POSITION SUMMARY:
Direct and manage all day-to-day Packaging operations including safety, quality, regulatory compliance, service, production, training, development, inventory, waste management and maintenance.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure all safety KPI's are met or exceeded
- Ensure that schedules for all packaging lines are met or exceeded.
- Monitor and reduce the need for overtime.
- Make sure all lines and department meets OEE goals and expectations
- Ensure lean manufacturing techniques are applied, used and followed
- Ensure line standards regarding labor and speed are always met or exceeded.
- Ensure all finished goods are produced without quality incidents or concerns.
- Ensure all packaging lines start and stop per scheduled requirements.
- Monitor and ensure unit waste is at or below department goals.
- Develop and maintain an effective, high morale work force with adequately trained replacements.
- Ensures adequate technology and capacity.
- Ensures packaging and testing equipment is maintained in sound operating condition.
- Coordinate projects with other departments as needed. This includes, Safety, scheduling, quality, business improvement, engineering, purchasing, warehouse, customers, and suppliers.
- Assure all line leads are cross trained across the floor.
- Assure the development of all production associates and provide a clear path to career advancement.
- Provide guidance and support direct reports.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree; preferably in business, operations or engineering
- 3+ years production or packaging experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment including assembly line and filling (liquid, dry, or powder).
- Lean manufacturing experience with proven results
- Experience leading, engaging and developing people
- Must be able to effectively communicate including written/verbal and effective listening skills.
- Must have proven experience leading process changes and improvements
- Experience leading operations across multiple shifts
- Understand and have experience using KPI's to measure and monitor packaging floor performance.
- Ability to think outside of the box and challenge the status quo.
- Must be able to make fact-based decisions and think strategically.
- Must be able to lead / influence team in the development and implementation of business objectives.
- Must be able to analyze data and have operational understanding to identify, prevent, and solve problems and make decisions in a timely manner.
- Must have the ability to multi-task and take on multiple projects at one time.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with applicable law:
The working environment includes both office and plant floor settings. Exposure to industrial noise, forklift traffic, noise, wet floors, odors, fumes, moving mechanical parts, and temperature fluctuations and extremes in operating areas of the plant. Specified PPE required in operational areas.
