Continuous Improvement Lead
Opportunity to grow your career in Continuous Improvement
Collaborative and dynamic work environment
Located in Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Grow your Continuous Improvement career in a global FMCG organisation!
Are you looking to grow your career in Continuous Improvement? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a CI Lead to join our manufacturing team at Kraft Heinz, based out of our Seven Hills NSW site!
The Company
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
Key position responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Proven track record leading continuous improvement to reduce process losses, boost equipment reliability, and replicate successful solutions across production lines or sites.
Experience creating, maintaining and improving equipment and process standards in partnership with production and maintenance teams.
Skilled at using production data and monitoring systems to track critical process measures, set target operating conditions, and drive reliability improvements.
Practical experience reducing changeover downtime: setting targets, standardising steps, tracking actuals against targets, and running focused workshops to speed up changeovers.
Strong change-management capability: keep procedures and control strategies current and communicate updates clearly across the plant.
Experience planning and running regular equipment/process health checks, identifying gaps and leading actions to close them.
Comfortable in daily production planning meetings and reporting key performance metrics (for example, Overall Equipment Effectiveness and average time between unplanned stops) and improvement outcomes.
Able to coach and mentor frontline leaders and equipment owners, lead structured problem solving and root-cause analysis, prioritise fixes from loss analyses, and ensure data used for decisions is accurate.
About you:
Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business Administration or relevant – preferred
Strong knowledge in lean six sigma.
Experience in Continuous Improvement, deploying production systems, and in FMCG.
Coaching & training capability, interpersonal skills, and structured problem-solving techniques.
Collaborative approach where you are open minded, positive and inquisitive
Adaptable and loves operating in a fast-paced working environment.
Strong experience using Microsoft Excel and other analytical tools.
Eligibility to work in Australia – with full working rights
Benefits of working with us
Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package
Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers
Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter
Novated Leasing
Great Place to Work certification in Australia and New Zealand
In House Training Programs
Corporate Discount Programs
Ready to make an Impact?
If you're passionate about Continuous Improvement in FMCG, eager to learn, and enjoy working in a team environment, please submit your application soon. We will be reviewing applications as they come in and reserve the right to close our job advertisements early. Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Seven Hills
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others.
No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 37,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious!
