Manufacturing Operations Leader

4 weeks ago


Newport News, Virginia, United States PepsiCo Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manufacturing Operations Leader to join our team at PepsiCo. As a key member of our supply chain organization, you will be responsible for leading all activities associated with the manufacturing/production department for the facility.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure Team Compliance: Ensure team compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
  • Maintain Quality Standards: Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
  • Optimize Operational Efficiencies: Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
  • Identify Operational Improvements: Identify and oversee operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP). Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed and resources are properly allocated.
  • Track Operational Output Measures: Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
  • Develop Team: Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals
  • Deliver Change Leadership: Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
  • Communicate Cross-Functionally: Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
  • Motivate Team Members: Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
  • Build People Capability: Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
  • Flex Production Plans: Flex production plans on a shift by shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
  • Optimize Ingredient and Packaging Material Usage: Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
  • Ensure Compliance: Ensure compliance with company policies, contracts and procedures.
  • Lead Operations Team: Lead and motivate the operations team in a manner consistent with the site Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
  • Coach Teams: Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.
  • Develop Natural Work Teams: Lead the organization in the development of natural work teams.
  • Administer Policies and Procedures: Administer policies and procedures
  • Regular and Predictable Attendance: Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
  • Presence on the Plant Floor: You will have a regular presence on the plant floor
  • Lifting Requirements: You are able to lift up to 40 lbs. occasionally
  • Work in Poor Weather Conditions: Some work in poor weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, or snow.
  • Operating Forklift and Manufacturing Equipment: This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
  • Off-Shift and Weekend Work: Manager role may require off-shift and weekend work and some travel (less than 5%)
Compensation and Benefits
  • The expected compensation range for this position is between $110,000 - $120,000 based on a full-time schedule.
  • Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary.
  • Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually.
  • Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
  • In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in manufacturing preferred. Preferably food/beverage experience
  • Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project. TPM implementation experience strongly prefered.
  • You should possess strong skills, knowledge and capability in TPM or lean manufacturing, finance and accounting, project management, leadership, and statistics/logical problem solving.
  • Proven working knowledge of the following business enterprises: HSE/quality regulatory compliance, processing/packaging/warehouse operations, maintenance and engineering, ingredient and package material procurement, production planning & deployment, sales and marketing, research and development, and excellent communication, facilitation and influence skills.
  • Preferred Experience developing hourly and supervisory staff
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
  • Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
  • Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making
  • Proven ability to thrive in a results-oriented, meaningful environment
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to encourage and get results through mentoring others
  • Proven ability to coach, facilitate, and inspire team building skills
  • This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States
  • Must have a valid driver's license
  • Safe driving record strongly preferred
EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents.

View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

Please view our Pay Transparency Statement



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