Manufacturing Excellence Expert
Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA · Solon, OH
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Base pay
- $108k–$140k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 25 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist continuous improvement role at Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA (industrial) in Solon, OH.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, TPM, Root cause
- Base pay
- $108k–$140k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Ohio: typical posted base $113k–$165k. This one lists $108k–$140k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 32 continuous improvement openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 31 other live lean / ci postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $107k–$152k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 91%
- Six Sigma 75%
- ✓ Root cause 56%
- Kaizen 44%
- Value stream mapping 44%
- 5S 41%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SAAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job duties/responsibilities
1. Drive Manufacturing Strategy and Factory Execution
- ◆Translate market and category priorities into factory implementation roadmaps and governance routines.
- ◆Use business priorities, loss analysis, benchmarks, digital opportunities, and factory maturity to Focused Improvement principles.
- ◆Cascade priorities and measures across supported factories.
- ◆Factory/category scorecard
- ◆Roadmap milestone delivery
- ◆Governance routine health
2. Accelerate Operational Performance
- ◆Lead structured loss analysis, chronic loss elimination, Rapid Improvement, reliability, throughput, productivity, and cost improvement.
- ◆Coach teams to identify root causes and apply practical problem-solving and Industrial Performance methods.
- ◆eUPS and recurring-loss reduction
- ◆Reliability, throughput, productivity, and cost improvement
- ◆Rapid Improvement benefits sustained
3. Deploy TPM 7+4 and Daily Management
- ◆Advance TPM 7+4 maturity, standard work, pillar integration, and effective Factory and Local Leadership Team routines.
- ◆Evaluate system health and create focused gap-closure actions with factory leadership.
- ◆TPM maturity progression
- ◆Health-check and assessment closure
- ◆KSR / standard adherence
4. Build Critical Capability
- ◆Develop Factory ME Managers, Production Managers, and system owners through coaching, feedback, and experiential development.
- ◆Connect capability needs to training, expert networks, and supporting resources.
- ◆Capability plan adherence
- ◆Leadership and pillar gap closure
- ◆ME Manager development progress
5. Enable Digital and Data Excellence
- ◆Use manufacturing analytics and digital solutions to improve visibility, prioritize opportunities, and sustain results.
- ◆Maintain accurate manufacturing standards and master data, including capacities, capabilities, rates, efficiencies, and crewing.
- ◆Data and standards accuracy
- ◆Digital adoption and use
- ◆Rate review / master-data health
6. Scale Best Practices and Transformation
- ◆Assess maturity, reapply best practices, and scale proven operational and digital solutions across factories and categories.
- ◆Escalate cross-functional support needs and coordinate focused expert resources.
- ◆Replicated improvements
- ◆Transformation milestone delivery
- ◆Sustainability of results
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related discipline.
Requirements
- ✓Progressive manufacturing experience with results in TPM, Lean/NCE, operational excellence, reliability, engineering, or continuous improvement.
- ✓Experience leading complex performance improvement or transformation in a factory or multi-site environment.
- ✓Strong coaching, facilitation, structured problem-solving, change leadership, and influence without authority.
- ✓Advanced TPM / operational excellence and Industrial Performance knowledge.
- ✓Strong analytical capability and experience converting manufacturing data into focused action.
- ✓Digital manufacturing, performance analytics, project management, basic finance, and value-creation understanding.
- ✓Behaviors: Influence with Integrity, Insight, Coach and Develop, Energize and Engage, Courage
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Manufacturing Excellence Expert
Manufacturing Excellence Expert
Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.
Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Market-level transformation leader and single point of contact for assigned factories/categories. Partners shoulder-to-shoulder with factory leadership to understand losses, leadership capability, and system health, then connects the right Manufacturing Excellence levers and resources.
Main Purpose of Job: The Manufacturing Excellence Expert accelerates operational performance across the Nestlé USA manufacturing network by developing autonomous teams, advancing TPM 7+4 and Industrial Performance systems, strengthening Daily Management Operations, eliminating chronic losses, and enabling data-driven decision making. The role coaches Factory Leadership Teams, Factory ME Managers, Production Managers, pillar leaders, and system owners through a hands-on “coach by doing” approach while scaling proven practices across factories.
Key relationships
- •Internal: VP Manufacturing, Manufacturing Excellence leadership, Factory Managers, Factory Leadership Teams, Factory ME Managers, Production, Maintenance/Engineering, Safety, Quality, Training & Learning, Digital, Finance, and category stakeholders.
- •External: Suppliers, solution partners, and other external resources supporting factory performance and capability.