Kraft Heinz
Manager,SupplyChainDevelopment
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“Manager, Supply Chain Development at Kraft Heinz. Skills: Supply Chain, Project Management, Process Improvement. Lead commercialization from Supply Chain perspective. Act as liaison for manufacturing facilities”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver projects on time; optimize total NA network solutions; improve our products, services, or processes; streamline work and reduce waste; deliver growth and innovation agenda; ensure all operational milestones are achieved
Industry & Context.
Superior analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills; troubleshoot manufacturing sourcing strategy
Willingness to travel based on business requirements, up to 20-25% to visit partner and internal manufacturing facilities
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
University degree in Business, Engineering or Food Science, 6+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Research and Food or Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience, Proven Project management experience, minimum 3 years, Experience and knowledge of Lean Six Sigma tools and Continuous Improvement methodology, people management skills, managerial experience as we as leading without direct influence, Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, working cross functionally across the business, Superior analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills, presentation and facilitation skills and exposure to senior management
Nice to Have
Knowledge of import/ export across the Canada/ US border is an asset
What You'll Do.
Lead commercialization from Supply Chain perspective
Act as liaison for manufacturing facilities
Report on project performance
Flag risks to stakeholders
Create mitigation strategies
Inform Supply Chain inputs to project P&Ls
Optimize NA network solutions
Act as project owner for initiatives
Identify efforts to improve products
Streamline work and reduce waste
Develop pipeline for improvement efforts
Challenge factory and stakeholders on risk
Report regularly to leadership
Coordinate capital requests
and implement capital projects
Secure funding from stakeholders
Participate in budgeting
Ensure on time implementation
Own projects from cashflow perspective
Analyze opportunities in make vs buy
Ensure appropriate manufacturing strategy
Ensure sourcing solutions are in place
Ownership of sustainable solutions
Act as champion between Operations planning and business team
Ensure operational milestones are achieved
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Act as liaison and advocate for internal and external manufacturing facilities; Partnering closely with procurement; Work closely with R&D, FSQA, Regulatory, Marketing, and the PMO teams; Work closely with internal and external manufacturing facilities; Working closely with plant and corporate Engineering, CANADA BU business leads, Finance, technical stakeholders, and external vendors; Work with procurement to analyze opportunities; Act as the champion and conduit between Operations planning and the business team; Maintains a superior level of communication between project team members, external manufacturers, internal leadership stakeholders, and vendors; working cross functionally across the business
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; presentation and facilitation skills; Interdepartmental Communication; communication between project team members
Process & Methodology
Proven Project management experience, Project management, project performance, project P&Ls, project owner, project risk, capital projects, project team members
Full Job Description
## _Job Description_ * **Innovation/ Renovation** – Lead commercialization from a Supply Chain perspective to deliver projects on time. Act as liaison and advocate for internal and external manufacturing facilities and operations KPIs. Identify and troubleshoot manufacturing sourcing strategy, partnering closely with procurement. Work closely with R&D, FSQA, Regulatory, Marketing, and the PMO teams. The Manager will be required to report on project performance, flag risks to stakeholders, and create and execute mitigation strategies when necessary. The Manager will be responsible for informing Supply Chain inputs to project P&Ls. Knowledge of import/ export across the Canada/ US border is an asset. * **Supply Chain Transformation & Network Optimization **– Work closely with internal and external manufacturing facilities to optimize total NA network solutions for top brands. Identify and act as project owner for transformation and operational improvement initiatives. * **Productivity & Value Engineering **– Identify, track, and champion efforts to improve our products, services, or processes that will streamline work and reduce waste in our manufacturing facilities. Develop pipeline, manage internal tracking tool, challenge factory and stakeholders on project risk, report regularly to leadership. * **Capital** – Coordinate capital requests as project owners to identify, budget scrub, and implement capital engineering projects at internal and external facilities. Secure funding from internal stakeholders, participate in budgeting, ensure on time implementation and own projects from a cashflow perspective. Working closely with plant and corporate Engineering, CANADA BU business leads, Finance, technical stakeholders, and external vendors. * **Sourcing Strategy **– Work with procurement to analyze opportunities in make vs buy. Ensure appropriate manufacturing strategy and sourcing solutions (internal and external) are in place to deliver growth and innovation agenda wit
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