Senior Co-Manufacturing Manager
NestléAbout the role
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.
- Responsible for business relationship and main point of contact for Co-Man sites (technical, operational, commercial and financial). Responsible for ensuring site adherence/compliance to all Contracts, Agreements and Co-Manufacturing Standard.
- Manage all operational and technical aspects at a group of Contract manufacturing sites, including ensuring supply (planning through invoice), compliance with Nestlé Quality policies and procedures (example QA HACCP and GMP's), management of Nestlé product specific information (product specifications, material specifications, certifications, etc), maintenance of SOP's and training.
- Provide strong onsite support for managing operations as the main point of contact working directly with site leadership and Nestlé cross functional teams.
- Ensure that a continuous improvement plan is in place to provide the lowest total delivered costs within the agreed to quality parameters.
- Ensure proper startup of new products at facilities including all required production related documentation being complete and available to co-manufacturer, achieving agreed upon timelines and compliance with Nestlé requirements.
- Ensure performance targets for assigned sites are being adhered to, including attainment, budgeting, costs (e.g. usage, PPV, tolling), savings targets, monthly variance reconciliation, consumer complaint reduction and first time right.
- Serve as the primary point of contact and liaison between the co-manufacturer and key internal interfaces to drive innovation & renovation concepts and project execution.
- Provide project leadership to coordinate cross-functional activities at contract manufacturer to ensure project is executed against timelines and budgets (PRO).
- Have a professional curiosity and entrepreneurial mindset to drive innovation throughout product portfolios and manufacturing processes in contract manufacturing sites.
- Have a broad technical skillset and end-to-end understanding of manufacturing processes along with strong cross-functional relationships to leverage through project execution and routine business practices.
- Ensure all co-manufacturers are fully compliant with Nestlé requirements and contract manufacturing agreements.
- Foster relationships with existing contract manufacturers and be able to establish new working relationships when new contract manufacturers are brought into the network.
- Lead, coach and develop the team by setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, building capabilities and enabling strong execution across business priorities.
- Management responsibility for significant segment(s) of individual OpCo or overall Co-Manufacturing strategy.
- Build a winning culture by driving accountability, promoting
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