Production Manager

Career Opportunity

About the role

The Converting Manager will manage the day-to-day activities of maintaining the facility operations for the Converting department, including safety policies, personnel, housekeeping, maintenance, production activities, and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance on the coordination of plant activities through planning with supervision to ensure the manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Review customer requirements and specifications to identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions to increase customer satisfaction.
• Cook up and maintain ongoing, effective, safety plans to ensure program adoption and implementation.
• Offer new ideas to support fulfillment of department goals and procedures for continuous improvement, retention of customer base, company profitability, and employee job satisfaction.
• Develop and manage defined communication channels across various stakeholder groups to build effective relationships and produce superior products.
• Manage, manufacturing costs and operating efficiencies to improve plant profitability.
• Mind the waste management to manage production costs and reduce environmental impacts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from four-year college or university; or 7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Must have 7+ years of leadership experience in both corrugated and converting packaging operations - Required
• Demonstrated mechanical acumen.
• Proven experience using scheduling software.
• Ability to work in fast paced JIT (just-in-time) manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in process management to ensure production efficiency.
• Relentless determination and courage to make things happen; strong execution skills; results oriented.
• Ability to respond quickly to changing demands, processes, and updated information.
• Lead as a change agent to ensure lean processes are deployed with a sense of urgency.
• Demonstrated understanding of quality processes and continuous improvement, such as Six Sigma certification.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact across all levels of the organization, while accomplishing organizational goals.
• Established courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific planning goals.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 7 years of leadership experience in corrugated and converting packaging operations.
• Strong mechanical acumen and proven experience with scheduling software.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, just-in-time manufacturing environment.
• Expertise in process management to ensure production efficiency.
• Strong determination and execution skills, with a focus on achieving organizational goals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Experience with quality processes and continuous improvement, such as Six Sigma certification.

Skills

• Leadership and guidance in coordinating plant activities.
• Customer requirement review and specification identification.
• Safety plan coordination and maintenance.
• New idea offering for departmental goals and continuous improvement.
• Communication channel development and management.
• Manufacturing cost and operating efficiency management.
• Waste management monitoring and control.

Benefits

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• A generous benefits package starting on your first day of employment, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k match, paid time off.
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety, and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

Pay

Salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.

Schedule

Not specified.