Manufacturing Performance Engineer

at  PIM Brands LLC

Do you love candy and snacks? Are you looking to join an ever evolving and rapidly growing team? PIM Brands might just be exactly what you’re looking for!
At PIM, we make the brands you love. Our portfolio of products, from Welch’s® Fruit Snacks to Sun-Maid® Chocolate Raisins and Sour Jacks® Sour Candies are enjoyed by millions of consumers every day. And when it comes to careers, we seek talented, results-oriented individuals who want to play a part in building amazing brands and products while working in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-paced office environment. At PIM, you can make an immediate and lasting contribution to help grow iconic snack and confectionery brands, no matter your area of expertise.
We are looking for people with experience in Manufacturing Performance Engineering, interested in starting a SWEET career as part of our team at PIM.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

Bachelors Degree Strongly Preferred in (Engineering Disciplines, Industrial/Manufacturing engineers, and supply chain operations)
Extensive management knowledge including TPM, Lean Manufacturing and/or integrated performance improvement processes. Good working knowledge of the supply chain and the plant organization.
Solid knowledge of at least Pillar performance management.
Solid knowledge of Focused Improvement/ Analytical Skills (Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/ Focus Improvement tools.
Ability to blend people into teams; creates strong morale and leverages on diversity in his/her work;
Effective at being a Servant Leader with the ability to lead and manage change.
Results driven with a strong sense of urgency
Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate with entire organization from hourly employees through executive leadership. Must have effective coaching skills at shop floor level
Excellent planning and organization skills
Ability to build positive relationships with plant leadership teams, corporate continuous improvement team and other functions as necessary
Proven ability to improve results & increase efficienc

• Provide training on CI tools and techniques to help drive teams through CI cycles. You will also coach employees to help them achieve their targets.
• Identify process improvement needs with department leads, facilitate sessions and support execution of newly established improvements.
• Once improvements are done, validate outcome benefits and support creation of new standards and qualification of members into new working processes.
• Benchmark externally, ensuring where relevant that best practice and new tools are deployed in collaboration with internal partners.
• Actively participate and drive the Weekly performance meetings and roadmap with a cell/business unit and performance improvement architecture.
• Drive “Win the Day” (Daily Management System) work process across the site.
• In-depth knowledge and capability to train others on program management and root cause problem solving skills to eliminate loss/waste.
• Ensure robust work process implementation & sustainability across the site through capability building of work process owners and executing work process health checks.
• Establish pillar governance process to constantly assess and Lean/TPM Continuous Improvement review progress.
• Support development of Core “Shop Floor Operator” Centric organization.
• Ensures proper and timely communication with all levels of the organization: Pillars’ teams escalating to eliminate barriers and correct any delay/ deviation of the plan.
• Develop his/her key customers into High Performance Work Systems (HPWS) role models.
• Promote servant leadership and Gemba Walks.