What are the responsibilities and job description for the Deputy Plant Operations Manager, Packaging position at Trivium Packaging?
About the Role
Step into the second-in-command seat of a high-volume packaging plant where you’ll unify production, quality, safety, and cost performance. You’ll own day-to-day manufacturing execution, drive process improvements, guide frontline leaders, and influence P&L outcomes. Your focus: efficiency, quality, spoilage reduction, labor absorption, and delivering on strategic customer programs.
A Day in the Life
- Walk the floor: Coach supervisors and teams to build quality products efficiently, safely, and on schedule.
- Keep customers close: Serve as the primary liaison on quality and service matters; resolve issues and elevate satisfaction.
- Improve relentlessly: Lead continuous improvement in spoilage, labor utilization, safety, and throughput; deploy SPC and structured problem-solving to eliminate defects at the source.
- Protect your people: Ensure teams have the information, tools, and procedures to work safely; plan and implement changes to drive hazards toward zero.
- Run the numbers: Review reports and requests that impact quality and cost; manage overtime and expense lines to meet targets.
- Communicate 24/7: Maintain internal and external communications, as needed, 24 hours a day to keep operations running smoothly.
- Partner across functions: Work with the Plant Manager and HR to resolve personnel matters; collaborate with production planning for scheduling and staffing; align with corporate on planning initiatives.
- Build capability: Develop training and safety programs; grow employees for future advancement and foster a problem-solving culture; directly supervise plant personnel (team size varies by site).
- Own outcomes: Support strategic customer initiatives and complete additional projects and responsibilities as assigned.
What You Bring
- Associate’s degree or proven track record of leadership progression within the packaging industry.
- 5 years of manufacturing management in a high-volume environment.
- Hands-on experience implementing manufacturing improvement methods (CI, Lean, SPC, etc.).
- Experience leading a self-directed workforce.
Work Environment & Physical Requirements
- Manufacturing facility with moving machinery and elevated noise; frequent use of computer, cell phone, and printer/fax.
- Hearing protection and assigned PPE required.
- Temperatures may vary and can reach approximately 90 degrees; atmosphere may include fumes, dust, and odors.
- Regular standing, walking, and hand use; frequent reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
- Vision needs include close, distance, and color recognition.
Proficiencies
- Leadership / People Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Equal Opportunity
Trivium Packaging is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
