Company Overview
Milo’s Tea Company is one of the fastest growing beverage companies in the US. Our culture and operations are built on the belief that we can make a difference in the world. That’s why we put People First and strive to continually reduce our environmental impact on the planet. We leverage our world class operations and decades-long distribution partnerships to grow the footprint of our core products and create new, innovative beverage products.
We are the #1 and fastest growing brand in the Refrigerated Tea Category in the nation.
Our core mission is that we put people and the planet first and by doing this, it will be good for our business.
We are committed to unlocking the personal genius of every associate and have a strong focus on growth and learning.
Our Company is women-led and strongly committed to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.
We are committed to annual charitable giving by delivering upon our 1% profit pledge.
We are Platinum Certified in Zero Waste Manufacturing; recycling, reducing, and reusing 95% of waste at all facilities.
Being a part of the Milo’s TEAm, you’ll get to collaborate with a group of passionate and high-performing people, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and feels good about the work they’re doing.
And as a "People First" company, Milo’s is committed to the success and well-being of our associates, customers, and fans, no matter their gender, race or creed. Some of the great things offered that reflect our commitment include:
Competitive salary with bonus opportunities for various roles
100% employer paid medical premium for our associates and their families
Free Mental Health, Financial Wellness, and Legal Counseling benefits
401K with a company match
Company paid Life Insurance
Tuition reimbursement assistance
Continuous learning opportunities through various platforms and resources
A robust parental leave program
Care Relief Fund to help Associates in need
Associate Assistance Program
Paid volunteer time
Position Summary:
The role will provide leadership for overall asset reliability strategy and improvement practices across the network of plants focusing on reaching operational excellence, while at the same time increasing the skill level across the enterprise’s maintenance network to enhance skills, build capability, and to deliver improved equipment reliability
Responsibilities:
- Develop and coordinate strategies that accelerate and improve current maintenance practices and processes to improve equipment performance, reliability, and lower overall maintenance costs.
- Initiate and manage the maintenance programs based on best practices with an emphasis on equipment criticality, time-based maintenance & condition-based maintenance, effective planning, and scheduling, completing high quality maintenance repairs, and safety, health & environmental policies, and procedures.
- Consolidate Maintenance Concepts to ensure consistency in methodology implementation.
- Analyze operational data and equipment performance history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance related metrics including unplanned downtime, PM compliance, schedule compliance, Mean-Time-Between-Failures, and maintenance related costs.
- Institutionalize the use of CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) to track maintenance activities within plants for tracking work orders, planned/predictive maintenance, spare parts inventory/sharing and MRO management.
- Implement best practices for MRO inventory management to reduce inventory value and increase turns.
- Drive the implementation of TPM foundational principles across the enterprise’s maintenance resources.
- Partner with HR to develop criteria, testing protocol, and partnerships to accelerate the identification and hiring of highly skilled maintenance associates.
- Identifies technical training and development of talent throughout the organization; works with the Learning Team to recommend training programs.
- Develop and deliver comprehensive maintenance and reliability tactical training to maintenance resources; conduct workshops, benchmarking trips and effectively measure results tied to activities that enhance the plant's asset reliability.
- Leverage company subject matter experts to advance current maintenance and reliability efforts through enhanced communication and best practice sharing.
- Conduct internal PM assessments to ensure program integrity and compliance.
- Lead works with counterparts from each of the regions to establish standards and expand knowledge.
- Travel to the various manufacturing sites across the US as needed.
- The Leader will oversee and support asset reliability for our Manufacturing Sites. The individual will be based out of one of our production sites (Birmingham, AL/Spartanburg, SC/Tulsa, OK areas)
- This role requires the ability to work and communicate effectively at all levels within the organization.
- Upholds and demonstrates leadership in all Corporate Responsibility programming including recycling, social advocacy, and MMAD volunteering opportunities.
- This position has food Safety Responsibilities.
- Other responsibilities, as necessary.
Supervisory:
- This position has supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field required. Specialization course or MBA in Maintenance Engineering, Project Management or TPM/Lean is a plus
- 15+ years’ experience within Maintenance and Engineering managerial role.
- Proven TPM expertise full implementation.
- Experience leading a plant maintenance organization.
- Demonstrated success leading within a continuous improvement environment.
- Demonstrated ability to function effectively in fluid, fast-paced situations, with the personal leadership to influence and positively motivate self and peers.
- Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Strong working knowledge of CMMS (computerized maintenance management system.
- Experience with FMEA (failure mode effect & analysis), RCM (reliability centered maintenance) and MRO management.
- Familiarization with OSHA and FDA regulations.
- Extensive experience in leading asset reliability manufacturing performance in a fast-moving manufacturing environment with exceptional results. Demonstrable and intuitive knowledge on fundamentals of good manufacturing practice, process improvement and optimization, Reconfiguration and imbedding of new or enhanced technology, Managing Costs and Variance, Engagement levers for shop floor-based performance, experience in TPM-Total productive maintenance, 5s, LEAN, six sigma tools and concepts.
- Excellent communication (verbal & written), coaching, and leadership skills in a team-based environment. Demonstrated abilities in Analytics, problem solving and team building with a strong financial & business acumen, project management skills and Knowledge of industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment.
- Experience in interfacing with the broader functions and an elevated level of capability around managing relationships and outcomes.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, reach with hands and arms, see, talk, and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, stoop, or kneel. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met or that an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.
