Plant Manager

The Newark Group - Chicopee, MA

Full-time - Manager

Chicopee, MA

10,001+ employees

Paper Manufacturing

About the position

The Plant Manager at Greif is responsible for overseeing the manufacturing, engineering, and production activities within a single plant. This role involves managing multiple teams, implementing lean manufacturing concepts, and ensuring safety and performance standards are met. The Plant Manager plays a crucial role in driving operational improvements and fostering a collaborative work environment.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improves the plant's performance by implementing lean manufacturing concepts, techniques, and processes.
• Effectively implements new performance management systems, production plans, and performance criteria; confirms production progress; responds to delays; takes corrective actions; records KPI performance.
• Creates and implements improvement plans for the overall operation.
• Ensures team understands roles and responsibilities as it relates to the team and Greif.
• Encourages joint problem solving and individual development.
• Supports Greif mission, follows values of Greif and works to better Greif's business as a whole.
• Manages and maintains safety observances, ensuring guards and safety features are working, and promoting good daily safety practices and habits.
• Communicates goals and objectives, applies company policy, staffs, trains, coaches, recommends salary increases, administers discipline, insures positive colleague relations and reviews the performance of colleagues.
• Forecasts future production and facility needs and participates in the establishment of strategic business and project goals.
• Contributes in annual budget preparation.
• Controls expenditures in accordance with budget.
• Maintain close connection and contact with other departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Typically possesses a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of the plant's operation.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Strong ability in problem solving and multi-tasking.
• Computer skills.
• Solid interpersonal skills.
• Organization skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits
• Opportunity for growth