Job Description

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

This position is able to work remotely in the United States.

The future belongs to those who choose to shape it. The Value Chain Automation and Transformation team at Bimbo Bakeries USA is a group of dedicated, creative, and driven individuals determined to build the future of BBU’s supply chain. We’ll grant you the artistic license to draft new models for supplying our customers and consumers with the world’s best baked goods and snacks. You will be responsible for ideating, testing, implementing, and refining industry disruptive practices that will dramatically improve service, reduce cost, and create new levels of job satisfaction for our associates. This position will work across functions, engage with leaders at all levels of the organization, and offer unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Manager Automation Project Management

This position will be a member of the Bimbo Bakeries USA Value Chain Automation and Transformation Team which provides nationwide support for all supply chain operations. Team members work individually and in groups with local management teams to improve the supply chain operational efficiency of targeted distribution centers and plants. The team is also responsible for deploying supply chain technology and works closely with internal and external software/hardware development teams to develop the most efficient processes. Operational areas of focus include but are not limited to shipping, transportation, inventory management, materials handling equipment, staffing, network optimization, process automation and facility design. The person filling this role must be a highly motivated individual who leads with behaviors that encourage innovation, change, and teamwork.

Key Job Responsibilities:

 

• Collect, analyze, and interpret operational data to create and implement lasting efficiency and/or quality improvement solutions.
• Support new facility openings ensuring the most efficient layout and proven best practices are in place and followed.
• Basic time study skills to evaluate alternatives and select the most efficient method of operation.
• Deploy and train users on supply chain technology (i.e. Distrib from PCData, etc.)
• Document, present and train on best practices.
• Explore and recommend new technology and processes to improve supply chain efficiency
• Work with 3rd party providers in outsourced BBU operations.
• Meet with potential outside vendors, select vendor, and direct them by providing a clear understanding of project objectives, limitations, and timelines.
• Use project management principles for planning, scheduling, executing, and controlling all projects.
• Work with local management to assist in the development of robust economically driven business cases and capital justifications.
• Eliminate waste of labor and material through the training and enforcement of product accountability procedures.
• Measure results and success rates of initiatives through use of Key performance indicators.
• Meet or exceed established safety, service, cost, and productivity goals.
• Contribute to and help maintain SOP’s and the identification of best practices.
• 80% travel required. Some weekends.

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Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company with operations in 32 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA (“BBUSA”) includes BBUSA and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including, but not limited to, Wholesome Harvest Baking, East Balt, and Acelerada. BBUSA employs 20,000 associates across the U.S. in bakeries, sales centers, corporate offices and on sales routes to ensure our consumers have the freshest products to feed their families at every meal. But our associates come to work for much more – the chance to feed their own lives through exciting work that offers the opportunity to make a real difference in their professional and personal lives every day.

Job Tags

Remote job, Local area, Weekend work,

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