Assistant Operations Director, Packaging Plant

Job Description

Job Description

Lead with purpose. Build a culture of quality and safety.

Join us as the Assistant Operations Director and help shape a plant where disciplined execution meets continuous improvement. You will guide production teams, champion SPC-driven quality, reduce spoilage, and ensure we deliver for customers—safely, efficiently, and profitably.

Transform daily operations into a model of excellence by aligning people, processes, and performance :

• Champion the customer :
  Serve as the go-to liaison for quality and service, resolving issues and protecting customer commitments.
• Engineer better ways of working :
  Implement continuous improvement to lift efficiency, optimize labor absorption, and improve safety.
• Elevate quality :
  Deploy SPC, run root-cause investigations, and close corrective actions.
• Own safety :
  Ensure teams have the information, tools, and procedures needed to operate safely; drive hazard reduction toward zero.
• Manage the P&L levers :
  Review operational reports; control costs and overtime to meet plan.
• Stay connected :
  Provide internal and external communications, as needed, 24 hours a day to keep the operation synchronized.
• Grow talent :
  Build training and safety programs; develop employees for future roles; directly supervise plant personnel (headcount varies).
• Partner to win :
  Work closely with the Plant Manager and HR on personnel matters; coordinate with production planning on schedules and staffing; align with corporate on planning initiatives.
• Deliver initiatives :
  Support strategic customer projects and take on additional responsibilities as assigned.

• Associate’s degree or a proven leadership track record within packaging operations.
• 5+ years of management experience in high-volume manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success implementing improvement methods on the shop floor.
• Experience leading self-directed work forces.

• Active manufacturing setting with moving machinery and noise; frequent use of computer, cell phone, and printer / fax.
• Hearing protection and assigned PPE required.
• Temperatures fluctuate and can reach around 90 degrees; environment may include fumes, dust, and odors.
• Regular standing, walking, and hand use; frequent reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability to frequently lift and / or move up to 20 pounds; vision requirements include close, distance, and color recognition.

• Leadership / People Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

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.