Production Manager

Pregis • Conover, NC

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Pregis LLC is seeking a Production Manager for its Protective Films & Coatings division at its manufacturing facility in Conover, North Carolina. The plant operates on a 24/7 schedule. The Production Manager is responsible for the plant’s safety, quality, and operational excellence, leading production operations to achieve business goals. The role leads shift supervisors, who in turn lead approximately 60–70 hourly employees and supervisors in total.

The Production Manager drives performance in safety, productivity, quality, maintenance, training, cost control, and consistent operating practices. This includes managing performance metrics such as uptime, throughput, quality control, and safety, then using data to identify opportunities and guide improvement. The role translates business objectives into projects and actions, establishes process-control routines, and enables efficiency through standardization and simplification.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts from a four-year college, or 10+ years of plant leadership experience in a manufacturing business in lieu of a degree.
• Prior experience managing direct reports.
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles, including budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation, and human resources.
• Familiarity with industry-standard equipment and technical expertise.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage and analyze large data sets and build models in Microsoft Excel.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for operating plants.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Engineering degree.
• Prior experience with web-handling, adhesive coating, or solvent coating.
• Knowledge of SAP.

Responsibilities

• Execute the production strategy and vision by translating business objectives into projects and actions.
• Establish and maintain routines and process control, and promote efficiency through standardization and simplification.
• Ensure production goals and plant performance targets are met.
• Oversee safety reporting and compliance; support the development of Job Safety Assessments; promote a zero-incident safety culture; conduct safety audits through the EASE initiative; and manage environmental, health, safety, and waste-management responsibilities.
• Maintain a clean and organized plant, develop a 5S culture, and ensure employees follow safety rules and Critical Safety Rules.
• Provide monthly safety scorecards and work toward a target Total Recordable Incident Rate of 1 or less for 2026.
• Minimize quality returns and customer complaints, ensure product quality through SOPs, enforce quality procedures, and develop corrective actions to prevent recurring issues and reduce scrap.
• Collect, sustain, and analyze KPI data, including internal quality incidents and downtime, and initiate corrective actions based on the data.
• Support plant targets for safety, productivity, quality, and WIP and inventory levels.
• Implement cost-saving initiatives that improve profitability and ensure on-time, in-full delivery of products.
• Provide daily KPIs to the Plant Manager through a facility scorecard report.
• Work with scheduling to improve productivity, attend daily meetings, provide productivity recommendations, and execute plans.
• Reduce changeovers by grouping similar products and develop strategies to maximize labor utilization.
• Manage the manufacturing team to meet performance goals and ensure cleanliness, organization, SOPs, and safety rules are maintained.
• Monitor and manage attendance, drive accountability on the production floor, and administer discipline up to and including termination as required.
• Work cross-functionally with other departments to support business goals.
• Manage supervisors, provide direction, establish goals, and hold them accountable for safety, quality, and performance.
• Develop standard operator procedures and standard work to create consistent workplace performance.
• Review employee performance, develop succession plans, and ensure new employees receive adequate training and clearly defined job responsibilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager