Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist - Yield Management

Reporting to the Manager Continuous Improvement You will lead the Product Owner activities using Agile tools to lead priorities to completion. You will partner with the Product Manager, site champions, and agile team to achieve sprint outcomes and deliver value-added enhancements to the product.

Position Responsibilities:

• Decompose product roadmap into features and stories for the development teams.
• Be the voice of the customer to our end stakeholders for the IYM use case.
• Facilitate backlog refinement and enhancement request process.
• Participate in cadenced sprint ceremonies and standups with the Agile development team.
• Manage sprint outcomes and Definition of Ready (DoR) or acceptance criteria
• Lead monthly Connected Shop Floor Champions Network calls with the CSF Center of Excellence (COE).
• Participate in discovery and design sessions for Intelligent Yield Management.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, software engineering or a technical degree of a related discipline
• 5 years of continuous improvement, CI, plant operations experience.
• Understanding of digital transformation in manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) such as TrakSYS
• Experience with Jira Agile tools.
• Experience as an SAP Subject Matter Expert (SME), System Integrator SME or MES TrakSyS Configurator
• Conceptual process skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in Excel (can perform complex functions), PowerPoint, and Power BI.
• Travel up to 50%
• Remote locations Denver, CO and east and within reasonable proximity (50 miles) to a major airport
• At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in
• the future.

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Compensation: 

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Anticipated Close Date: 

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000 person team across 40 locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

Salary : $79,000 - $115,000