Continuous Improvement Manager, Connected Worker

🕒 September 3

🌽 Illinois, Nebraska – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote

💵 $109k - $159k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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Conagra Brands

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1919

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Marketing • Logistics • Food & Beverage

Conagra Brands is a leading food company passionate about creating impactful and inclusive culture within the food industry. Known for producing a wide variety of consumer food products such as popcorn, brownies, vegetables, and single-serve meals, Conagra is committed to diversity, inclusion, and supporting its team in personal development. With a significant presence across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the company emphasizes ethical practices, consumer focus, broad-mindedness, and agility in its operations. Conagra Brands prides itself on being one of the best places to work and is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

📋 Description

• Own the Connected Worker strategy, multi-year roadmap, enhancement process, and prioritization across manufacturing sites • Identify and evaluate use cases improving safety, quality, productivity, reliability, compliance, and employee experience • Translate operational needs into scalable digital solutions, deployment plans, and measurable improvement opportunities • Partner with Manufacturing Excellence, Operations, Maintenance, Environmental Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory and Analytical, Sanitation, and other functions to embed connected worker tools into standard ways of working • Build alignment across Plant Operations, Manufacturing Excellence, Information Technology, Digital Technology, Human Resources Technology, Procurement, vendors, and senior leaders • Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and locations to resolve tradeoffs, establish ownership, and advance enterprise priorities • Serve as business owner for the Connected Worker platform and related frontline applications, including defect handling capabilities where applicable • Establish and maintain governance processes for roadmap intake, standards, deployment, training, support, issue resolution, adoption, data quality, and value realization • Define business requirements and standards for mobile device utilization, application readiness, refresh planning, and frontline user support • Partner with Information Technology, Procurement, vendors, and plant teams to remove barriers and improve mobile technology adoption • Lead Connected Worker training strategy and collaborate with plant champions, functional leaders, Human Resources, Learning, Information Technology, and vendors • Develop scalable training materials, communications, standard work, and enablement plans supporting deployments and platform enhancements • Lead vendor business reviews, roadmap discussions, enhancement prioritization, and performance discussions • Benchmark external organizations and industry practices to identify future technology opportunities and best practices • Lead enterprise deployment planning and sustain adoption through continuous improvement activities • Track adoption, training completion, user feedback, issue trends, and business impact to ensure value realization and continuous optimization

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required • Travel 25-50%, dependent on business needs • Seven or more years of experience in product management, manufacturing technology, digital transformation, operations, continuous improvement, training enablement, or related disciplines • Experience leading enterprise initiatives across multiple functions, locations, and stakeholder groups • Experience translating business needs into technology-enabled solutions, product roadmaps, deployment strategies, and business cases • Strong communication, collaboration, and influence skills with experience engaging frontline employees, operational leaders, functional partners, vendors, and senior leaders • Experience supporting the adoption of frontline technology solutions, including training, change management, mobile device deployment, and support processes • Experience working with cross-functional teams to drive 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