Deputy Plant Operations Manager, Packaging
About The Position
About the Role Step into the second-in-command seat of a high-volume packaging plant where you’ll unify production, quality, safety, and cost performance. You’ll own day-to-day manufacturing execution, drive process improvements, guide frontline leaders, and influence P&L outcomes. Your focus: efficiency, quality, spoilage reduction, labor absorption, and delivering on strategic customer programs. A Day in the Life Walk the floor: Coach supervisors and teams to build quality products efficiently, safely, and on schedule. Keep customers close: Serve as the primary liaison on quality and service matters; resolve issues and elevate satisfaction. Improve relentlessly: Lead continuous improvement in spoilage, labor utilization, safety, and throughput; deploy SPC and structured problem-solving to eliminate defects at the source. Protect your people: Ensure teams have the information, tools, and procedures to work safely; plan and implement changes to drive hazards toward zero. Run the numbers: Review reports and requests that impact quality and cost; manage overtime and expense lines to meet targets. Communicate 24/7: Maintain internal and external communications, as needed, 24 hours a day to keep operations running smoothly. Partner across functions: Work with the Plant Manager and HR to resolve personnel matters; collaborate with production planning for scheduling and staffing; align with corporate on planning initiatives. Build capability: Develop training and safety programs; grow employees for future advancement and foster a problem-solving culture; directly supervise plant personnel (team size varies by site). Own outcomes: Support strategic customer initiatives and complete additional projects and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree or proven track record of leadership progression within the packaging industry.
- 5+ years of manufacturing management in a high-volume environment.
- Hands-on experience implementing manufacturing improvement methods (CI, Lean, SPC, etc.).
- Experience leading a self-directed workforce.
Responsibilities
- Coach supervisors and teams to build quality products efficiently, safely, and on schedule.
- Serve as the primary liaison on quality and service matters; resolve issues and elevate satisfaction.
- Lead continuous improvement in spoilage, labor utilization, safety, and throughput; deploy SPC and structured problem-solving to eliminate defects at the source.
- Ensure teams have the information, tools, and procedures to work safely; plan and implement changes to drive hazards toward zero.
- Review reports and requests that impact quality and cost; manage overtime and expense lines to meet targets.
- Maintain internal and external communications, as needed, 24 hours a day to keep operations running smoothly.
- Work with the Plant Manager and HR to resolve personnel matters; collaborate with production planning for scheduling and staffing; align with corporate on planning initiatives.
- Develop training and safety programs; grow employees for future advancement and foster a problem-solving culture; directly supervise plant personnel (team size varies by site).
- Support strategic customer initiatives and complete additional projects and responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
