Key Responsibilities
• Manage the planning and scheduling function for the plant, ensuring schedules support customer requirements and production capacity.
• Manage inventory/company capital to provide maximum customer service while optimizing inventory turns.
• Oversee creation, release, and maintenance of manufacturing orders in the ERP system.
• Develop and maintain the master production schedule, balancing capacity, materials, and labor.
• Coordinate daily with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance to ensure production readiness.
• Coordinate as needed with Commercial and Leadership teams on customer opportunities, trials escalations
• Monitor raw material inventory levels and oversee site-level inventory controls (DRP, kanban, min/max, etc.).
• Lead efforts to resolve production delays, material shortages, or capacity constraints.
• Provide schedule performance updates and risk assessments to plant leadership.
• Support annual Sales Forecasting -Term Production Modeling
• Warehouse / Physical Logistics throughout plant.
Logistics Responsibilities (Production-Driven)
• Coordinate outbound freight timing with Shipping/Receiving to ensure loads are ready when carriers arrive
• Align production schedules with dock capacity, carrier availability, and shipping windows.
• Oversight of department responsible for working with carriers and brokers to confirm pickup times and resolve operational issues affecting production flowEnsure accurate load sequencing and readiness based on production completion.
• Support compliance for logistics tied directly to production (e.g., packaging requirements, labeling readiness, staging accuracy).
• Coordinate with other ProAmpac sites as necessary to coordinate and align on business continuity.
Leadership and Development
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance throughput and schedule adherence.
• Develop planning and logistics support staff.
Key Relationships
• Site leadership teams at Matthews site
• Coatings Management Team
• Group and regional SIOP teams
• Commercial, Operations and Supply Chain stakeholders
Qualifications, Education and Experience Essential
• Typically 5-10 years' experience in a Supply Chain role within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong experience in Supply Chain management accounting, forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis
• Proven ability to communicate information clearly to leadership, financial, and plant stakeholders
• Experience working across multiple sites and/or with international stakeholders
• Confident working in a hands-on role, producing reports and analysis personally
Desirable
• Experience operating in a matrix or international organization
• Experience supporting business change or growth initiatives
• Previous experience influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority
Personal Attributes
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
• Commercially minded, pragmatic and solutions-focused
• Data driven in both day-to-day decision making and strategic thinking.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and changing priorities
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to see the bigger picture
• Confident, professional communicator who builds credibility quickly
• Willing and able to engage operationally, not just strategically
Career Development
This role offers exposure to senior operational and commercial leadership within ProAmpac Advanced Coatings. Future progression opportunities will depend on business growth, organizational structure and individual performance.
