at Liberty Packaging-Quad Cities in Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
This position leads all plant operations for a 150+ employee, two-shift, manufacturing site. This leader ensures day-to-day operations are delivered with the aligned objectives of safety-first mindset, customer satisfaction along with growing and developing the leaders within the facility. This position also plays a critical role in developing and executing capital project plans for the facility to enable continuous improvement and growth in market share.
This full-time position reports directly to Liberty Packaging - General Manager and is located at Liberty Packaging's manufacturing plant in Rock Island, IL.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct supervisor to a team of 6+ direct reports that lead major site functions of manufacturing, shipping, maintenance, and scheduling.
Ensure employee relations stay connected with open and continuous dialogue
Own end-to-end performance for the facility to meet KPIs in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery. Establish, measure, and monitor performance across facility and root cause performance issues. Develop and deploy plans to drive improvements in manufacturing processes to ensure superior product quality, reduced cycle times, lead times, and minimize overall manufacturing costs.
Provide day-to-day leadership for manufacturing team decision-making in the areas of production, labor, material costs, design, and production scheduling.
In partnership with Continuous Improvement function, guide leaders and front-line staff through the identification and deployment of continuous improvement initiatives with an impact on key performance indicators.
Ensure the right talent and capabilities are in place to meet strategic objectives; accountable for establishing goals, managing performance, and developing teams to ensure short- and long-range objectives are achieved
Establish a two-way communication & engagement culture to ensure all plant employees are clear on plant performance and connection to business performance, including KPIs.
Lead key change initiatives across the plant in partnership with regional and functional support systems (e.g., continuous improvement, engineering, human resources, sales, etc.)
Lead the successful identification, business case design, and execution of capital projects in partnership with functional teams and executive leadership. Ensure multi-year capital plans support market growth and customer delivery
Develop and grow community engagement presence by representing plant locally in key activities and through execution of frequent employee and community engagement activities
Own direct P&L responsibility for plant site
Provide leadership by connecting and being visible to all three shifts daily
Other duties, as assigned
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Bachelors' degree and/ or 10+ years relevant experience in lieu of education
10+ years manufacturing experience
5+ years people leadership experience
Experience analyzing downtime, production, and financial variance trends, and identifying actions to deliver expected performance
Previous experience developing and managing a budget, forecasting, and monitoring results
Experience with identifying and executing capital projects to drive improvement against KPIs
Demonstrated experience with organizational effectiveness, operations management, and a proven track record of achieving results
Experience developing and presenting information to multiple levels of the organization from front-line to executive leadership
Superior time management, attention to detail, verbal and written communication skills, decision-making, and organization skills
Excellent computer skills required, including Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
Demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Previous experience with Amtech / CTI or Kiwi
Previous experience with ERP systems
Previous experience in corrugated or paper manufacturing
Lean and / or Continuous Improvement certifications
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.... For full info follow application link.
Liberty Diversified International (LDI), and our family of companies, is committed to hiring, promoting and compensating all employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform their job responsibilities. LDI provides equal employment opportunity to all employees, applicants and other covered persons and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. LDI strictly prohibits any form of discrimination where ever we conduct business. Equal employment opportunity extends to all terms and conditions of employment, including, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, training, discipline, benefits and termination of employment.
