Manufacturing Excellence Lead

About the role

Lipton is looking for a teammate to join its Production Manager organization at the Lipton Tea Packaging Factory in Arifiye, Sakarya, Turkey. The role focuses on improving manufacturing efficiency, quality, capacity and cost performance, and driving continuous improvement across production.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze manufacturing processes to find opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, capacity and cost, and lead improvement projects.
• Drive adoption of continuous improvement methods such as Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, SMED and TPM.
• Monitor production KPIs, develop corrective actions and lead initiatives to raise OEE, reduce scrap and unplanned downtime and improve labor productivity.
• Analyze production losses, run root cause analyses and conduct work studies, time studies, line balancing and capacity analyses.
• Optimize production flows, workforce allocation and processes, and analyze manufacturing costs to reduce losses in labor, energy, raw materials and consumables.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Logistics and Engineering teams, and contribute to new product introductions, process development and capacity expansion.
• Develop, improve and monitor standardized work procedures, stay on the shop floor, support quality and occupational health and safety, and regularly report on performance.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronics Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in manufacturing, process development, continuous improvement or operational excellence is preferred.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving and results-oriented skills, with excellent planning, organization and coordination.
• Effective communication and teamwork, proactive and solution-oriented, with strong leadership potential.
• Willingness to work actively on the production floor; good command of English is an advantage.

Required skills

• Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, OEE, SMED and TPM knowledge; hands-on experience is an advantage.
• Proficiency in problem-solving tools such as root cause analysis, 8D, 5 Whys and Ishikawa diagrams.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel; Power BI and ERP/MRP experience preferred.