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This tremendous opportunity is for an individual who is passionate about driving critical business results, improving their professional network within Schreiber, and sharpening their overall enterprise business acumen. The purpose of this position is to help drive superior results in the Cream Cheese Category thru manufacturing network stability and process discipline initiatives, category growth projects, and next level operational excellence efforts. This position is part of the Manufacturing Operations Excellence (MOEx) Team and reports directly to a VP/Director of Operations for the Cream Cheese category.  This individual maintains close working relationships with the Plant Manager group for the Cream Cheese category, all position groups of the MOEx team, Plant production leadership, CapEx Engineering team, and Supply Chain teams. These individuals will often take on the role of "Delegated Process Owner" for VP/Directors/Plant Manager on Schreiber’s most critical projects and initiatives involving operations. This position interfaces with many cross functional areas of the business but heavily with Supply Chain, PLS, and FP&A.

Key high-level outputs of the position include providing support for operation network processes, continuous improvement, network optimization, business brief/proposition development, improving operations process discipline, business plan related efforts, drive strategic growth and implement network profitability and quality initiatives. Also includes efforts around standardization, best practice sharing, implementation of sustainable processes, enhancing operational excellence, critical project leadership, process design and optimization, cross functional business support, and operations leadership.

This team resource provides critical information to the Senior Operations leadership team (VP/Director and Plant Managers). This information is key to establishing strategic and tactical activities for the category by connecting the detailed world of big data (and the manufacturing floor) with higher level network strategy set by Senior Leadership. An individual successful in this role will become a highly sought after resource from our plant leadership teams and home office operations. Therefore, we are looking for someone who works very well with partners from all areas and all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate has a combination of skills that bridge Plant Leadership, EPM, PE, Engineering and Supply Chain spaces.

Growing project management, process excellence, manufacturing engineering, business acumen and indirect/facilitative leadership skill sets in a flexible, adaptable, hands-on manner will be an individual growth priority for this individual. From a career progression standpoint, individuals can choose to make an amazing career out of this role by advancing within the role progression or it can feed into multiple opportunities for SME’s, TL, Ops Manager, Tech Manager, and Director roles.

What you'll do:

• Drive and support projects/initiatives tied to operations business commitments and top priorities set by senior operations leadership. Includes activities in the project and continuous improvement environments. Actively engage in various activities/roles such as project manager, process owner, project performer, start up and ramp up leads/support. Also includes concept development related work, scheduling, financial analysis, resource planning, work definition, baselining, data mining and analysis, and results reporting.

• Drive category operational excellence to enable fluid, seamless rollout and adoption of standards and best practices with speed and consistency front of mind. Create processes and structures that ensure sustainability to the highest levels of executional excellence. Use various methods and techniques to analyze/data mine the business from the cost side to ensure we driving to be the best version of ourselves.

• Become an expert in the Cream Cheese category from an operations technical and process design standpoint. Share expertise and activity learnings across all category line to support competency development across operations network.

• Provide indirect, influential, and facilitative leadership to the operations category. You accomplish this by engaging in miscellaneous operational activities while working closely with the Cream Cheese operations senior leadership team and plant leaders/partners.

What you will need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree

• Project related experience in plant environment required.

• Cream Cheese category experience required along with history of generating business results.

• Willingness to travel --> 25% - 50% annually

Ideal Candidate:

• Ability to constructively interact with operations partners from production floor to Director level.

• Brings strong technical and/or process capabilities and focus to the operations network team.

• Project and continuous improvement environment skillsets

• Must be a self-starter, able to self-manage and self-lead.

• Flexibility and Adaptability - willingness to do anything that drives organizational value in role.

• 100% team player mindset. Leadership style must include a highly servant approach.

• Ability to develop and maintain great working relationships in a plant and corporate environment.

• Strong or developing influential and facilitative leadership skills.

• Displays an eagerness to learn. Has a natural curiosity around continuous improvement opportunities.

• Demonstrates a basic understanding of how supply chain and financial fundamentals impact the operations environment.

• Ability to lead/achieve results in stable and unstable settings as well as familiar and unfamiliar settings.

• Leadership, interpersonal and conflict management skills.

• High attention to detail, highly disciplined, process driven and organized.

• High energy, positive, motivating, and strong team building skills.

• Desire and ability to teach others.

• Self-driven leader with ability to make decisions, build trust.

• Strong analytical skills

Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. That means in addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 10% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 18% in retirement savings annually!
• Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
• Earn $ for focusing on your health. Get up to $1,200 for your health savings account each year, plus get reimbursed for fitness membership, equipment or classes.
• Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
• Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Sound like a company you’d like to be a part of? Click Apply.

Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact recruiting@schreiberfoods.com or call 920-437-7601.

​For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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