Operations Manager - Packaging

Joining the Belmark Team:
Being Part of the Mission

While picking up items at the grocery store, have you ever wondered how they were packaged? Who produced the labels, cartons and flexible film that helps consumers with their purchasing decisions? Most of us do not think twice about it, however, there is a whole industry devoted to just that. Belmark is a leader in that industry, producing innovative pressure sensitive labels, folding cartons and flexible packaging.

Our service, quality, speed to market and product development drive us to be the best in the industry.

Belmark is made up of hundreds of talented people with diverse areas of expertise. Each of these individuals contributes uniquely to Belmark’s success and is an important member of the Belmark team. Regardless of your department, we all work with a shared purpose and vision for providing fast, friendly, dependable service to our customers – delivering solutions that exceed expectations at every turn.

We are always looking for dedicated members to join our team. If you enjoy taking on new challenges, working in a fast paced environment and working with a great group of people, then Belmark is a good fit for you!

• Health Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan
• Paid Vacation, Personal Time & Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• On-site Health Clinic
• On-site Fitness Center

As the Operations Manager for our Flexible Packaging division, you'll provide strategic leadership for manufacturing operations, empowering teams to achieve exceptional results in safety, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction while driving sustainable business growth.

• Responsible to foll Responsible to follow all safety procedures as required by the role, and to nurture a food safety culture by adhering to all Safe Quality Foods requirements.
• Maintain and improve our Safety culture by:
  • Communicating Safety performance metrics and plans
  • Ensuring workplace organization and cleanliness are at the highest level
  • Proactive identification and resolution of unsafe or potentially hazardous conditions
• Partner with Product Management to set direction for Flexible Packaging business unit over a rolling 3 year timeframe.
• Responsible for establishing and achieving financial and performance metrics for the following operations:
  • Plant 3 De Pere
  • Plant 2 Web-to-Print®
  • Plant 5 Specialty Finishing
  • Plant 6 Shawano
  • Plant 9 Kentucky
  • Future Flexible Packaging Site(s)
• Synchronize plans with Supply Chain, Product Management, Technical, Engineering and Human Resources to meet short and long term customer demand.
• Lead employee development and future leader identification in each operation:
  • Determine correct manufacturing management structure to support our people
  • Partner with Human Resources to support and refine recruitment of new employees.
  • Ensure each operation has effective onboarding and employee feedback mechanisms.
  • Create career development pathways for all operations so that our people understand future opportunities
• Drive standardization across and within all operations.
• Establish and execute manufacturing strategies by analyzing data trends for Safety, Thruput, Productivity, Quality, Waste, Operating Costs and Speed.
• Identify inefficiencies in all aspects of each operation and lead changes to resolve.
• Determine optimal process flows to minimize all forms of waste.
• Assure requirements of all regulatory entities (i.e. OSHA, WDNR, EPA) are being met.
• Work with company leadership to develop rolling 3 year strategic plan for Pressure Sensitive Labels including:
  • Capital, materials and people
  • Expansion and growth strategies
  • New product…