Corporate Continuous Improvement Engineer

Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Engineering

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 25338

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit ~~~ and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities Overview: The Corporate Continuous Improvement Engineer plays a strategic role in executing the PCB CI vision throughout all areas of the organization to help achieve our financial objectives. This role will be responsible for assisting in the roll-out of our CI system and culture in manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and many other areas of the organization resulting in year-on-year continuous improvements. This position will partner across all functions of the organization to help achieve focus, alignment, and synchronization and ensure we have the right systems, tools, and methods that deliver real time feedback and quantifiable metrics leading the business for best practices on all aspects of performance while ensuring process consistency across the company. This role will also coach, mentor, and train members of PCB on Lean and DMAIC methodology. Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Drives continuous improvement efforts company-wide. Provides leadership and strategic thinking for implementing continuous improvement initiatives. Facilitates and supports the continuous improvement process (e.g. behaviors, attitude, and culture), working with CI Managers to implement and sustain a continuous improvement program based upon Lean principles that support meeting business goals and objectives. Leads the implementation of operating processes and systems that deliver consistent year-over-year continuous improvement opportunities. Coaches, trains, mentors, and models root cause analysis, problem solving methodology, strategy development, Leader Standard Work, 5S+1, and many other CI/Lean/Six Sigma/TPM philosophies. Viewed as an expert in these areas and speaks with authority and confidence when engaging others. Leads, identifies, and defines scope of continuous improvement planning and activities. Easily identifies opportunities and works closely with technical resources to help drive efficiencies and best practices. Be a change agent that challenges existing processes that create waste and non-value-added work. Leads focused efforts aimed at breakthrough and incremental improvements in all areas of the organization to meet or exceed performance metrics. Monitors data and metrics to identify areas of waste and prioritize the development and implementation of solutions. Leads and/or participates on cross functional Kaizen teams to resolution of problems or achievement of desired goals. Provides appropriate documentation and project update communication to Supply Chain & Operations leadership. Collaborates with all departments and individuals affected by CI projects. Shares best practices and build relationships with CI resources at all PCB facilities. All other duties as assigned. Leadership Expectations: Demonstrates a passion for safety. Able to develop and maintain a respectful and safe work environment. Deep understanding of Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma/Continuous Improvement methodologies and ability to teach and model them. Must have strong analytical and business judgment including demonstrated problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills. Ability to influence, mentor, and coach to get results through others. Results driven for being the low-cost producer and supporting company growth strategies. Have strong bias for action, while proving the ability to inspire others. Convey high level of optimism in finding ways to achieve aggressive targets. Communicates a compelling vision and inspired sense of purpose. Talks about the possibilities and is optimistic. Creates strong morale and spirit within team. Solves highly complex problems and prioritizes actions in a timely manner. Probes all sources for answers and can quickly sense what will help resolve issues. Establishes clear direction, sets stretching objectives. Lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner and brings out the best in people through leveraging their strengths. Speaks candidly and provides constructive feedback in a professional manner. Organizes and manages projects; interacts, supports, facilitates, and leads multi-functional work teams; leads teams to consensus; strong negotiation skills. Able to build strong and diverse relationships across the business groups they partner with. Supports and fosters change. Must be mobile and able to take on broader assignments for additional development opportunities. Qualifications EDUCATION: 4-year degree in Science, Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Manufacturing), or Management field EXPERIENCE: Preference of 3+ years combined related work experience in a manufacturing/supply chain/corporate environment. Experience with successful leadership in executing continuous improvement/Lean Six Sigma efforts is also preferred.

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