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ConAgra Foods makes the food you love. Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Healthy Choice®, Hunt’s®, Marie Callender’s®, Orville Redenbacher’s®, PAM®, Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip® and more. As one of the country’s leading food companies with $12.7 billion in net sales, ConAgra Foods’ brands are found in 97 percent of U.S. households. Twenty-four of these brands are No. 1 or No. 2 in their categories. ConAgra Foods also has a very significant presence in commercial food products and is a top provider of specialty potato products to restaurants and other foodservice establishments.

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Job Description 

Leads implementation of plant ConAgra Performance Systems (CPS) implementation as the right hand of the Plant Manager. Responsible to coordinate the CPS implementation of the site. Works will all pillar owners to deliver needed process improvement to achieve results targets.

Position Responsibilities
  • Be an agent of change and lead the CPS improvement efforts for the plant ensuring achievement of targets and goals.
  • Be the key plant contact with platform, enterprise and contract resources to drive CPS program development and implementation. Provide status updates as required.
  • Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Safety and Quality leadership to create a Zero Harm, Zero Loss environment at the plant.
  • Conduct and update periodic opportunity assessments, providing guidance to plant leadership on top areas of opportunity within the facility.
  • Conduct line capability and/or loss studies for assigned areas.
  • Facilitate training to assigned teams for key problem solving/FI methodology tools.
  • Complete financial evaluations/cost studies for new product offerings/product changes and Capital projects.
  • Provide project management support to assigned strategic initiatives
  • Support line performance tracking for assigned areas/departments.
  • Support plant leadership in annual operating and capital plan development.

    Position Qualifications
    Education and Experience
  • B.S. degree at minimum, preferably in Industrial Engineering, Business or Finance.
  • Previous TPM or Lean Implementation Leadership experience preferred.
  • 3-5 years previous experience in manufacturing and/or engineering, preferably within Food or consumer products industry.
  • Exposure to multiple Supply Chain and other business disciplines (Purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, R&D, etc.) in previous positions or project work preferred.

    Knowledge and Skills
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing unit operations.
  • Exposure to productivity/continuous improvement methodology in previous positions.
  • Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Strong statistics, data modeling/analysis skills.
  • Understanding of plant cost structure and Supply Chain COGS. Able to interpret and build product costs, analyze trends and complete project valuations (using discounted cash-flow techniques).
  • Excellent communication skills - both formal and informal. Ability to communicate within all levels of the organization.
  • Strong computer competency required. 


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