Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Summary

As the Continuous Improvement Manager in our Macon, Missouri facility, local producers of Healthy Choice, Banquet and more, you will partner with the plant's entire team to ensure the use of performance tools - establishing a zero-loss manufacturing culture where everyone, every day, learns and improves something, delivering World Class sustainable performance. You will report to the Plant Manager.

Position Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, inspiration, and subject matter expertise in Conagra Performance System (CPS) best practices.
• As part of the Macon Leadership Team, you will be a hands-on driver of improvement in the plant by focusing all teams (i.e. Project Engineers, Contractors, Technicians, Peers, and Other CPS Pillars leads) to guide actions to support CPS.
• Be an expert in breaking down top losses and using data to drive decisions for how to overcome
• Work with the Plant Manager to calibrate what plant priorities are and how they are implemented
• Assess the level of the facility regarding the CPS journey and merge CPS best practices where the plant is ready to adopt them.
• Lead the Reliability Improvement Plans (RIP); establish action plans; and follow-up meetings
• Lead the development of standard work by partnering with Department Managers to assure Standard Work is accurate, being used and verified. Create methodology to assure most current best practices are documented and trained to.
• Work with the Operations teams to create and move towards an Autonomous Maintenance work culture and run to centerline.
• Support plant pillar and platform Leads (5S, Safety, Planned Maintenance, Focused Improvement)
• Engage all associates through hands-on mentoring and audits to improve processes
• Coach teams in giving and receiving feedback, root cause analysis, trade-off analysis, interpersonal communications and external interactions
• Promote important CPS concepts everyday through coaching and auditing across the organization.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business management, Organizational Development, Engineering or other related fields
• 5 years plant-based operations experience in a manufacturing environment
• 5 years experience in TPM based continuous improvements, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and related process improvement systems.
• 5 year's experience in facilitating teams; oversee root-cause analysis, data collection, and using TPM/ CPS concepts such as "Why, Why/ How How", Phenomena Thinking.
• Working knowledge of production equipment and systems including maintenance activities.
• Interpret a variety of technical information in mathematical and narrative form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

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Compensation:

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000 person team across 40 locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.