
Operations Excellence Manager – Food & Beverage Manufacturing
MBRF
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Pennsauken Township • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $142,000 - $152,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Serve as the primary leader for the deployment, sustainment, and evolution of the Go For The Win (GFTW) operating system across the site
- Responsible for building and embedding a culture of total employee ownership, continuous improvement, and loss elimination that drives operational excellence
- Works as a strategic partner to the Plant Leadership Team, ensuring that GFTW principles are fully integrated into the site’s business strategy
- Collaborates closely with leaders and department managers to identify and eliminate losses, strengthen work systems, and enable sustainable improvement
- Acts as the site’s primary integrator of GFTW practices, ensuring every pillar works cohesively to deliver consistent performance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering, Science, or Business degrees preferred
- Five (5) years of professional experience in manufacturing
- Three (3) years of successful experience leading teams through indirect reporting relationships
- Experience leading operational changes across large-scale organizations (50+ team members)
- Proven experience leading and successfully executing continuous improvement activities in a production/manufacturing setting
- Prior experience using statistical analysis software such as Minitab or similar tools for data analysis, statistical modeling, and process improvement
- Experience in food and beverage manufacturing equipment maintenance a plus; high speed manufacturing.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401k with company match
- Generous sick and vacation time
- 9 paid holidays
- Birthday and floating holidays
- Volunteer time
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
statistical analysisdata analysisstatistical modelingprocess improvementcontinuous improvementmanufacturing experienceoperational changesteam leadershipequipment maintenancehigh speed manufacturing
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationstrategic partnershipcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingemployee ownershipcultural embeddingcohesive integrationloss elimination