Nestle

Senior Production Manager

Nestle

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Schaumburg • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $165,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead site/area operations to deliver SQCD(E) targets by ensuring safe work practices, product quality, and compliance with all applicable food safety and regulatory requirements
  • Ensure the production plan is fully achieved on time through effective scheduling, labor and material utilization, and real-time issue escalation and resolution
  • Set and communicate a World Class Manufacturing (WCM) vision, leveraging benchmarking, and translate expectations into shop-floor standards, behaviors, and results
  • Lead TPM/Autonomy implementation across Integrated Work Groups (IWGs), developing capability, standard work, and engagement to sustain performance improvements
  • Drive continuous improvement and loss elimination using structured problem solving (PDCA/DMAIC)
  • Drive a digital/connected worker strategy for operations in partnership with corporate teams
  • Lead manufacturing execution for innovation and renovation projects, ensuring cross-functional alignment, production readiness, and successful start-up and ramp-up performance
  • Develop and coach management staff and hourly teams to build technical, leadership, and autonomy capabilities
  • Maintain required operational documentation to meet departmental and audit requirements
  • Lead sanitation operations to ensure effective cleaning and sanitation of all equipment and facility areas in support of food safety, quality, and operational readiness.

Requirements

  • BA or BS degree in Food Technology, Engineering, Operations, Business, or Sciences
  • Minimum of 7 years experience in a high speed food manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated capability to lead a group of people
  • Experience in manufacturing operations
  • Successful in leading projects involving different departments or functions
  • Exposure to implementing continuous improvement and employee involvement techniques
  • Implementation experience with TPM/WCM and leading change management to sustain new ways of working
  • Working knowledge of Autonomous Maintenance (AM) / operator autonomy development, including coaching and capability building
  • Experience driving digital transformation and change adoption in a manufacturing environment (systems implementation, training, communication)
  • Demonstrated ability to assess operational risk, prioritize effectively, and drive timely decisions and escalation.
Benefits
  • 401k with company match
  • healthcare coverage
  • performance-based incentives
  • competitive total rewards package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
World Class Manufacturing (WCM)Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)structured problem solvingPDCADMAICAutonomous Maintenance (AM)digital transformationmanufacturing operationsproduction planningfood safety compliance
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingcommunicationproblem solvingcross-functional collaborationdecision makingprioritizationemployee involvementengagementcapability building
Certifications
BA or BS degree in Food TechnologyBA or BS degree in EngineeringBA or BS degree in OperationsBA or BS degree in BusinessBA or BS degree in Sciences