Manufacturing Excellence Expert

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.

At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

The Manufacturing Excellence Expert accelerates operational performance across the Nestlé USA manufacturing network by developing autonomous teams, advancing TPM 7+4 and Industrial Performance systems, strengthening Daily Management Operations, eliminating chronic losses, and enabling data-driven decision making. The role coaches Factory Leadership Teams, Factory ME Managers, Production Managers, pillar leaders, and system owners through a hands‑on “coach by doing” approach while scaling proven practices across factories.

• Translate market and category priorities into factory implementation roadmaps and governance routines.
• Use business priorities, loss analysis, benchmarks, digital opportunities, and factory maturity to Focused Improvement principles.
• Cascade priorities and measures across supported factories.
• Factory/category scorecard
• Governance routine health

• Lead structured loss analysis, chronic loss elimination, Rapid Improvement, reliability, throughput, productivity, and cost improvement.
• Coach teams to identify root causes and apply practical problem‑solving and Industrial Performance methods.
• eUPS and recurring‑loss reduction
• Reliability, throughput, productivity, and cost improvement
• Rapid Improvement benefits sustained

• Advance TPM 7+4 maturity, standard work, pillar integration, and effective Factory and Local Leadership Team routines.
• Evaluate system health and create focused gap‑closure actions with factory leadership.
• TPM maturity progression
• Health‑check and assessment closure
• KSR / standard adherence

• Develop Factory ME Managers, Production Managers, and system owners through coaching, feedback, and experiential development.
• Connect capability needs to training, expert networks, and supporting resources.
• Capability plan adherence
• Leadership and pillar gap closure

• Use manufacturing analytics and digital solutions to improve visibility, prioritize opportunities, and sustain results.
• Maintain accurate manufacturing standards and master data, including capacities, capabilities, rates, efficiencies, and crewing.
• Data and standards accuracy
• Digital adoption and use
• Rate review / master‑data health

• Assess maturity, reapply best practices, and scale proven operational and digital solutions across factories and categories.
• Escalate cross‑functional support needs and coordinate focused expert resources.
• Replicated improvements
• Sustainability of results

• Internal: VP Manufacturing, Manufacturing Excellence leadership, Factory Managers, Factory Leadership Teams, Factory ME Managers, Production, Maintenance/Engineering, Safety, Quality,…