Operations Manager

Graphic Packaging•Elk Grove, CA

21d

About The Position

The Operations Manager oversees manufacturing processes and coordinates and supervises production supervisors and personnel to meet or exceed the company’s key performance indicators for safety, quality, and productivity. The role manages production equipment to ensure products meet or exceed customer expectations and aligns business operations and manufacturing with Graphic Packaging International’s business, cultural, financial, and operational objectives. The position is responsible for manufacturing quality standards and procedures, production planning and scheduling, employee training and development, financial objectives, continuous improvement, cost reduction, and plant safety. It also includes Safe Quality Food (SQF) responsibilities, such as following food-safety procedures, reporting potentially unsafe conditions, and participating in root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
Minimum of 7 years of experience in a manufacturing setting.
Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
Successful track record in cost-savings initiatives involving safety, waste, or continuous improvement.
Training or knowledge of SQF prerequisites, including GMP and Food Defense.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Degree in a mechanical, engineering, or manufacturing discipline.
Manufacturing experience in the folding carton industry.
Experience working with high-volume printing and converting equipment.

Responsibilities

Establish manufacturing quality standards, methods, facilities, policies, and procedures by studying product requirements, obtaining engineering consultation, and determining equipment and facility budgets.
Organize the plant’s production function by assigning responsibilities, delegating tasks, and training and developing employees.
Coordinate production requirements with sales, quality, and customer service.
Complete production plans by setting priorities, scheduling activities, monitoring progress, revising schedules, and resolving problems.
Maintain staff performance expectations through coaching, counseling, discipline, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
Achieve financial objectives by preparing manufacturing and maintenance scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
Develop metrics with plant employees to identify root causes of nonconformity in formulations or production planning.
Identify corrective measures to reduce time and material waste and recommend preventive maintenance to support safe and efficient equipment operation.
Lead cost-reduction initiatives.
Lead plant safety initiatives and deploy HSE policies and practices.
Follow plant rules, processes, hygiene, and allergen procedures related to producing Safe Quality Foods.
Report potentially unsafe food conditions or noncompliance with SQF procedures to an authorized person.
Participate in SQF root-cause analysis and corrective actions arising from customer complaints, audits, validation, and verification activities, as required.
Report potentially unsafe SQF conditions or customer complaints to an authorized person for recording and/or correction.