Cutting Manager

Graphic Packaging•Elk Grove, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for providing leadership, guidance, direction and management for the Cutting Department during the various shift operations. Ensures production safety, quality and customer satisfaction goals are met. Initiates and supports all processes and ensures compliance with Six Sigma efforts. Minimal supervision required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or related field with 5-8 years’ experience in converting operations and working with dies or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Ability to manage projects, resources and people and set and meet target disciplines.
Ability to develop improvements, achieve budget/cost constraints.
Proficient with Microsoft Office, Outlook and internet.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Managing the sheet fed line, rotary die cutting, rotary die sharpening areas and ensures paperboard is sheeted, printed and cut to specifications, rotary dies perform to expectations.
Planning, directing and managing operations to achieve operating goals and objectives consistent with plant and division objectives.
Identifying cost reduction and continuous improvement opportunities in support of Six Sigma efforts.
Identifying capital improvement projects for the department and provides project management support.
Managing department efforts across shifts and with other departments and functions.
Establishing department goals in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, and employee development.
Ensuring production operations are conducted in a safe and clean working environment and complies with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Identifying activities and opportunities that improve the manufacturing processes and controls costs throughout the department.
Directly involved in responsibilities / actions related to Prerequisite and Food Safety Programs.
In the absence of Cutting Manager, daily responsibilities will be transferred to Operations Manager or a Supervisor.
Completing additional duties as assigned.
Following all Plant rules, Processes, Hygiene, and Allergens procedures, related to production of Safe Quality Foods.
Reporting to person of authority to record any potentially unsafe conditions which may result in unsafe foods or noncompliance to SQF related procedures.
Participating in SQF Root Cause and Corrective Actions (from customer complaints, SQF audits, validation, and verification activities) as required.
Reporting of any customer complaints to persons responsible to enter into GPI’s Customer Complaint system for root cause analysis and appropriate corrective action taken.
Following all procedures related to producing Safe Quality Foods (SQF).
Reporting any potentially unsafe SQF conditions or customer complaints to a person of authority to record and/or correct the situation.
Responsible for the verification of SQF controls and meeting the standards of the SQF requirements.