Ice Cream Site Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Job Title

Ice Cream Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Sikeston, MO

International sponsorship nor local or international relocation not supported

The site Manufacturing Excellence Manager reports to the Factory Director and is a member of the plant leadership team. They will coordinate and drive continuous improvement activities utilizing ICMS (Ice Cream Manufacturing Systems) for loss eradication within manufacturing inbound and outbound supply chain context. They are responsible for developing a ICMS Master Plan from the site manufacturing strategy and will be the owner to lead the production waste and cost reduction programs.

They will provide skills development and coaching for all employees across all levels and will implement digital tools to enable improvement.

• Coach sites on World Class Manufacturing (ICMS) journey and coordinate validation through maturity assessments.
• Support the development and implementation of Site Master Plans, with focus on quality data, SMED, Center-lining and Kaizen workshops.
• Challenges norms, establishes standards and celebrates success.
• Responsible for the implementation, management, and successful operation of the Ice Cream Manufacturing Systems (ICMS) Continuous Improvement Methodology process in the factory.
• Ensure site ICMS master plan and actions are aligned with the category manufacturing strategy.
• Coach and mentor all pillar leads in the successful implementation of the ICMS methodology on-site.
• Drive kaizens and improvements across all areas of the factory, including Safety, Quality, Service, Operations, Cost, Waste, and Logistics.
• Lead all Waste Reduction initiatives on site.
• Organize performance results and improvement initiative reporting structure for external to site review.
• Coordinate the development of the ICMS preparation phase plan, track progress against the plan and lead issue resolution (gap analysis and adjustments to plan).
• Implements appropriate reviews (monthly, quarterly) to evaluate both pillars and departments progress in their UMS plans.
• Serves as a resource and coach for questions and practices regarding the UMS process.
• Coordinates data collection and analysis for manufacturing performance.
• Coordinates activities with internal regionally deployed ManEX (Manufacturing Excellence) Managers and Director.
• Participates in RVS (Regional Virtual Sites) or GVS (Global Virtual Sites) teams, seeks out best practices, ensures lessons learned and key agreed upon items are horizontally expanded into the factory.
• Coordinates with Engineering to ensure appropriate EEM (Early Equipment Management) and UMS methodology is being incorporated into all new projects and new equipment/products and ensures this is part of the Site Acceptance Test.
• Provide MP (Maintenance Prevention) records and UMS site standards to Engineering Project Manager.
• Work with site LT to design and develop site masterplan and capabilities for the future fit needs.

• Thinks end-to-end and takes ownership of results.
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organization.
• Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working.

• 4 years University degree required, preferred with Engineering focus.
• 5+ years leadership experience in general business & manufacturing expertise.
• TPM/Six Sigma/LEAN experience required and proven successful implementation of such programs.
• Food & or CPG manufacturing experience highly preferred.

• Language:
  Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Math:
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compare rate, ration, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability:
  Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but involved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables…