Overview PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the 11th year in a row. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com. Responsibilities Drive a change to continuously improve performance and skills, which include the following: To eliminate process losses on equipment or areas, and to drive standards and problem-solving processes. To transfer knowledge to the line teams, and to ensure the proper level of skills and qualification successfully deploy the loss elimination skills needed for the line to deliver the line and team goals. To ensure the lines are not underperforming due to the lack of technical process capability or knowledge. To provide coaching, teaching, and assessment of problem-solving mechanisms. To promote reapplication of approaches across the site and the network. To ensure alignment with both the line lead and maintenance lead, supporting the training and development of equipment / process / area / system owners. The role of the process lead is to eliminate process losses on equipment or areas, to support the line team to create process standards, and to coach on using standard tools to perform problem solving. The process lead is responsible for implementing and/or maintaining, and continuously improving, the daily management systems (DMSs) they own in their area, typically the centerline (CL) and changeover (CO) DMSs. Results Improved product quality measures, e.g., product or package defects, waste, and consumer complaints. Improved overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) / process reliability (PR). Improved process failures, e.g., extended time unplanned stops of the equipment. Improved process controls, including the use and development of centerlines (CLs). Improved changeover (CO) time and startup quality. Driving the use of standards / one point lessons (OPLs) / rapid changeovers (RCOs). Leadership Actively participating in line daily direction setting (DDS) meetings and in the execution of the daily plan, including reporting on the following results for the previous 24 hours: Centerline (CL) completion and compliance. Changeover (CO) adherence to plan and critiques. Planning and maintaining continuous improvement (CI) Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses. Building the process capability and control. Providing feedback to design (FtD) and leading smart standardization deployment. Defining equipment standards. Leading the change management (CM) and validation processes. Leading and building the capability of process failure technical troubleshooting. Leading the process of benchmarking and reapplication. Collaborating with department leads and equipment owners (EOs) to develop new standards. Owning line tasks Designing, implementing, and maintaining systems to collect and analyze data for critical product and process parameters. Using this data to identify process losses. Working with line management to prioritize improvement opportunities. Eliminating or reducing (prioritized) losses through making process or work system changes. Participating in the daily direction setting (DDS) process – report results, flag issues, and request resources. Owning critical daily management systems (DMSs), e.g., center lining (Run-to-Target [RTT]). Using reliability engineering (RE) and data analysis tools to drive center lining and loss elimination. Standardizing equipment and work processes; owning the change management (CM) system for a designated process; updating process control strategies and operating procedures, as changes occur. Sharing and reapplying learnings across processes, modules, and plants. Preparing and giving training on process / equipment changes. Developing him/herself through participating in corporate and external training. Taking part in planned stops and rapid changeovers (RCOs) flowing to the line, as needed. Standardizing and improving rapid changeovers (RCOs). Spend 60% of the time on the floor. Become a technical expert for a designated process. Coach and collaborate with the line teams, and with site and regional equipment or process owners. Qualifications Minimum of five years of experience in a Leadership Role at a site and has: Basic integrated work system (IWS) / high performance organization (HPO) training. Demonstrated strong interpersonal collaboration skills. Effective communication skills at all levels of the organization. Ability to present to small groups. Strong technical skills, and ability to work with data and information. Priority setting. Strong communication / coaching / training skills. Technical and practical equipment and tool skills. Demonstrated ability to assimilate technical data to support recommendations. Good experience of problem solving in the production area. Familiarity with structured problem-solving tools. Experience in using Microsoft Office, and specifically Excel or other analytical applications. Shop Floor Credibility is important. Active Listener. Success in this role requires a unique and complex blend of technical, analytical, creative, business, project management and leadership skills comprising. Ability to influence technicians, engineering resources and line leads, as required. Ability to teach, coach, and develop others. Have on-the-floor technical credibility with the people doing the work. Have effective communication skills, including the ability to be an active listener, and also the ability to both positively confront and be assertive, when necessary. Have a passion for the work, and the drive and ability to help others see the losses. Be personally committed to the self-development required of the role. Have an understanding of the equipment’s processes for transforming the product. Have experience in manufacturing, and the ability to understand the manufacturing process. Possess a flexible mindset, e.g., a willingness to flow with the work, and to cover training and breaks, as required, to deliver the line key performance indicators (KPIs). Be willing to actively participate in planned stops and changeovers (COs), flowing to the work as required. Ability to use data and logic to problem-solve. Ability to perform analysis of data. Why PepsiCo? We offer a competitive salary, bonus, critical Illness cover, flexible working, discounted gym membership, market-leading health and wellbeing support, generous company pension plus so much more. In 2024 we have enhanced our extended parental leave offering, now paying in full for 26 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks for paternity leave for those who have the respective length of service. We’re also pushing our benefits to be more pep+ by offering electric cars through salary sacrifice with a partnership with Octopus Energy. We pride ourselves on our superb work force. The people in this business genuinely care about doing a great job! We have a common goal - strive to continuously improve our business performance and our own personal development. With the majority of executive team having been promoted organically, we are continually developing and encouraging our employees to push themselves further and offer them support with their continual learning. Career progression is incredibly important to us and we provide great opportunities to grow a long term career. A space to be y( )u We want each and every PepsiCo employee to feel comfortable just simply being who they are and bring their full self to work. We celebrate what makes us all unique and know that to truly represent the communities around us we must reflect them in our workforce. That’s why we’ve empowered our employees to champion diversity and set up grassroots groups to drive our diversity and inclusion agenda from the ground up, embedding it in our culture. To find out more about our Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) ask our team. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin. To enable you to be at your best we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments to support your participation in the job application and interview process. Please speak to the Recruiter directly about any support you need.