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Nestle Manufacturing Excellence Specialist (Continuous Improvement) in Hartwell, Georgia
Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected. Purely Driven.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We’re a “safety first” culture driven by a zero defect and zero waste mentality set out to enrich the lives of pets everywhere. As a leading pet food manufacturer, we carry on the legacy of our Founder who led us to reshape the larger pet care category. Over 120 years in existence, we’ve grown our passionate Nestlé Purina Family as we’ve grown the breadth of our business. Your needs are our responsibility—job security, benefits, safety, and career growth. But, we leave it up to you to shape our future and your career aspirations.
As the Manufacturing Excellence Specialist, you will be responsible for training, coaching, and assessing teams across functions in our factory on their Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma activities. You will dive into our data to help us identify opportunities to improve our performance and processes. In addition, you will be a leader among our teams while performing traditional industrial performance and engineering responsibilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Gather data and analyze reports, including stoppage analysis and other production line data
Responsible for managing industrial performance activities in the factory, including Nestlé Manufacturing performance metrics
Provide Continuous improvement project support and leadership, including the delegated supervision of employees allocated to those assignments
Support Nestle Continuous Excellence pillars to drive world-class manufacturing
Work with leadership across the factory to support all manufacturing excellence activities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of continuous improvement, process improvement, or coaching and developing in a manufacturing, military, or related environment
- OR -
- High school diploma with 5+ years of continuous improvement, process improvement, or coaching and developing in a manufacturing, military, or related environment
The approximate pay range for this position is $61,000 to $98,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.
Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com)
REQUISITION ID:
326802
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