Continuous Improvement Engineer Clif Bar

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

You help implement the operational excellence program in a specific function and/or for cross-functional continuous improvement (CI) projects. You are not only responsible for applying CI tools and techniques for problem solving and performance improvement but more importantly you help employees improve their CI skills and build their self-sufficiency.

How you will contribute

You will:

• 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

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Experience implementing CI processes (e.g. TPM for manufacturing Lean Six Sigma in the consumer goods industry)
• Strong facilitation and communication skills
• Experience in change management processes
• Logical thinking and capacity to influence
• Results oriented and prepared to deal with ambiguity
• Experience such as: continuous improvement manager team leader roles area manager

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate top losses improve safety quality delivery cost and morale (SQDCM) across the site.

Serve as a site Autonomous Maintenance Subject Matter Expert (SME) owning AM standards deployment and capability development in partnership with Manufacturing and Maintenance

Apply Focused Improvement (FI) tools to identify quantify and prioritize losses enabling teams and Process Engineers to execute effective loss elimination and deliver measurable results.

Coach core team technicians and leaders on problem solving AM practices and standard work to build self-sufficiency at the line level.

Partner with cross-functional teams to enable equipment reliability improvements and AM ownership ensuring loss elimination efforts are aligned to standards and sustained over time.

Support the development implementation and sustainment of standard work visual management management systems and line level master plans.

Track validate and communicate improvement results ensuring benefits are sustained and embedded into daily operations.

Ownership of the Bakery Waste and/or Cost Work Process including bakery level loss intelligence glidepath development and system governance to enable prioritized loss elimination and sustained improvement.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Strong working knowledge of Continuous Improvement Lean TPM and IL6S principles with the ability to apply them in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Demonstrated experience driving improvement initiatives using data structured problem solving and loss analysis.

Hands-on understanding of equipment reliability autonomous maintenance practices and operator-based asset care.

Ability to coach and influence at all levels of the organization from frontline operators to site leadership.

Proven capability to translate complex concepts into practical easy-to-understand tools and standard work.

Bias for action with the discipline to sustain gains through systems standards and follow-up

Strong communication facilitation and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams

Ownership mindset resilience and comfort operating in ambiguity while driving results

Education / Certifications:

HS Diploma (Required) Bachelors degree in Engineering Industrial Technology Operations Management or a related field or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. (Preferred)

Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing continuous improvement maintenance or operational excellence role.

Demonstrated experience with Lean Six Sigma TPM or IL6S methodologies (formal certifications preferred)

Autonomous Maintenance TPM or Reliability Certification strongly preferred.

Experience working in regulated manufacturing environment (food CPG or similar)

Proficiency with data and analytics tools (Excel required; Power BI; Minitab or similar tools preferred)

Job specific requirements:

Regular presence on the production floor to observe processes identify losses and coach team in real time.

Ability to support operations across shifts as needed including early mornings nights or weekends during initiatives startups or breakdowns.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with competing priorities and changing business needs.

Ability to analyze equipment and process performance using data trends and loss intelligence.

Ability to facilitate workshops training sessions and structure problem-solving events

Capable of working cross-functionally with Operations Maintenance Engineering Sanitation FSQA and Leadership

Willingness to lead from the floor and work side-by-side with operators and technicians when needed.

Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining focus on critical priorities.

Strong commitment to safety food quality and compliance with site policies and procedures.

Travel requirements: None

Work Schedule: Primarily M-F dayshift; however flexibility is required to support business needs. Occasional off-shift support may be required during improvement initiatives Small Group Activity (SGA) Event. Schedule will be adjusted as needed to ensure effective partnership with Operations and Maintenance across shifts.

Salary and Benefits:

In addition Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance wellness and family support programs life and disability insurance retirement savings plans paid leave programs education related programs paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack at the right moment made the right way. We have corporate offices sales manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brandsincluding Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies Ritz Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected Veteran status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.

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