Company: Nestle
Qualification: Degree in Engineering

Experience: Factory experience (2 years +)

Closing date: 03 April 2025

Position Summary

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for a Markert Manufacturing Excellence Analyst to be based in Harrismith Factory.

The Manufacturing Excellence Analyst supports Factory Team to achieve World-Class Manufacturing Excellence by leveraging NCE practices to improve business results in a continuous and sustainable manner and ultimately the factory to become a Lean Enterprise.

The Manufacturing Excellence Analyst supports the implementation of NCE across the Factory or drive the NCE implementation in limited scope of the factory.

A day in the life of a Market Manufacturing Excellence Analyst:

Strategic plan development and management in the Factory:

• Helps the Factory Manufacturing Excellence Business Partner to support the factory to achieve their business goals by applying NCE Methodologies.
• Helps to translate the Market priorities and function priorities into the Factory/area OMP.
• Ensures the right cascading of priorities and measures from the Market to the Factory/area.
• Defines and embeds NCE projects and initiatives into the Factory/area objectives and align Local Leadership Teams towards the plan             

Establish adequate competencies for the Factory

• Stewards, trains, supports and coaches the Factory Leadership Team and Local Leadership Teams in the NCE in Manufacturing competencies (e.g.GA, FI, LVS, AM) and applicable manufacturing standards.

Improvement in Manufacturing Excellence results

• Promotes and supports cross-fertilization of Manufacturing best practices, knowledge, standards and improvements across the factories.
• Ensures an overall understanding of the different NCE methodologies (pillars) within the Factory Leadership Team, functions and how they integrate through the NCE implementation plan avoiding silo working.
• Conducts specific projects to support results improvement around priorities established by the Factory.
• Provides hands-on support to the Local Leadership Teams and Local Operating Teams to accelerate improvement of results (coach by doing with factory).
• Drives pragmatic application of methodologies and tools focusing on delivering results by applying NCE simplification principles.
• Ensures effectiveness of NCE implementation (business results).
• Helps the Factory Manufacturing Excellence Business Partner to drive NCE in manufacturing.                                                                                                                         

What will make you successful?

• Degree in Engineering
• Factory experience (2 years +).
• Strong Practical experience in leading and coaching Continuous Improvement programs (2 years+), preferably experienced in several pillars
• Experience of program management
• Experience of working with management
• Leading and coaching problem-solving activities (basic, intermediate and complex problem-solving methodologies including: Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification and SMED projects
• Experience in leading complex change or transformation programs