Overview

About BerryAt Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), we create innovative packaging and engineered products that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of over 40,000 global employees across more than 250 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey. For more information, visit our website, or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter. Summary: We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Injection Molding Manager to lead our molding department towards continued safety mind-set culture, excellence, and efficiency. This excellent Molding Manager will be responsible for managing and coordinating the activities of the Molding department and will pride themselves in their safety mindset, excellent leadership, abilty to foster teamwork and continued improvement. 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with EHS&S Department to provide a safe work environment for all Molding personnel, including administration of effective safety training programs established for departmental employees to include JSA's and/or risk assessments.
• Ensure the company’s Quality Vision Policy is understood and adhered to by all personnel within the department to include SQF, HACCP and GMP's.
• Direct and lead all Molding department personnel to accomplish Corporate, Divisional and Plant goals and objectives for the Molding department
• Lead and direct continuous improvement initiatives for safety, quality, productivity, and additional variables affecting departmental and plant performance.
• Direct supervisors in relation to production volumes, costs, quality and meeting production schedules and delivery dates.
• Oversee direct labor, staffing requirements, efficiencies and scrap.
• Supervise technical and production staff; select, train, develop and monitor performance. ­­­­­
• Plan and establish needed quality, personnel development, and productivity training within the department. 
• Work with internal and external customers to ensure their satisfaction and achieve plant and corporate objectives. 
• Work with internal and external resources to deliver new projects on time and on budget.
• Lead, manage and direct cost reduction programs within the department.
• Develop departmental expense and capital budgets and manage spending relative to financial commitments. 
• Demonstrate a commitment to ISO and effectively communicate with employees regarding departmental procedure and job responsibilities.
• Ability to demonstrate & foster an environment where UFAA behaviors flourish (united, focused, accountable, agile).
• Willingness to take charge, offer direction, accept feedback and adapt as needed.
• Must be reliable, responsible and personally accountable for results.
• Ability to foster teamwork, continuous improvement and create a work environment where safety is a core value.
• Continually inspect mold, machine and related equipment to ensure that it achieves its greatest efficiency and quality of parts.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance personnel to correct quality issues.
• Inform Maintenance Department of any issues with machinery or related equipment.
• Coordinate mold changes and repairs with Production Scheduling.

*Interested parties, please submit salary expectations. 

Qualifications

•  B.A. or B.S. Degree or equivalent on-the-job experience of a minimum of 7 years of related plastic injection molding experience and in a leadership position in manufacturing with proven ability to deliver desired results.
• Must possess a diversified background with strong technical, business and managerial skills.
• Applicants should have Ability to work with mathematical concepts, such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical solutions.
• Must have good working knowledge of Excel and other related software used to gather and analyze data
• Ability to recognize mechanical and production challenges and implement corrective actions.
• Able to plan and organize daily activities, analyze data and react to changes and challenges in the business.
• Must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to motivate employees.
• Excellent communication skills to establish team culture and trust.
• Demonstrated track record of success in a dynamic, fast paced production environment.

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