Sr. Continuous Improvement Specialist

Job Summary

Reporting to the Continuous Improvement Manager, at our Archbold, OH facility, local producers of La Choy, Vienna Sausage, Dennison's and Wolf Chili, you will coordinate Conagra Performance System (CPS) with Platform, Plant and CPS Leadership to drive sustainable results. You will collaborate with key leaders on pillar strategy, standard methods, assessment, and loss analytics, deploying tools to address inefficiencies. You will support training and continuous learning, help plants resolve implementation challenges, and promote best practices across the enterprise.

Position Responsibilities:

• Implement continuous improvement processes and metrics to eliminate losses, increase throughput, and meet CCR targets.
• Work with the Zero Loss Pillar to identify waste / variation and prioritize cost-reduction projects.
• Guide and develop AMD teams to apply standard practices, reapply improvements, and build internal capability to support operational reliability (OEE).
• Ensure documentation and ownership of AMD standards, and implement best practices across platforms and sites
• Provide leadership and coaching for AMD specialists necessary to help drive rapid results through AMD step progression and a variety of other improvement methods.
• Lead AMD pillar in alignment to all pillars (PM, FI, CSD, ZLA, EHS, QM, EM), and platform operations.
• Implement all Autonomous Maintenance best practices to ensure standardization and drive toward "zero loss culture".
• Champion a high-performance culture and act as a change agent for CI and glide path results
• Drive urgency and effective resourcing to achieve impactful results
• Provide direct oversight, administering discipline, and ensuring consistent application of procedures across their respective teams

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of plant / operations experience required
• Proven record of driving improvement and solving problems.
• Demonstrated experience leading change and situational leadership
• Outstanding conceptual/process skills
• Clear ability to relate to and motivate people
• Good project management skills

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Compensation: 

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

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:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

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. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.