Royal Canin
Digital Continuous Improvement Engineer
Lewisburg, Ohio
Behind every bag of our product is a team of skilled engineers and manufacturing experts dedicated to ensuring the highest quality and safety standards. Whether you're optimizing production lines, designing innovative solutions, or maintaining cutting-edge technology, your work will directly contribute to improving the lives of pets around the world. Make your mark on a team where innovation, precision, and passion come together every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful Digital Continuous Improvement Engineer at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
I take immense pride in leading a team that is passionate about making a difference for pets. Every day, we focus on precision, innovation, and maintaining the highest quality standards. What truly sets Royal Canin apart is the commitment to development—whether it’s advancing our processes, adopting cutting-edge technology, or helping associates grow in their careers. It’s incredibly rewarding to know that our work not only drives success but also creates meaningful opportunities for everyone on the team.
JR Smith North Sioux City Site Director, Global Value Chain Operations
Digital Continuous Improvement Engineer - Manufacturing
This role serves as the key connector between site operations and
maintenance, site leadership team, and global/regional development teams. It leads the deployment process of the solution,
trains relevant stakeholders, monitors usage, validates functionalities and use cases, while ensuring the integration of accurate,
site-specific knowledge into Riobot. The Riobot Deployment Specialist should facilitate effective communication, training, and
feedback collection to ensure the solution meets business manufacturing needs
What are we looking for?
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent work experience
Proficient in MS Office applications and data analysis/visualization applications (Power BI, Python,….etc)
Demonstrates communication skills with the ability to train and support end-users.
Experience in change management or knowledge management
Ability to work with cross-functional teams (operations, maintenance, E&T..)
Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills linked to Dry Petcare process
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in digitalization in manufacturing projects or AI deployment
Project management experience
Proven ability to collect, synthesize, and act on user feedback.
Proven troubleshooting skills
What will be your key responsibilities?
Lead and manage the local deployment of the Riobot AI solution, ensuring timely execution, milestone tracking, and regular progress reporting to site leadership and global/regional Riobot development teams.
Monitor and deliver key performance indicators (KPIs) to track Riobot adoption, user satisfaction, and its impact on operational efficiency and downtime reduction.
Track and escalate critical issues to regional or global support teams as needed.
Coordinate closely with operations, maintenance, E&T and global/regional Riobot to align deployment with daily workflows and share best practices.
Promote Riobot adoption by communicating its benefits to local stakeholders and integrating Riobot training into onboarding processes for new hires.
Assist in pilot testing new Riobot features and validate functionalities to ensure they meet manufacturing business needs.
Document deployment processes, lessons learned, and best practices to support ongoing training and future roll-out.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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