Senior Manager- R&D

1 week ago


Glenview, Illinois, United States The Kraft Heinz Company Full time

Our highest priority is always the health and safety of our Kraft Heinz family. We require our office-based, home-based, R&D, and sales team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless approved for a medical or religious accommodation. This will enable our transition to hybrid work while maximizing the wellbeing of our entire team.

We believe the office is a critical driver of innovation, connection and development, but also realize providing more flexibility to our employees is critical in this new world. Starting in January 2022, the majority of our salaried employees will be able to work virtually for up to two days each week to create a more agile and modern workplace. Some jobs may be required to be performed fully in person depending a roles responsibilities and requirements.

** Description & Requirements**

**The Senior Manager- R&D - Pilot Plant provides leadership of the Glenview Research & Development pilot plant department driving products to commercialization. This role has full technical responsibility for the results of the teams efforts and for the effectiveness of its overall integration with other R&D and cross-functional partners.**

This is a Center Research-based technical leadership role providing leadership for the identification of process and product technology driven projects and platforms- and the feasibility evaluation & scale-up across anyone our North American businesses. The candidate will be responsible for testing and resource allocation of driving technical projects to meet strategic business initiatives- as well as coaching respective staff. This candidate should have a consistent record of process and/or product development as well as carrying out work plans and committing to results in a variety of settings. This includes understanding the business need- completing tests- operational efficiency- analyzing data- drawing conclusions- communicating results- and piloting commercialization. Proven communication- leadership and teamwork skills are crucial in this role- which operates in a cross-functional environment. The Sr. Manager should also have a strong technical background coupled with the ability to apply prior learning and operational principles to new situations. Exhibiting a collaborative approach and applying innovative solutions are key to success as well as using technical knowledge to develop and mentor others through successful product and process development scale up.

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**Key Components**

Manage and supervise the Glenview pilot plant facility including capital- resources- and staffing needs across a range of categories

Centralized North America leadership of Glenview- Warrendale- and Mt Royal R&D pilot plant operations to share standard methodologies and build a community of subject matter experts

Lead and guide team leaders on handling project prioritization across different categories of pilot plants- foster an environment of professional development- establish career plans for rotations/cross-training on categories and lead all aspects of performance process

Manage dedicated maintenance team- help establish required preventative maintenance for all pilot plant equipment to deliver uninterrupted service to internal customers

Cultivate leadership to all team members on strict adherence to safety and GMP procedures

Partners with Safety representative and leadership on the latest training and facility requirements

Align the KHC enterprise strategy (both short and long term) objectives to the assignments of the pilot plant

Identify technical gaps or confirm resources are in place for feasibility to deliver business objectives

Implement necessary technologies- equipment and efficiencies to deliver both short- and long-term goals

Document and communicate takeaways across team and with cross-functionals (i.e R&D- Quality- Manufacturing- etc.)

Coordinate the resources and budgets for the area to meet business objectives

Directs work assignments- scheduling- and reviews of work in progress

Reviews technical feasibility of proposed solutions to product and process development projects

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**Requirements**

Bachelors degree with 7+ years of experience in food industry manufacturing or a High School Diploma/Associates degree with 10+ years of food industry manufacturing experience

Experience leading- coaching- motivating and inspiring large teams in a R&D- Manufacturing- Operations or Quality environment

Practical experience for the establishment of process and product specifications (and quality systems/procedures for management of specifications)

Ability to translate long-term business strategy into multi-year business plan and supports strategy and process development

Be uniquely experienced in HACCP and FSMA to build new small batch manufacturing capability with minimal coaching/support

Technical skills to manage the resources and budgets for projects and platforms to drive execution and measure results

Strong pilot-scale process and product data analysis skills (including environmental checks)

Knowledge of FSMA and FDA guidelines needed to establish production of saleable samples from the pilot plant

Certification of general food safety principles desired

Working knowledge of HACCP- Food Defense and other food quality attributes preferred

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