Category Maintenance Manager (Health Science)

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Position Summary:

The Category Maintenance Manager (Health Science) will be responsible for implementing Maintenance Foundations and the maintenance related elements of NAOOMI for the assigned Maintenance Categories. This role will be a key liaison between the Category Engineering, Nestle Nutrition & Health Hub Engineering, Manufacturing Excellence, and Factory personnel teams. The Category Maintenance Manager is a People Leader role and will also have primary responsibilities for coaching, training and assisting Factories in executing the Nestle Maintenance Strategy at an optimal cost. This position will be either a remote or hybrid role based on the selected candidate’s geographic location. Strong preference will be given to applicants who live within a commutable distance within Bridgewater, New Jersey, Solon, Ohio, Boston or Sudbury, MA, Leonia, NJ, Chicago or Franklin Park, IL or Eau Claire, WI.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate, improve, and implement the Category Maintenance strategy to deliver the category goals.
• Provide clear alignment and regular reporting of team performance and progress to Corporate Engineering, Technical & Production (T&P) Leadership, USA Zone Engineering HUB and Global Maintenance organizations.
• Ensure team objectives, priorities, and deliverables are aligned with the Technical & Production Market roadmap and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Ensure Category Maintenance team is meeting the factory and market needs for maintenance.
• Align Category strategy with Nestle Continuous Excellence implementation and global maintenance requirements.
• Ensure Factory visits are effective and focus on building competency.
• Ensure processes and systems are properly documented and communicated to factories.
• Evaluate and develop the team to more effectively deliver business results.
• Maintain expertise in all aspects of maintenance management and how they may apply to the strategy.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the market maintenance systems.
• Leverage internal and external benchmarking to validate strategy effectiveness, identify improvement opportunities, and achieve best-in-class maintenance performance.
• Demonstrate and promote Nestlé Leadership behaviors, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and results-oriented execution.
• Build credibility and relationships with factory personnel to be regarded as an asset and expert in Maintenance execution, gaining alignment and support for the strategy by factory personnel.
• Build, improve and manage Maintenance and Innovation (M&I) budgets to deliver reliable equipment performance at optimal cost.
• Develop competencies in the category to support the M&I objectives aligned with Nestle global initiatives.
• Implement market processes and tools with examples for maintenance systems as needed.
• Implement market guidance documents to clarify issues in the market.
• Execute training materials to address needs in the market and provide clarity on market needs.
• Coach, implement, monitor and adjust the M&I strategy to drive sustainable business results for all Factories.
• Ownership of Maintenance system including the project management pillar, AMM and maintenance structures.
• Ensure programs and initiatives align with Safety, Environmental, and Quality systems/teams.
• Maintain a good understanding of all facilities including which lines, processes and utilities are critical to the business and where failure can have an unacceptable impact on the business, safety, environment or compliance with Federal, State and Local regulations and law.
• Champion, support and implement engineering tools such as PM, EM, AMM, EFCA, etc.
• Implement best practices related to maintenance, processes, methods, organization, staffing and skill levels.
• Validate implementations in Factories are in line with market systems and expectations of delivering results.
• Ensure factories have effective action plans to address the losses.
• Be proactive in investigating any issues relating to non-compliance, major breakdowns, and non-conformance with key performance indicators.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Medical, Chemical, Electrical or Feed Engineering is required; Master’s degree a plus.
• 6-7+ years of relevant work experience working in a Maintenance function and/or Factory Engineer is required, preferably within a Consumer Packaged Goods, Nutraceuticals or Health Sciences manufacturing facility.
• 1+ years of current or prior People Leadership experience including hiring, training, coaching, and leading a Maintenance or Engineering improvement team is required.
• Demonstrated fluency in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint) is required.
• Must also have experience with SAP systems and end-to-end Project Management.
• Knowledge of computerize maintenance management systems (CMMS) is required.
• Must have excellent communication (oral and written), organizational, presentation and stakeholder management skills (including the ability to develop and maintain strong, cross-functional stakeholder relationships).
• Willing and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Must be detail oriented, data driven and possess the ability to speak through data and influence both stakeholder and Executive decisions with integrity.
• Ability to lead through change management and business transformation.
• Must have experience with financial and budget analysis and tracking, including an in-depth knowledge of costing guidelines, Finance and Accounting principles.
• Current or prior experience utilizing AI tools such as MS Copilot, Claude or other tools to enhance business processes and efficiencies.
• Knowledge of Nestlé Engineering Standards (St 00.907.07) and Manufacturing Resources Performance Measurement (St. St-21.908-03) is highly preferred.
• Wiling and able to travel up to 50%+ to various Nestle Factories across the East Coast/Mid-West for business purposes is required.

Requisition ID:
417223 #LI-FG1

Salary: $125,000.00 to $165,000.00 per year

Bonus Eligibility: Yes

The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.

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