Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Excellence

Role Objective

Manufacturing Excellence (ManEx) leadership role is part of the site leadership team and is responsible for executing the ManEx program framework deployment within the Brewery. This role will provide continuous improvement leadership and direction to implement the ManEx values within the brewery and will be accountable for driving improvement in performance & productivity while building a sustainable Manufacturing Excellence program that delivers breakthrough performance improvement and builds capability & efficiency within the brewery team.

Accountabilities:

•Provides leadership and strategic thinking to implement a continuous improvement culture

•Drives the sustainability and adoption of ManEx tools and practices throughout the brewery.

•Implements Best Practices/Standards and ManEx roadmap focused on driving performance with structured and standardized ways of working (incl. formal root cause failure analysis, loss analysis, structured communication, ect.)

•Develops ManEx capability and change agents working collaboratively with the site leadership team, People Operations and other functions to improve capability of all levels by defining and implementing a standards to deliver sustainable performance improvement.

•Assure adoption of ManEx standards and best in class practices as defined, developed, and established within our ManEx framework.

Own, Influence, Collaborate

Own:

•Building a sustainable Manufacturing Excellence program that delivers breakthrough performance improvement and builds capability & efficiency within the brewery team.

•The development of change agents at all levels in lean methodologies and lead cultural change to deliver sustainable results. 

Influence:

•Safety and environmental compliance.

•Productivity

•Manufacturing Capability

•Employee Engagement 

Veto:

•Stop unsafe behaviors

•Line stop authority for quality issues

Manex program input

Critical Stakeholders & Relationships:

•Director and VP of ManEx

•General Manager and members of the brewery leadership team

•People Operations

•ManEx counterparts at other Breweries

•Direct reports

Vendors /OEM

Sklils Needed:

Qualifications, Education & Experience:

•Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Operations, Management, or related field with minimum of 10 years of Technical/Production/Engineering/Maintenance Management in consumer product manufacturing

•Demonstrated success in manufacturing operations and continuous improvement

Lean Six-Sigma Certification

Skills Needed to Be Successful:

•Exhibits outstanding team building, communication, and interpersonal skills

•Ability to influence indirectly

•Strong partner management, communication, and interpersonal skills

•Strategic planning and decision making, organizational change and tactical management of standards, business processes and internal/external partnerships to support performance goals.

Extraordinary Leadership Expectations:

•Best in our Craft: Process Capability and Reliability

•Best in Craft: Career and Capability

•Ambitiously Curious: Learn from failures and iterate along the way.

What You Will Learn In This Role:

•Develop skills in strategic thinking and planning to align manufacturing operations with broader organizational goals.

•Enhance your Cross-Functional Collaboration ability, such as engineering, quality assurance, and sales.

•Change Management skills in leading transformative initiatives to improve efficiency, quality, and innovation.