Continuous Improvement Manager, Connected Worker

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nebraska.

📋 Description

• Lead the Connected Worker strategy, including a multi-year roadmap, enhancement processes, and prioritization across manufacturing sites.

• Identify and assess new use cases to enhance safety, quality, productivity, reliability, compliance, and employee experience.

• Convert operational needs into scalable digital solutions, deployment plans, and measurable improvement opportunities.

• Collaborate with Manufacturing Excellence, Operations, Maintenance, Environmental Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory and Analytical, Sanitation, and other functions to integrate connected worker tools into standard operating procedures.

• Build consensus among Plant Operations, Manufacturing Excellence, Information Technology, Digital Technology, Human Resources Technology, Procurement, vendors, and senior leaders.

• Influence stakeholders across various functions and locations to address trade-offs, establish ownership, and promote enterprise priorities.

• Act as the business owner for the Connected Worker platform and related frontline applications, including defect handling capabilities when applicable.

• Establish and uphold governance for roadmap intake, standards, deployment, training, support, issue resolution, adoption, data quality, and value realization.

• Define requirements and standards for mobile device utilization, application readiness, refresh planning, and frontline user support.

• Collaborate with Information Technology, Procurement, vendors, and plant teams to eliminate barriers and enhance mobile technology adoption.

• Direct the Connected Worker training strategy and work with plant champions, functional leaders, Human Resources, Learning, Information Technology, and vendors.

• Create scalable training materials, communications, standard work, and enablement plans to support deployments and platform enhancements.

• Lead vendor business reviews, roadmap discussions, enhancement prioritization, and performance evaluations.

• Benchmark against external organizations and industry practices to discover future technology opportunities and best practices.

• Oversee enterprise deployment planning and sustain adoption through continuous improvement initiatives.

• Monitor adoption, training completion, user feedback, issue trends, and business impact to ensure value realization and ongoing optimization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Willingness to travel 25-50%, depending on business requirements.

• A minimum of seven years of experience in product management, manufacturing technology, digital transformation, operations, continuous improvement, training enablement, or related fields.

• Proven experience leading enterprise initiatives across multiple functions, locations, and stakeholder groups.

• Experience in translating business needs into technology-driven solutions, product roadmaps, deployment strategies, and business cases.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and influencing skills, with experience engaging frontline employees, operational leaders, functional partners, vendors, and senior leaders.

• Experience in supporting the adoption of frontline technology solutions, including training, change management, mobile device deployment, and support processes.

• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams to achieve sustainable business results.

• Preferred experience in manufacturing or consumer packaged goods environments.

• Preferred experience with Connected Worker solutions, digital manufacturing platforms, mobile technologies, vendor management, or business process transformation initiatives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans.

• Wellness incentive program.

• Mental wellbeing support.

• Fitness reimbursement.

• Bonus incentive opportunity.

• Matching 401(k).

• Stock purchase plan.

• Career development opportunities.

• Employee resource groups.

• On-demand learning.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Paid-time off.

• Parental leave.

• Flexible work schedules (subject to your location and role).

• Volunteer opportunities.