Continuous Improvement Manager

Reporting to the Plant Manager at our Archbold, OH manufacturing facility, local producers of Vienna Sausage, Dennisons and Wolf chili, you will support plant operations by expanding the capabilities of the Conagra Performance System (CPS) and manage improvement in plant performance by identifying opportunities for improvement. You will lead the execution of processes to eliminate losses while developing strategies to improve organizational growth by reducing non-value added activities and ensuring continuous improvement. Working together with plant leadership, you will lead a plant of 550 hourly and salaried team members in process improvement activities.

How Will You Affect our Business?

• Work with the corporate Continuous Improvement team to build plant capability in continuous improvement processes.
• Provide leadership and subject matter expertise in ConAgra Performance System (CPS) best practices and coach teams in giving and receiving feedback, root cause analysis, trade-off analysis, interpersonal communications and external interactions.
• Coordinate and support plant pillar and platform leads (5S, Safety, Planned Maintenance, Focused Improvement)
• Promote important CPS concepts everyday through coaching and auditing across the organization.
• Work with Line Structure leaders to develop leadership capabilities and collaboration across all departments.
• Help us achieve business metrics through implementation of CPS.
• Lead the execution of cost-saving projects eliminating losses and improving plant performance.

Do You Have What it Takes?

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years plant-based operations experience in food or CPG manufacturing.
• 5 years experience in TPM based continuous improvements, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and related process improvement systems.
• 3 years of management experience
• Experience working as a corporate TPM resource developing plant team members.
• Experience using business analysis to lead project management and implementation.

Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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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:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

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. ​