Manufacturing Manager

 

As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.

 

Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.

 

We have more than 11,000 employees around the world, and products available in over 140 countries.

 

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

Position Summary:

 

The Manufacturing Manager is a critical role within our manufacturing plant operations, with a high level of accountability, visibility, and opportunity to directly influence plant results. This is a great opportunity for future career growth within the operations functions in Supply Chain, as well as within other important functions, such as Quality, Distribution, and Integrated Planning, and join us during our continuous improvement journey!

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Management of the tablet manufacutring process operations
• Leading building of team capabilities
• Creation and sustainment of a high-performance processes and culture across the respective group of lines.
• Collaborate across all departments, and across all functions to ensure safe, effective plant operations
• Directly managing Supervisors across 3 - 8 hour shifts who lead an operations team with approximately 70-100 team members
• Formulation of Department strategy and annual goals and objectives that align to the Plant direction (OGSM – Objectives, Goals, Strategies, & Measures)
• Achieving of all Key Performance Indicators on the Plant Scorecard
• Provide personal, hands-on coaching of department supervisors and operating floor associates in the principles of high performing work systems and hold all levels accountability for implementing and susatinability.
• Foster a culture  that  develops  a  high  degree  of  ownership  from  all  team  members,  an environment of trust and openness, and a culture that delivers consistently superior results
• Provide leadership and guidance for Daily Management systems to ensure high levels of quality, problem identification and resolution, productivity, and associate involvement and ownership, including - Daily direction setting meetings, team meetings and operating review, visual management and online reporting
• Identify issues affecting efficiencies and assists in developing solutions.

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Experience and Education Requirements: 

 

• Bachelor’s Degree required, within any Engineering or Sciences (i.e. Biology or Chemistry) disciplines preferred.
• 3+ years of operations management experience in a high-speed manufacturing or production environment
• Military leadership experience a plus 
• Significant leadership experience managing medium size teams across various shifts
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop skills of others
• Knowledge of FDA regulations and Current Good Manufacutring Procedures 
• Experience with Food Safety plans/HACCP, GFSI a plus
• Experience with Quality Systems, Auditing, Root Cause Analysis

• Strong Safety and Quality experience
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate a vision effectively and to enroll others in that vision
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong working knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices such as TPM, OEE and the ability to utilize these tools to create and operate a high performing culture
• Advanced PC skills that encompass Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Oracle and ERP applications (i.e., SAP)

Physical Demands:

•          Capable of lifting 40 lbs
• ​​​​​​​         Some weekend work may be required, schedule dependent on production needs.
• There may also be ad hoc duties as requested by the business as a whole.
• Work environment may be exposed to powders, c