Process Lead (12 Month FTC)

PepsiCo · Leicester

Overview

At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester.

To 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

Responsibilities

Actively participating in line daily 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
Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses
Building the process capability and control
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
Owning critical daily management systems, e.g., centerlining
Sharing and reapplying learnings across processes, modules, and plants
Using reliability engineering (RE) and data analysis tools to drive centerlining and loss elimination
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

Qualifications

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 Join Us?
We offer a competitive salary, bonus, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.

Equal Opportunities
We’re an equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. 

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital 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, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo. 

Actively participating in line daily 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
Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses
Building the process capability and control
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
Owning critical daily management systems, e.g., centerlining
Sharing and reapplying learnings across processes, modules, and plants
Using reliability engineering (RE) and data analysis tools to drive centerlining and loss elimination
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

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

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