Plant Manager
About ALPLA
Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, and many more. As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. We invest in our people, promote from within, and foster a culture focused on safety, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. From apprenticeship programs and technical training to leadership development opportunities, ALPLA is committed to helping employees build long-term careers.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Childcare and dependent care savings programs
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
- Career growth and advancement opportunities
- Employee recognition programs
- Hands-on training and professional development
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, profitable, steady, and efficient operation of an ALPLA production plant
- Ensure a sustainable positive working culture and active personal development for plant personnel
- Oversee plant safety and OSHA compliance
- Manage P&L responsibility, expense control, and group reporting
- Handle budgeting, investment planning, and capacity planning
- Manage customer service, human resources, logistics, and warehouse operations
- Maintain quality assurance and existing accounts
- Oversee policies, procedures, machine, and infrastructure maintenance
- Implement and ensure proper usage of OPEX initiatives
- Recruit new employees (with Hiring Manager and HR)
- Perform disciplinary actions
- Assess training needs of staff and ensure execution of training
- Provide personnel development, training, and knowledge-sharing culture
- Perform annual performance evaluations and goal settings
Performance Metrics
- Safety Risk Level: Proactively identify and mitigate safety risks, with documented improvements or action plans implemented quarterly
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): Identify and address root causes of downtime to improve OEE performance as defined in the annual Target Declaration process
- Waste Percentage: Maintain waste levels at or below target percentage of total production; implement waste reduction initiatives contributing to overall improvement
- Cost Controlling: Support adherence to department budget by identifying cost-saving opportunities and reducing non-value-added activities
Competencies
- Being Resilient
- Drives Engagement
- Situational Adaptability
- Directs Work
- Develops Talent
- Nimble Learning
- Builds Effective Teams
- Customer Focus
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, or related fields, or equivalent education/work experience
- At least 5 years of related experience
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Proven team-building capabilities
- Basic understanding of corporate finance functions
- Fundamental understanding of plastic manufacturing process
- Technical aptitude
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally climb or balance
- Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear
- Occasionally required to sit
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision
- Required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA)