Manufacturing Reliability Digital Lead

Are you passionate about leveraging data and digital technology to improve manufacturing performance? As a Manufacturing Reliability Digital Lead, you'll serve as the site's digital manufacturing expert, helping drive equipment reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement through connected systems and analytics. You'll work across multiple functions to advance the site's digital capabilities while supporting business performance and long-term growth.

In this highly collaborative role, you'll partner with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, Controls Engineering, IT, Finance, and Continuous Improvement teams to maximize the value of manufacturing technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to influence digital transformation initiatives, lead technology adoption efforts, and make a measurable impact on plant performance through data-driven decision making.

A Taste of What You'll Be Doing

• Digital System Administration – Manage and maintain Smart Factory, PI Vision, Power BI, and related manufacturing systems, ensuring data accuracy, system reliability, and end-user support.
• Performance Reporting & Analytics – Build and enhance dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and visual reporting tools that provide operational insights and support business decision making.
• Systems Integration & Automation –  Partner with Controls Engineering and IT teams to support PI tags, data connections, system integrations, automated reporting solutions, and PLC programming/troubleshooting efforts that enhance manufacturing performance and data connectivity.
• Reliability & Loss Analysis – Analyze manufacturing data to support root cause investigations, identify performance gaps, and drive loss elimination and reliability improvement efforts.
• Technology Deployment & Training – Lead implementation, onboarding, troubleshooting, and user training for digital manufacturing tools while promoting adoption across the facility.

We're Looking for Someone With

• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience with Smart Factory, PI Vision, Power BI, Proficy, historian systems, or similar manufacturing technologies
• Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, and manufacturing performance reporting tools
• Experience troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving manufacturing digital systems
• Experience leading technology deployments, system implementations, or digital transformation initiatives
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency and experience using Power BI
• Knowledge of manufacturing operations, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement methodologies

Compensation

The annual salary range is $81,300 - $106,680, which is based on various factors such as location, experience and skill. Discretionary bonuses based on company and individual performance are also available.

What’s Next

After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small.

All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Kellanova does not sponsor employment visas for this role.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, employee assistance program, short-term disability coverage, and long-term disability insurance. Also, voluntary income protection benefits such as supplemental life, accident as well as a 401(k) plan with company contributions is available. Part-time employees may have access to benefits on a pro-rated basis. See KellanovaTotalHealth.com for more information.

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Get to Know Us

We’ve always been driven to unleash the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our iconic, world-class brands at Kellanova include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.

Mars, Incorporated has acquired Kellanova in a transaction that brings together iconic brands, storied legacies and outstanding capabilities with a view to shape the future of snacking. You can learn more here , and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.

Let’s shape the future of snacking.

Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here .