance

* Establish, maintain, audit and analyze Shop Floor data structure

* Support plant and QA in identifying quality defects in Process and…