Manager, Statistical Process Control

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $109k - $159k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Conagra Brands

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1919

👥 B2C

🛒 Retail

B2C • Retail

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

• Lead the development, deployment, and sustainment of Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodologies and digital technologies across the manufacturing network • Design, pilot, and scale SPC systems to reduce process variation, eliminate waste, and strengthen compliance with food safety, regulatory, and customer standards • Build capability at the plant level by coaching and developing process experts and engineers within line structure teams • Develop and implement SPC strategy in partnership with the Director of Process Control, Manufacturing Excellence Team, and Technical Transformation Team • Pilot and deploy SPC technology solutions and methodologies across multiple plants, ensuring scalability and sustainability • Define and standardize SPC procedures, control plans, and governance across product categories • Partner with site-based process experts and engineers to embed SPC principles into daily management systems and line structure routines • Deliver training, workshops, and tools to strengthen SPC proficiency across all levels • Mentor and guide technical teams to build a pipeline of SPC leaders and practitioners • Analyze process data with Industrial Engineering teams to identify variation, waste, and yield loss, and lead structured problem solving to address root causes • Partner with Manufacturing Excellence, Food Safety and Quality, Research and Development, Operations, and Engineering to integrate SPC into performance systems and standards • Improve process capability indices and reduce defects across manufacturing operations • Collaborate with Information Technology and Digital Operations to deploy digital tools, dashboards, and real-time monitoring systems • Support development of data visualization and advanced analytics to enable predictive process control • Ensure SPC practices support regulatory and quality requirements including Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, and Global Food Safety Initiative standards • Maintain documentation, audit readiness, and reporting systems to demonstrate compliance and continuous improvement • Represent SPC in cross-functional governance forums, customer audits, and regulatory inspections

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Statistics, Food Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field • 7 or more years of experience in manufacturing, quality, or process engineering roles, with at least 3 years focused on SPC systems • Experience implementing SPC in a large, multi-site, regulated environment • Experience coaching technical teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders • Experience with SPC methodologies including control charts, process capability analysis, measurement system analysis, and design of experiments • Proficiency with SPC software and data analytics tools such as Minitab, JMP, InfinityQS, Power BI, and SQL • Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance, or similar continuous improvement systems • Experience with change management and influencing in complex organizations • Proven capability to translate technical concepts into practical applications for diverse audiences • Experience building organizational capability and driving cultural adoption of process control practices • Ability to travel. The typical travel requirement is 75% there will be occasional weeks when you will travel 50%

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans • Wellness incentive program • Mental wellbeing support • Fitness reimbursement • Great pay • Bonus incentive opportunity • Matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan • Career development opportunities • Employee resource groups • On-demand learning and tuition reimbursement • Paid-time off • Parental leave • Flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) • Volunteer opportunities