Overview

Berry Global, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, is committed to its mission of ‘Always Advancing to Protect What’s Important.’ With $13 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2019 on a combined pro forma basis from operations, Berry is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative nonwoven, flexible, and rigid products used every day within consumer and industrial end markets. Berry operates over 290 manufacturing facilities worldwide, on six continents, and employs over 48,000 individuals.

At Berry, we pursue excellence in all that we do and are always advancing to improve the way we work along with the products and services we provide. Our culture fosters trust and partnerships through appreciation, acknowledgement, and inclusion. At Berry, we are continuously improving to support our mission and exemplify our values of partnerships, excellence, growth, and safety. To learn more about Berry, visit berryglobal.com.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provide clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.
• Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws.
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
• Lead all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.).
• Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
• Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.
• Security diligence, including maintaining control of personal key cards, preventing unauthorized entry to the facility by non-Berry employees, and proper maintenance / security of Berry information and equipment within your direct responsibility.
• Constant vigilance and participation in Safety, Food Safety, and Quality practices.
• Identify and record problems relating to product, process and quality system.

Competency Requirements

• Safety Leadership – Embodies commitment for a safe workplace; acts as a role model on safety leadership, activities and communication.
• Accountability –holds self accountable evidenced by say/do ratio, initiative and ownership actions (such as ensuring safety is more important than productivity).
• Communication – ability to communicate safety, goals and company expectations with appropriate levels of the organization; create clear, timely audience appropriate messages (both written and verbal).
• Engagement – communicate and support the vision of plant leadership; celebrate the wins, and ensure employees actively participate in safety-related activities.
• Team Development – understand the development needs of employees in your organization; drive the culture of employees as safety leaders; champion talent development from pre-hire to continuous learning.
• People Agility –Understand personal strengths and weaknesses; leads by example; promotes change through listening skills and seeking frequent input from employees; is genuine and approachable; firm but fair – consistent.
• Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; mitigates relationship conflicts and encourages constructive (problem-solving) conflict.

Primary Duties, including but not limited to:

• Observe all Safety precautions, Food Safety requirements, and Plant Safety Rules to prevent injury to self or others and to prevent loss of material or damage to equipment.
• Adhere to all Safety, Food Safety & Quality Management System standards & requirements.
• Coordinate the operation of the manufacturing floor to produce plastic components, in such a manner to attain optimum performance in the utilization of manpower, maintenance of quality levels, adherence to production schedules and employment of assets.
• Plan, organize and make work assignments to operators and setup personnel.
• Plan department activities based on production schedules to make optimum use of manpower and facilities.
• Coordinate and check setups, machine operation, initial production and the use of all safety equipment.
• Recommend and implement changes in operating procedures that will help to improve quality, lower costs, and increase productivity.
• Establish and maintain sound employee relations within the department.
• Encourage suggestions and ideas from operating personnel which could improve quality, lower costs and improve productivity.
• Maintain conformance to work rules and regulations. Administer approved disciplinary measures when necessary and properly document.
• Perform employee performance appraisals.
• Develop positive attitude among employees regarding productivity quality and housekeeping.
• Implement required disciplinary action and all related documentation as needed.
• Ability to train and work well with others.
• Attend First Responder training and become First Responder certified.
• Become PIT certified (for emergency situations) through Berry Powered Industrial Truck training.

Qualifications

• Capable of physical mobility including sitting, bending, twisting, standing, and lifting.
• Capable of lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Bachelor degree (B.A.) or equivalent knowledge in a manufacturing environment.
• Five to seven years manufacturing experience / training.
• Proficient computer knowledge, Word, Excel.
• Capable of Utilizing Berry’s operating and support systems (JDE, QSI, WebEFF, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Candidate must be willing to work any shift and overtime as required.