Reporting to the Plant Manager at our St. Elmo, Illinois manufacturing facility, local producers of Wish Bone, Log Cabin, Mrs. Butterworth products and more, you will partner with the plant's entire team to ensure the use of performance tools - establishing a zero-loss manufacturing culture where everyone, every day, learns and improves something, delivering World Class sustainable performance.

What Impact Will You Have on our Business?Lead the cultural shift to managing through pillarsProvide leadership and subject matter expertise in ConAgra Performance System (CPS) best practices.Coordinate and support plant pillar and platform leads (5S, Safety, Planned Maintenance, Focused Improvement)Engage all associates on important CPS concepts through hands-on mentoring and auditsLead the Reliability Improvement Plans (RIP); establish action plans; and follow-up meetingsWork with teams (i.e. Project Engineers, Contractors, Technicians, Peers, and Other CPS Pillars leads) to guide actions to support CPSLead and engage team members to in improve processes through our plant.Coach teams in giving and receiving feedback, root cause analysis, trade-off analysis, interpersonal communications and external interactionsWork with the Operations teams to create an Autonomous Maintenance work culture and run to centerline.Facilitate and react to non-routine and crisis situations.Do You Have What it Takes?Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Organizational Development, Engineering or other related fieldsCombination of experience and education in lieu of educational requirement3 yr manufacturing experienceThree+ years experience in Continuous Improvement environment – TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and related process improvement systems.Three+ years in facilitating teams; oversee root-cause analysis, data collection, and using TPM/ CPS concepts such as "Why, Why/ How How", Phenomena Thinking.Working knowledge of production equipment and systems including maintenance activities.Interpret a variety of technical information in mathematical and narrative form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursementWealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase planGrowth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursementBalance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. ​