Performance Excellence Manager

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Performance Excellence Manager! We're a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role - it always comes back to this: we're a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all - and we've been making our own way ever since.
Ocean Spray is hiring for a Performance Excellence Manager in our Kenosha Plant! We're a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role - it always comes back to this: we're a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all - and we've been making our own way ever since.
Performance Excellence Manager is a highly visible role within the plant leadership team and has tremendous growth opportunities within the organization. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the plant's operational efficiencies, improving business performance, reducing costs, and organizational culture change. You will support cost growth and productivity initiatives, develop sustainable best practices, and support activities that exceed target metrics. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to standardize and institutionalize continuous improvement methods by deploying the Ocean Spray Manufacturing System (OSMS).
A Day in the Life...

• Identify plant performance improvement opportunities (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Morale)
• Perform process studies, data collection, and cost analysis to quantify business impact and create opportunity pipelines
• Prioritize PE projects based on business needs and data alignment
• Lead Kaizen initiatives for critical performance improvement projects (Throughput, Downtime, Yield, Changeover, CIP, Startup, etc.) and foundation-building efforts using Ocean Spray Manufacturing (OSMS) methodologies
• Execute plant Cost Savings (CSI) projects to meet or exceed the target
• Execute site-specific OSMS elements with linkage to ops performance improvement
• Teach and mentor plant frontline associates about problem-solving mindset, tools, and techniques
• Serve as a change agent for developing organic Kaizen culture at the plant
• Support manufacturing networkwide standardization efforts and share best practices
• Support other duties as needed and directed

What We Are Looking For:
• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience required
• Microsoft Office and Minitab/statistical software experience
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Communications skills, written and verbal
• Excellent facilitation/training skills
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Statistical, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Project Management, Leadership and Teamwork
Education:
Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)
Work Experience:
Years of Experience: Minimum of 5 Years
Benefits:

• Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs
  • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Flexible spending account
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Telehealth services
  • Fertility benefits
  • Transgender benefits
  • 1:1 health coaching and more
• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses
• Flexible scheduling options
• Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)
• Holiday pay for 12 holidays
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Tuition/Education assistance programs
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Scholarship programs for children of employees
• Parental leave
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions - Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
• Adoption assistance
• Bereavement leave
• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement
• Up to $300 massage reimbursement
• Employee appreciation events
• Employee discounts
• Charitable giving

Who We Are:
You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what's better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.
Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset - We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
• Sustainable Results - Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• Integrity Above All - We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
• Inclusive Teamwork - We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.