Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.

At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.

This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility proudly produces iconic pet food brands like 9Lives®, Gravy Train®, and Kibbles 'n Bits®. This location also features an on-site Distribution Center, ensuring efficient delivery of products to customers.

Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, and a landmark Town Park offering acres of recreational activities. The town also hosts one of the largest and longest-running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work, and play!

Role Summary

The CI Manager is accountable for embedding Operational Excellence as a way of working across the plant. This includes the deployment and sustainability of Continuous Improvement in a way that transforms the culture and drives results. The role leads cross-functional teams, orchestrates CI and OpEx workstreams, and drives daily issue resolution and performance improvements across the site Scorecard (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People/Growth). As a change agent and internal advisor, this leader partners across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Finance, HR, and Logistics to optimize supply chain performance and reduce cost of goods sold.

Scope & Impact

• Strategic Deployment: Translate company OpEx strategy into plant-level roadmap and Implementation Plans.
• Performance Accountability: Own attainment and sustainment of site KPIs and financial savings, including future pipeline.
• Cultural Transformation: Build a durable Lean/CI culture with standard work, visual management, and leader standard work.
• Loss Analysis: Leverage MES, CMMS, SPC, Tableau dashboards to accelerate diagnostics and decision-making.

Core Responsibilities

Operational Excellence Leadership

• Lead and coach OpEx/CI teams to deliver measurable improvements across the  plant.
• Facilitate Kaizen events; implement and sustain Continuous Improvement pillars.
• Establish and maintain Leader Standard Work (LSW), Daily Management routines, and Tiered Accountability.

Diagnostics & Problem Solving

• Conduct structured loss analysis using data analysis, floor observations (Gemba), process monitoring, and interviews.
• Teach and model Root Cause Analysis (RCA), A3 thinking, 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA, PDCA, and DMAIC.
• Quickly identify waste and prioritize high-impact opportunities.

Planning & Execution

• Coach teams to develop implementation plans with clear scope, milestones, owners, CI tools to be applied, and sustainability plans.
• Conduct regular stakeholder check-ins; ensure adherence, risk mitigation, and barrier removal.
• Manage a Continuous Improvement docket, track savings, and report progress to leadership.

Capability Building & Training

• Serve as the site’s lead trainer for Lean, Problem Solving, and CI tools; facilitate capability building for leaders and frontline employees.
• Deploy a strategy to build skills ahead of subsequent waves of OpEx teams.
• Curate and deliver training curricula (Standard Work, Visual Factory, 5S, Kaizen Facilitation, Problem Solving, TPM basics).

Cost Management & Zero Loss

• Execute Zero Loss analysis to quantify losses and build the enabler pipeline (projects, kaizens, capital enablers).
• Ensure cost savings are captured in the plant financial systems; track short-term and long-term countermeasures for sustainment.
• Validate benefits with Finance; implement controls to prevent backsliding.

Program & Change Management

• Oversee OpEx/CI programs ensuring compliance with EHS, Quality, and regulatory standards.
• Lead change initiatives; influence stakeholders at all levels to adopt new practices without relying on formal authority.
• Share best practices across company facilities; maintain strong cross-functional relationships.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Monitor KPIs daily/weekly/monthly; utilize digital dashboards (e.g. Tableau) to identify trends and drive action.
• Conduct monthly operational reviews; communicate progress, risks, and next steps with clarity and confidence.
• Maintain documentation (A3s, charters, SOPs, standard work) and ensure audit readiness.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) & Targets

• Safety: TRIR, Near Miss closure rate, Corrective Action effectiveness.
• Quality: Right First Time, ppm defects, Cost of Poor Quality, FSQ audit scores.
• Delivery: Schedule attainment/adherence, OEE, throughput, changeover time reduction.
• Cost: Labor productivity, material yield, energy intensity, maintenance cost/asset.
• People/Growth: Skill matrix coverage, training completion rates, employee engagement CI participation.
• CI Impact: Verified savings ($), number of kaizens completed, % Implementations on track, maturity audit scores.

Leadership Expectations & Competencies

• Inspire & Align: Communicate a compelling vision; set aggressive yet achievable targets; foster strong morale.
• Coach & Develop: Mentor direct reports and cross-functional teams; build diverse, high-performing teams.
• Influence Without Authority: Drive adoption through relationships, logic, and shared wins.
• Analytical Rigor: Strong business judgment; probe for answers; sense what will resolve issues quickly.
• Execution Excellence: Plan and organize work; lead multi-functional teams to consensus; negotiate priorities effectively.
• Safety & Respect: Demonstrate passion for safety; maintain a respectful, compliant work environment.
• Change Agility: Anticipate challenges; adapt to complex environments with broad operating latitude.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Operations Management, or related field from an accredited Instituion
• 5–10 years total manufacturing experience, including 3–5 years leading TPM/Lean Six Sigma efforts with verified financial impact.
• 2+ year people management or team leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher).

• Cross-functional manufacturing exposure; strong understanding of TPM, Visual Factory, 5S, WCM pillars.
• Experience deploying Operational Excellence and organizational learning programs; High-Performance Work Systems.
• Demonstrated success influencing stakeholders at all levels; excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Tools proficiency: MS Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, etc.; familiarity with MES, CMMS, SPC.

Tools, Systems & Methods

• Lean/CI: A3, DMAIC, PDCA, SMED, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Standard Work, 5S.
• Quality & Analytics: SPC, Pareto, FMEA, Control Plans.
• Maintenance & Reliability: TPM, Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Planned Maintenance (PM), OEE analysis.
• Digital: Tableau dashboards, MES data, CMMS analytics.

Work Conditions

• On-site role; Monday–Friday (1st shift).
• Frequent time on the plant floor, including walking, standing, and observing operations (PPE required).
• Occasional travel for training, benchmarking, or cross-site collaboration (as needed).