Finishing Department Manager

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.

It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

• Setting production standards and development of plans to meet standards. Standards must be raised each year.
• Involved in improvements and working directly with the process engineers that include refining internal operation methods or sequences as well as improving efficiency of label performance on customer lines.
• Responsible for manufacturing’s segment of new product development.
• Develop personal goals and department goals, which are aligned with those of the division.
• Submit detailed monthly reports focusing on production, speed, waste, and utilization.
• Efficiently use Print Flow, Radius and associated business systems to analyze performance of Operators & Equipment.
• Use Business systems to review production plan and participate in planning meetings / activities that facilitate OTIF and Production Goals.
• Must have mechanical aptitude to deal with daily manufacturing issues. Must ascertain whether issues are related to the operator, method, or machine.
• Lead the department in Quality Improvement efforts.
• Trainer, leader, and coach concerning all areas of safety. Actively participates on Safety Committee working towards elimination of all incidents/injuries.
• Must be available to handle production problems, new or difficult startups, as well as follow through on development orders throughout a 24-hour day.
• Evaluate backlogs and upcoming schedules in coordination with production control to determine appropriate overtime and is accountable for meeting budgets relating to overtime.
• Evaluate employees as per required schedule. Evaluations are to be detailed, accurate, and timely.
• Continually seek out improvement opportunities and take appropriate action to benefit the success of APC. PIP, long and short-term department goals and coordination of problem-solving teams are preferred methods.
• Manage all employees in the Finishing Department. (i.e. schedule vacations; approve timecards; schedule personnel; resolve conflict, as necessary; conduct monthly department meetings; and continuous process improvement.)
• Monitor costs of all purchased supplies.
• Inventory control of purchased suppliers.
• Create manuals, standards and procedures as pertains to the Finishing Department.
• Control and prepare paperwork for rejected raw materials.
• Orders pallets and negotiates the price for pallets.
• Other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Associate's degree (A.

A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and 2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general…