Production Manager

ALPLA is a global, family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oreal, Pepsi, and more. Alpla values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation, and sustainability.

• Health and Wellness Care Program
  - Benefits
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs;
  Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short-term, long-term, and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

• Ensures and reinforces the exercise of the health and safety program
• Oversees daily production
  • Supports engineers to ensure machines run efficiently
  • Ensures profits are maximized
• Develops production schedules
  • Plans, directs, and assigns duties of manufacturing personnel
  • Authorizes overtime, as necessary, to meet production goals
• Analyzes and interprets data received daily and prepares management and financial reports
  • Invenes to the production floor when issues are detected in real-time.
  • Manages production issues
  • Prepares production figures for daily meetings
  • Complies month-end reports
• Troubleshoots & solves production problems
  • Manages production issues
  • In charge of issues that are being solved and tracked
  • Reports crucial process problems to the Plant Manager & Directors
• Management of the Production Department
  • Organizes and conducts meetings with Supervisors regularly
  • Recruits (with HR) new employees
  • Ensures efficient shift hand-over and feedback of past shift performance
  • Prepares Shift schedules
  • Performs disciplinary actions
  • Oversees all production training
  • Provides a continuous feedback culture with all production team members
  • Performs annual Performance Evaluation
  • Monthly meeting with the OPEX team
  • Know how level/trainings
  • Overall understanding of various ALPLA IT/MES Systems
  • Assess training needs of staff and ensure execution of training (Equipment, Product, Processes, and IT/MES Systems)
• Ensures all employees follow procedures
• Revises existing and implements new procedures

• Min 2-year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent, Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Technical / Engineering background
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a management position in production, preferably within the plastics industry

• Thorough understanding of Health and Safety practices
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Technical understanding (Manufacturing and IT)
• Strong knowledge sharing/training skills

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee 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 by this job include close vision.

It is 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). #Salaried #DAY

• Team Player:
  Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented:
  Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

• Work-Life Balance:
  Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work
• Growth Opportunities:
  Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Flexibility:
  Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Ability to Make an Impact:
  Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Equal Opportunity Employer

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