Title : Sr Manager Reliability (Global Engineering)
Location : Kennewick, WA
About Lamb Weston
We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000 team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.
We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of : Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!
Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.
Job Description Summary
The Senior Manager Reliability is responsible for setting the direction for life cycle Asset Management, Asset Reliability and Asset Maintenance for the Lamb Weston (LW) North America (NA) group. The objective is to execute on a strategic roadmap to move the LW NA asset reliability maturity towards world class. The Senior Manager Reliability develops, implements and owns a robust program for preventive, predictive and prescriptive maintenance. This will be supported by a monitoring program on the performance to increase equipment reliability and improve factory performance. The Senior Manager Reliability supports and drives the LW NA Environmental and Sustainability objectives in the Asset Management, Asset Reliability, Asset Maintenance plans. The Senior Manager Reliability is the program manager for LW NA to drive maintenance costs optimization, maintenance budget benchmarking and improvements in the service levels of our maintenance service suppliers. The Senior Manager Reliability functionally leads the LW NA maintenance community and represents the LW NA maintenance function in CI programs, the LW Global organization and externally. The Senior Manager Reliability is the LW NA process owner of the SAP Planned Maintenance Module and drives the fit for purpose set-up and use of this system supporting the LW NA Reliability strategy and programs.
Job Description
Sets Directions & Goals
- Develops, embeds, and maintains the Lamb Weston North American Asset Management, Asset Reliability, and Maintenance Strategy.
- Establishes and ensures a one "lived" approach on reliability within Lamb Weston, based upon the set strategy.
- Develops, rolls out, and embeds programs and roadmaps on tactical level to drive world-class reliability excellence to optimize equipment reliability while optimizing costs.
Leadership & People Development
Gives functional leadership to the plant maintenance managers and teams on maintenance and reliability management.Guides and supports the operational plant maintenance teams with the operational reliability plans based upon the set reliability programs and roadmaps.Builds and maintains a reliability community within Lamb Weston North America.Attracts, builds, and develops talent for the maintenance / reliability organization in Lamb Weston North America.Supports the plant teams on major breakdowns, supplier escalations, and root cause analysis of major breakdowns.Reliability Management
Develops, rolls out, and maintains an asset management framework, systems, structures, and processes for Lamb Weston, North America.Develops and rolls out programs to move from reactive to proactive to achieve higher OEE, reliability, and lifetime extension.Determines the maintenance and / or operations / reliability strategy with the support of MRO procurement and alignment with the plants on execution with own organization or outsourcing.Leads, as the Process Owner, the maintenance module of the ERP system (SAP PM) and works with IT partners to ensure it supports the LW NA Reliability strategy.Reliability, Finance, and Compliance
Guides and supports the annual supply chain maintenance budgeting process (OPEX)Leads and supports the annual and strategic capital budgeting process (CAPEX) on asset replacements and asset improvement investments.Develops, rolls out, and maintains a zero-based maintenance budgeting process that supports cost effective maintenance.Benchmarks the maintenance budgets within LW global and similar businesses outside of Lamb Weston and uses this to optimize maintenance budgets.Drives, with the support of the MRO procurement organization, a spare parts stock that has the optimum balance between value and availability of critical spares to achieve the best working capital position on spare parts.Ensures the reliability system meets the company compliance requirements of our financial and management systems and supports and guides the maintenance plant teams with this.Communication & Reporting
Reports out on KPI dashboards the financial status, including outlook, and asset performance. Provides inputs for Supply Chain monthly business reviews.Drives the use of these reports and KPI dashboard within the maintenance community to drive improvements on performance.Network & Relationships
Builds and maintains an excellent relationship with the manufacturing and support organizations.Responsible for the LW NA Supplier Review management with the support of MRO and Capital procurement to maintain and improve effective and efficient services levels.Represents Lamb Weston, NA, within the LW Global organization of reliability and maintenanceRepresents lamb Weston, NA, in external meetings, forums, etc. with respect to Maintenance and Reliability.Continuous Improvement & Innovation
Leads the maintenance and reliability programs in the LW NA Continuous Improvement programs.Drives best practice sharing on maintenance and reliability including the systems to support this.Leads and directs with a robust program from Preventative Maintenance to Conditioned Based Monitoring to Predictive MaintenanceBuilds and creates a network of suppliers, knowledge, and trends to move LW NA Maintenance and Reliability to the next level.The job is self-managing and needs to deliver the LW NA Reliability strategy and programs to achieve a "one"- approach of effective and efficient Reliability across the LW NA factories.Is the business partner within the Supply Chain and Manufacturing Leadership Team for all Reliability related topics.Sets the direction for the LW NA Reliability / Maintenance way of workingSupports and guides the AOP maintenance budgeting process and Capital Strategic Plan (5-year plan) on asset replacement or improvement investmentsLeads the optimization of the LW NA working capital spare parts stockDirect reports : 1; Indirect functional reports : 14 (Technical / Innovation Managers, Sr Engineering Managers, Global CI Managers Maintenance Managers, Facility Managers of LW NA plants)Basic & Preferred Qualifications
Education / Certifications :
Bachelor's degree in engineering or similar field required.Master's degree in Engineering preferred.Skills and Experience :
10 years related experience in an industrial production / processing environment.Experienced with developing and embedding strategies, programs and roadmaps to drive organizational change and improvements.Advanced knowledge of and experience with Life Cycle Asset Management, Reliability, MaintenanceInspirational leader, highly collaborative and people orientated with experience in matrix organization.Strong cross functional leadership and ability to influence across and upwards in the organization.Able to act on operational, tactical and strategic levelAbility to form and maintain strong and trusting internal and external relationshipsExecute presence with strong communication and diplomacy skillsAbility to analyze complex information to make agile yet fact-based judgements and decisions.Physical Environment / Demands :
Flexible, willing to travel within North America frequently (30%) and occasionally to LW EMEA.Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environmentIncumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminalWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workdayStooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job dutiesValid Driver's License and driving record that meets Lamb Weston Driving StandardsIndustry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include :
Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, VisionFlexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement AccountsWell-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive programPaid Time OffFinancial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insuranceFamily-Friendly Employee eventsEmployee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type servicesBenefits may vary based on location, job role / level, job status, and / or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID : Req-256978
Time Type : Full time
Anticipated Close Date : 04 / 20 / 2025
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is : $138,750.00 - $208,120.00
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law
Salary : $138,750 - $208,120
