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Plant Manager

Gelpac
Neenah, WI Intern
POSTED ON 4/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2026
Description

About the company:

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with a comprehensive product offering. We provide creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We continue to grow and would love for you to join our team!

At ProAmpac, our culture is key to our long-term success. We strive to be authentic as we live out the heritage of our small business culture. We value the connections we’ve created, and our employees feel empowered in their shared efforts to innovate successfully. ProAmpac was founded on the idea that a focus on material science will drive innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers, supported by our five core values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement, and Impact – that foster a culture of speed, simplicity, and self-confidence.

The safety and health of our team is our top priority. ProAmpac has taken great steps to provide all personal protective equipment and sanitizing supplies to create a safe and healthy work environment for you.

ProAmpac Perks

ProAmpac is building a wellness culture through its PRO360 initiative: An interactive, fully integrated wellbeing program designed to engage, encourage, and reward all team members on their personal pathway to better health, wealth, growth, and community involvement. Our goal is to ensure 100% of team members achieve a basic level of wellness. Additionally, subject to applicable eligibility requirements, we offer full-time employees a variety of benefits including:

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(K) with exceptional company match
  • Generous paid time off (PTO), plus 11 holidays per calendar year
  • Free life and short-term disability insurance
  • Wellness, employee discount and rewards programs
  • Tuition reimbursement

Essential Duties And Tasks

  • Responsible for KPI’s supporting Safety, Production, Quality, Service, Cost and People.
  • Plan, develop, manage finances, expenses and budgets.
  • Manage to establish manufacturing standards for cost control and waste reduction, spearhead the design, development, communication, and execution of “lean" manufacturing culture and processes, and implement manufacturing best practices
  • Participates in formulating and administering company policies and developing long range goals and objectives
  • Ensure the plant is supporting the organizational S&OP processes which include supporting demand and capacity planning, new product introductions, inventory optimization and reporting. Work to continually enhance the process
  • Monitors and controls process/maintenance costs and production levels to remain within budgetary goals; oversees operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
  • Implements improved manufacturing processes and management methods to generate higher ROI/EBITDA and workflow optimization
  • Interfaces with both internal and external customers for the direction of production operations to support various groups
  • Create, foster, and lead a high-performance culture, focused on engagement, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and a sense of urgency
  • Effectively Collaborate with leadership, HR, Sales, Product Development, and other manufacturing sites to optimize profitability, efficiencies, goals, and metrics
  • Actively seeks out team member input, engagement and communication
  • All other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Education, And Experience

  • BS degree in Business, Engineering or Operations management. MBA a plus.
  • 10 years in Manufacturing Leadership, Plant Management or Operations discipline.
  • Solid understanding of best practices in planning in a manufacturing environment.
  • Proven knowledge in leading a S&OP process.
  • Proven experience in developing High Performance Teams.
  • Solid working knowledge of plant safety and operational processes and related manufacturing.
  • Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), Visio, Teams, and Outlook.
  • Maintains strict confidentiality and protects privacy of confidential/sensitive information.
  • Exceptional time management and organization skills. Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously establishing priorities to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to communicate effectively (verbal, written, and presentations) with executive leadership, staff, and internal and external clients.
  • Proactive; exercises sound judgment and decision making; able to identify problems and needs and develop solutions and/or options.
  • Self-confident, self-motivated, polished professional who thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.

Job Category: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-Time

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