Sr Manager - Productivity & Supply Chain Development - The Kraft Heinz Company

Job Description

About Us

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands. 

No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative problem solvers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re redefining the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious!

Our Culture of Ownership, Meritocracy & Collaboration

We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new insights. Dream big. We empower our people at every level – from entry-level intern to senior leader – to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners – to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz – which we apply to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. You’re expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level – and you’ll be rewarded. You’re given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you won’t do it alone.  You’re supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Productivity

• Lead productivity efforts for large scale projects. Ensure effective team engagement which may include establishing and leading team meetings. Review project timelines and cost regularly with the project team- facilitate creation of mitigation/contingency plans and lead communication.

• Track and forecast all Productivity projects across Hydration & Desserts Platform

• Troubleshoot financial and system issues to ensure appropriate tracking and forecasting of Productivity projects

• Lead and deliver assigned financial targets- while leading resource & funding prioritization. Engage and support efficiency agenda to deliver cost reduction targets.

• Support Business and Manufacturing Systems initiatives as the need arises- and support the continuous improvement through collaboration with key partners and standard methodology sharing.

• Lead and/or participation in various partner governance forums (i.e. Ops Stage gate/Leadership teams)

Supply Chain Development

• Lead commercialization effort for large scale projects, platform innovation programs or significant capital related initiatives. Review project timelines and cost regularly with the project team, facilitate creation of mitigation/contingency plans and manage communication. Ensure effective team engagement with the manufacturing location, R&D, supply planning, and engineering.

• Ensure appropriate capacity for new business initiatives and growth plans across product life cycle. Develop and recommend alternatives as needed. Provide updates to project sponsors and stakeholders as needed on key initiatives, including progress against deliverables, cost management, next steps and needs from sponsors to alleviate hurdles. Escalate concerns and issues, define options/trade-offs, and provide team recommendation.

• Lead internal feasibility assessment and business case to support business team’s scoping requests; Identify impact across the supply chain with regard to cost of goods sold e.g. route to market, capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, quality, safety.

• Partner with External Manufacturing managers and EM procurement to deliver against scoping activities outside of current Kraft Heinz capabilities.

• Lead and/or participation in various stakeholder governance forums (i.e. Stage gate/Leadership teams)

• Partner with the Business Units/ Manufacturing/ Supply Chain/ Engineering to develop a strategic capacity plan.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering- Operations Management- Food Science- Chemistry- or other related field

• Minimum of 4 years combined experience in manufacturing- business development- Engineering or HQ business team experience.

• 1 year experience in Project Management for Consumer Products

• 1 year experience in Basic Supply Chain/Finance Principles

Competencies/Abilities:

• Analytical skills

• Work towards results

• Strong financial acumen

• Ability to plan and complete transformation of the supply chains from a cost standpoint

• Building and strengthening relationships

• Leading through ambiguity

• Communication-Written and Presentation

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contactNATAI@kraftheinz.com.