Production Manager

Premier Packaging provides innovative packaging solutions through a combination of curiosity, drive, and a culture that embraces an entrepreneurial spirit. We are responsive to our customers’ needs, responsible to one another and the environment, and improve our processes to deliver quality products. We ask ‘Why’ so we can deliver the ‘How’.

This position reports to the Manufacturing Site Manager. This position directs manufacturing operations through a team of functional front line supervisor.  Good communication skills, problem solving, leadership, teamwork orientation, project management, performance management, self-motivation and technical capacity are all essential to the success of this position.  Regular day-to-day activities require regular interaction with all company departments, vendors, and customers.  

Essential Functions

• Manages policy deployment in the areas of lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures.
• Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development. Plan and conduct regular employee training and development meetings.
• Provides leadership for problem resolution to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships.
• Plan; think ahead, plan and organize. Balances work cell capacity/loading across the plant. Provides leadership through a three to six-month planning cycle.
• Coach, mentor and train new employees in order to achieve high performance. Identify employee strengths and weaknesses.  Measures performance and makes employment decisions.
• Complete performance evaluations in a thoughtful and timely manner. Initiate new employee checklists.
• Responsible for overseeing that all work is being done correctly and in a safe manner.
• Carefully monitor the safety of all employees. Complete accident investigations and reports as necessary.
• Review and analyze low performance items. Develop methods for increasing productivity.  Reduce waste.  Strive for on time deliveries.  Oversee development of new procedures and work instructions
• Develop processes for effective and efficient operation of Converting, Assembly and Warehouse.
• Manage and organize multiple priorities and be sufficiently flexible to make changes as situations dictate.
• Determines operations head count needs and ensures compliance with company policies.
• Helps define company needs for capital investments and improvement.
• Visit customers and vendors as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned. 

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED Required; college degree a plus, but not required.
• The ability to oversee all facets of day-to-day production operation.
• A minimum of 5-7 years in a supervisory role at a warehouse/manufacturing/distribution facility. Corrugated experience and knowledge required; lean manufacturing practices
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications and Internet usages (computer software such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, PowerPoint and other database programs)
• The ability to sort, analyze and interpret data as needed.
• Experience in identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available fact, constraints, and probable consequences.

Salary : $85,812 - $114,517