Production Manager

Overview

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Production Manager to join our team located at our facility in Jacksonville, IL (East plant).

Responsibilities

Your Role:

The Production Manager is responsible for the operation of the manufacturing equipment and supporting functions to ensure that all products are manufactured in a safe, high quality, cost effective manner. This role will manage a team of 200+ employees that include salaried, hourly, and agency temps. The Production Manager will develop systems and manage resources to ensure the manufacturing operation meets established goals while maintaining a safe work environment and high- quality standards.

We embrace and accept individual experiences and backgrounds to achieve a diverse and inclusive workplace.

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS):

* Understand, promote, assist and adhere to all EHS principles and be accountable to conform to them at all times.

* Ensure compliance with the EHS policies and support the facility EHS plans.

* In locations, where applicable, responsible to comply with the GFSI practices and programs to ensure safe food packaging product and to report food safety problems to those with authority to take action.

Quality:

* Monitor both internal quality and customer complaint rates and trends. Initiate corrective action to minimize or eliminate quality issues.

* Interface with PET and Marketing groups to insure success of new product launches as well as insuring product specifications are clear and correct.

* Insure quality systems are followed in the manufacturing operation.

Productivity:

* Maintain an effective workforce through hiring, training, and coaching. Insure actions are consistent with best practices and established policies.

* Set departmental goals and objectives. Analyze results and initiate necessary actions to maximize outputs.

* Complete and maintain timely and accurate reports on critical manufacturing outcomes such as efficiency, downtime, and cost.

* Provide feedback on plant performance, issues, and equipment utilization to all levels within the organization.

* Support the Lean Manufacturing philosophy and use of Lean tools such as quick changeover (SMED), SWIS, TPM, etc.

You will love it here if…

* You put safety first, always

* You listen, learn, and evolve

* You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals

* You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity

* You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

Qualifications

We need you to have:

* BS/BA in Industrial Management, Engineering or Business.

* 5+ years of manufacturing or supervisory experience.

* Prior team management experience combined with a proven track record of developing, coaching and mentoring a diverse staff preferred.

* Proficient in MS Office.

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.

* Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.

* Strong analytical and organizational skills with high attention to detail.

* Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution.

* Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.

* Ability to travel occasionally.

* Must be team-oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.

Icing on the cake:

* LEAN experience preferred.

* Prior team management experience combined with a proven track record of developing, coaching, and mentoring a diverse staff.

If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!

* Intellectual Curiosity:
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