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Rise Baking Company Continuous Improvement Manager in Bonner Springs, Kansas

Purpose

Develop and successfully execute performance and reliability improvements across the facility. Serving as a key technical and operations resource, deliver improved, sustainable line performance through enhancing production and maintenance operating systems and margin improvement/cost savings on operational projects.

Essential Functions

• Manage the continuous improvement program and all operational and workplace organization standards

• Utilize TPM and lean flow methodologies to optimize asset and employee effectiveness along with workplace organization to ensure ideal production rates, parameters, and formulas are established and met

• Develop and manage reliability improvement plans for employees and assets

• Lead and facilitate mindset training programs to support reliability improvement plans

• Lead testing and startup for packaging materials and equipment; assist startup lead for all new projects

• Provide technical operations support for capital projects to ensure effective early management/vertical startup

• Manage new product commercialization initiatives for operations

• Serve as technical liaison between functional groups including production/maintenance employees, leadership, marketing, sales, R&D, and other facilities

• Lead cost improvement efforts, ensuring annual cost target achievement is met, specifically focused on manufacturing/operations

• Support plant leadership in annual operating and capital plan development

• Facilitate training to leadership and associates for key problem solving/continuous improvement methodology tools

• Assist team in creating and sustaining an environment of continuous improvement and fact-based decision making

• Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies)

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in industrial or mechanical engineering, business, or finance or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or engineering, preferably with food packaging and bakery equipment, packaging materials (film, corrugate, etc.), and related manufacturing systems/processes

• Ability to lead and support multiple projects and strategic initiatives concurrently and independently

• Complex problem solving and critical thinking skills, leveraging process-driven and root cause mentality

• Lean-minded thinker

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong knowledge of product quality, FDA, OSHA, and EPA regulations

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