# Manufacturing Excellence Specialist

**Company**: Diageo
**Location**: Lincolnway
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $75,600 to $126,000 (annual)
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

Diageo is seeking a Manufacturing Excellence Specialist to join their team at the Plainfield location. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving an integrated approach to continuous improvement across the site, establishing a robust Manufacturing Management System (MMS) Program to improve the plant's overall performance, and building internal capabilities for teams to unlock new levels of possibilities.

The Manufacturing Excellence Specialist will:

- Lead and facilitate continuous improvement activities that deliver breakthrough performance improvements across the Plainfield site

- Drive all aspects of MMS to ensure that good practices are embedded

- Deploy an integrated manufacturing excellence operating system (TRACC) that encompasses people, plant, and process enhancement, building internal capabilities and empowering work teams to drive improvements autonomously

- Ensure everyone at Plainfield understands what manufacturing excellence means, is engaged in the operating system, and is playing their part in delivering a world-class production operation

- Establish understanding at all levels within Plainfield of how the site benchmarks with other leading Diageo sites and the external business environment

The ideal candidate will have:

- Knowledge of manufacturing excellence tools and techniques such as A3 Problem Solving, 5S, Set-Up Time Reduction, Lean Six Sigma, and Reliability-Centered Maintenance

- Knowledge of planning processes and optimizing demand cycles

- Working knowledge of SAP

- Experience in coaching and influencing a wide range of stakeholders for success

- Knowledge and understanding of CI Methodologies (e.g., DMAIC, RCPS, SPC)

- Intermediate project management skills

- Ability to interpret and analyze extensive data sources to identify waste and cost-saving opportunities (e.g., Redzone, Power BI, SAP systems)

In return for your hard work, Diageo offers a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package, including a salary range of $75,600 to $126,000 per annum, depending on experience.

## Skills

### Required
- A3 Problem Solving
- 5S
- Set-Up Time Reduction
- Lean Six Sigma
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance
- SAP
- CI Methodologies
- Project Management
- Data Analysis
- Coaching
- Influencing

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