Industrial Performance Specialist - Springville, UT Nestlé Prepared Foods produces many of the best-known food brands in America. With a focus on delicious, convenient and nutritious meals, sandwiches and snacks, Nestlé Prepared Foods teams make Americas most popular frozen food brands, including STOUFFERS®, LEAN CUISINE®, HOT POCKETS® and LEAN POCKETS® brand sandwiches and BUITONI® refrigerated pastas and sauces. The frozen prepared meals category is one of the largest in grocery and has surpassed the $8-billion mark. With great-tasting, high-quality meals for every occasion, STOUFFERS® Single Serve Entrees are the #1 brand in regular dinner/entrees, while LEAN CUISINE® remains the #1 brand in nutritional dinner/entrees. The STOUFFERS® brand also is the #1 brand within the multi-serve segment of dinner entrees. Visit Stouffers.com. HOT POCKETS® and LEAN POCKETS® brand sandwiches, which were acquired by Nestlé in 2002, have anticipated Americas eating trends and answered consumer needs with innovation and quality for 30 years. New and improved HOT POCKETS® brand sandwiches feature premium cuts of meat like Hickory Ham, 100% Angus beef and Signature Pepperoni, buttery seasoned crusts baked fresh daily and real cheese in every bite. Visit HotPockets.com and LeanPockets.com. BUITONI® is the market share leader in the refrigerated pastas and sauces category. Every BUITONI® refrigerated pasta and sauce is made only with the finest, high-quality ingredients, and dated for freshness. In 2006, Nestlé acquired Josephs Gourmet Pasta & Sauces Company, a leading maker of premium filled frozen pasta and sauces for the restaurant industry. BUITONI® has partnered with Josephs to offer consumers a line of super-premium, all-natural frozen meals. Visit Buitoni.com. POSITION SUMMARY: Industrial Performance Engineer will be responsible for driving operational improvement projects as well as working on cross-functional teams to commercialize innovative products in the factory. Continuous improvement efforts will focus on making sustainable gains in reliability, quality, safety, cost, and delivery. Methods for achieving and sustaining improvements will be based Nestle Continuous Excellence, TPM, and LEAN fundamentals. The team member will need to collaborate closely with division, factory, and other internal partners to achieve the project objectives aligned with the business needs. The team member will be responsible to carry out assignments of a broad nature while exercising considerable judgment and creativity. The team member needs to be able to carry out appropriate financial analysis to validate/support proposals and gain support of key stakeholders. All other duties as defined by Nestle management. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Drive Continuous Improvement & Productivity Savings Projects Responsible for identifying, chartering, and leading significant improvement initiatives - delivering the project results on time. Provide project updates to the factory leadership team and project stakeholders highlighting the current status, adherence to the project time plan, work accomplished, quick wins, points of escalation, elements of risk and the associated mitigation plans. Develop project teams on key skills to drive improvement. Utilize Nestle Continuous Excellence tools and methodologies (Goal Alignment, GSTD, DMAIC, Loss Tree Analysis, IPA, etc.) to drive sustainable operational improvements. Analyze given data and operating conditions; implement changes and follow-up on results by involving key responsible people (i.e. sponsor, process owner, operator). Determine means to reduce material usages, material losses and rework, and to achieve energy savings. Carry out follow-up programs to maintain the achieved savings, to complete additional training, to detect further savings opportunities, as well as ensure the overall continuity of the project. Support Business Innovation and Renovation Efforts Determine the optimum machine speed, production cycles and line crewing that are required for master scheduling, as well as for short term planning and control. Carry out the respective trials, together with the supervisors and managers, before any change or newly designed system or method is installed. Assist the operations, supervisors, and mangers for adapting changes to take the necessary actions and any other steps required to ensure the achievement of the best possible result. Work collaboratively with product development, marketing, supply chain, finance, and operations to bring new products to market and meet the defined project objectives. REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Engineering or Business EXPERIENCE: Two years of experience in food manufacturing preferred Six Sigma or Lean background with examples of application and results preferred (preferable skill set at the level of a Green or Black Belt) **Primary Location: **US-UT-Provo-Springville **Work Locations: ** **Job: **Performance Excellence **Organization: **Nestle USA **Schedule: **Full-time **Job Posting: **Aug 7, 2018, 8:17:04 AM **Closing Date: **Ongoing