Process Lead

City Brewing Company – Who We Are

With our roots in La Crosse, WI, we are proud to be North America’s largest co-packager of alcoholic beverages with four locations across the United States. Through our focuses on Safety throughout our facilities, Quality of products produced for our customers, Communication at all levels, Growth of not just our locations but also of our employees in their careers, and Performance with our ability to meet deadlines and goals for ourselves and our customers, we pride ourselves on the brand we have created and continue to grow.

Job Summary

The Process Lead is the data and analytics owner of the production line. They provide analytical knowledge of the production lines, supporting standards creation for loss elimination. They are responsible for eliminating parameter and changeover losses. They are also responsible for building capability of Operating Teams and Equipment Owners to deliver overall line results that support the sites’ Compelling Business Need.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To identify, prioritize and eliminate losses associated with their line.
• To build the process capability & control. (Owns IPS, UPS, data analytics)
• To provide feedback to design and lead smart standardization deployment
• Coaches line operating teams on the technical understanding of the process
• To define the equipment standards for their line and collaborate with other team members.
• To lead the change management & validation processes for their line
• To lead and build the capability of process failures technical troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with Line Leaders and Equipment Owners to develop new standards.
• Owns the CL’s, RCO and DMS
• Design, implement and maintain systems to collect and analyze data for critical product and process parameters.
• Use this data to identify losses.
• Prioritize and communicate improvement opportunities.
• Eliminate or reduce (prioritized) losses through making process or work system changes.
• Participate in the daily direction-setting process – report results, flag issues and request resources.
• Standardize equipment and work processes. Own the change management system for a designated process. Update process control strategies and operating procedures as changes occur.
• Share and reapply learning across processes, modules, and plants.
• Prepare and give training on process/equipment changes.
• Take part on planned stops and RCO’s flowing to the line as needed.
• Standardize and improve RCO’s.
• Spend 80% of their time on the floor.
• Become a technical expert for a designated process.
• Qualify on all basic operating roles.
• Coach and collaborate with the line teams and site and regional equipment or process owners.
• Spend 80% of their time on the floor.
• Become a technical expert for a designated process.
• Qualify on all basic operating roles.
• Coach and collaborate with the line teams and site and regional equipment or process owners.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Experience in statistical data analysis and lean manufacturing principles
• Leadership skills to work as a mentor to peers and subordinates
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• High level of proficiency working with Excel

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

City Brewery is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.