Mgr Reliability Work Management - Post Consumer Brands

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America.

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

OVERVIEW:

Manager Reliability Work Management is an enterprise best practice role focused on standardization and process improvements that drive improved business results across all manufacturing sites. It ensures we are effectively and efficiently using maintenance resources to get the most work done to maximize uptime and plant goals. Key areas include work identification and control, planning, scheduling, execution, and shutdown coordination. Ensures projects are turned over to maintenance with all the needed details and information. The This position will work with plant leadership, maintenance, and operations teams to implement the associated best practices and improvements across the enterprise. Responsible for Project and Change Management for assigned sites.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Own and continually improve the Work Management Standards and Processes across the enterprise.
• Be the champion for Work Management Best Practices across the organization.
• Drive standardization, improvements, and maturity across all plants in Work Identification & Control, Job Planning, Scheduling, Execution of Work, and Shutdown Coordination.
• Establish KPIs (key performance indicators) and metrics to ensure standardization and improvements are being realized across the enterprise.
• Manage Work Management assessment process. Assist plants with development of short- and long-term improvement plans.
• Audit, drive improvements, and provide feedback to plant and corporate leadership for Work Management Processes.
• Maximize plant asset availability, efficiency, and predictability through implementation of best practices.
• Create and deliver training across the enterprise.
• Participate in the turnover of projects from Engineering to Maintenance to ensure adherence to the Work Management processes.
• Support, manage and lead roll out of best practices across the enterprise.
• Work with sites and enterprise maintenance reliability team to roll out new processes, functionality, and capabilities in EAM (ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT).
• Project Manage reliability transformation and reliability improvement plans for assigned site.
• Develop, coordinate, and lead change management plan, activities, and deliverables at site to drive improved business results.
• Collaborate and share knowledge across all plants.  Coordinate roundtable meetings and networking calls.
• Provide training and technical support in utilization of Hexagon EAM to optimize the Work Management.
• Work with plants and enterprise maintenance reliability team to roll out new processes, functionality, and capabilities in EAM to improve business results.
• Function as the liaison between the plant Maintenance Teams and the EAM basis team to develop new reporting and EAM functionality enhancements as required.
• Stay abreast of new developments within the Maintenance Work Management field and determine if incorporating these can improve PCB business results.
• Support and partner with sites to drive continuous improvement in best practices driving business results.
• Support cultural improvement in safety, inclusion, and engagement by serving as a role model for Vision/Values/Behaviors.
• Promote and follow company and safe work practices and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Four-year degree (or the equivalent work experience) in Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, or related fields.
• SMRP or other similar certifications are desirable.

Experience:

• 10+ years plant experience leading and supervising a high-performance reliability team. Maintenance planning, supervision, and management experience is desirable.
• Experience implementing best practice and standard work across an enterprise.
• Knowledge and implementation of maintenance management principles and best practices include
• ing work management, MRO, precision maintenance, preventive maintenance, root cause failure analysis, shutdown, and contingency planning.
• Strong Background with EAM Systems, Hexagon EAM is experience is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience managing equipment master data and processes.
• Fundamental understanding of plant production and packaging processes.
• Experience in data analysis, identifying performance gaps, and delivering actionable solutions.
• Experience in developing and delivering training
• Familiar with business system development, documentation and driving change across plants and enterprises.
• Customer and project management experience.

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must be self-driven, organized and be able to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to influence broadly across enterprises to drive change and results
• Ability to manage large and complex initiatives
• Excellent problem-solving ability and skills are required. Must be able to evaluate root cause and address technical issues with long term solutions, sustainable solutions.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate with various levels and multiple departments within the organization.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and time management skills. 
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and internal customer focus.
• Ability to work with multiple priorities and prioritize work.
• Ability to teach and train new employees.
• Utilize data to drive improvements.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and time management skills.  Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.

• Responsible for accurate and timely completion of assigned work

JOB ACCOUNTABILITY

Works under general guidance of the Enterprise Maintenance Reliability Director. Works closely with Enterprise Reliability Team, Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager, Reliability Engineers, Operations Maintenance Coordinators, Maintenance Supervisors and Planners. Work is highly independent and collaborative in nature. Must be willing to work occasional altered work schedules to support plants and execute job duties.

Travel is required to support duties, typically 2-3 trips per month.

The ability to relocate in future is desirable.