Finishing Manager

Smurfit Westrock; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401k match

Paid time off

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Raleigh, NC, seeks a leader to oversee production departments, ensuring high-quality output and compliance with company standards. The successful candidate will manage workflows, foster teamwork, and encourage operational excellence.

A high school diploma, 5 years in folding carton converting, and supervisory experience are essential. Attractive salary and benefits package, including medical and retirement options, is provided.

Qualifications

• 5 years of folding carton converting experience required.
• 5 years’ supervisory experience required.
• Ability to foster teamwork and motivate individuals.

Responsibilities

• Oversee assigned departments to ensure quality production.
• Manage departmental metrics impacting costs.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

Skills

Teamwork

Supervisory skills

Mechanical aptitude

Effective communication

Technical knowledge of operations

Education

High school diploma or G.E.D.

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go‑to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Career Opportunity

Provide oversight and leadership in the assigned departments. Ensure the timely production of quality products that meets or exceeds customer expectations. Proactively manage departmental metrics that impact cost (downtime, make‑readies, run speed and waste). Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures. Foster a team atmosphere, provide vision, and demonstrate support of the company’s Path to One. Ultimately responsible for day‑to‑day management of assigned departments, through the management of supervisory staff, including achieving production goals, managing performance of direct reports, making sound operational decisions, solving problems, and managing conflict.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Assign tasks to workers and specify methods of coordinating workflow to meet production schedules.
• Analyze work orders, work pieces, to determine process, materials/substrates, machines, and sequence of operation.
• Ensure certain stock has arrived and is available and staged in accordance with workflow schedule.
• Confuse with scheduling daily to determine workload and production performance expectation.
• Inspect finished pieces visually and using precision measuring devices.
• Work with Quality Control to monitor output. Take part in assessing / grading each project for standard deviations and imperfections.
• Maintain time and production records.
• Confuse with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Ensure compliance to all company policies and procedures.
• Actively engage and participate in company Operational Excellence training, projects and audits.
• Establish and maintain preventive maintenance plan for department equipment.
• Investigate malfunction of machines and equipment; determine need for repair and maintenance.
• Ensure employees are following safety regulations.
• Keep abreast of new products and developments within the department.
• Ensure staffing is appropriate to meet workload requirements and productivity standards.
• Manage performance by setting goals and consistently holding employees accountable for meeting performance standards through coaching, counseling, and timely review process.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

What You Need To Succeed

• Must have high school diploma or general education degree (G.E.D.); Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four‑year college or university preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of folding carton converting experience.
• Must have minimum 5 years’ supervisory experience.
• Must have demonstrated ability to do the jobs he/she is supervising or to quickly gain a working knowledge of those jobs.
• Must have the ability to foster teamwork and motivate individual performers.
• Must be able to relate effectively with others at all levels of the organization.
• Must have knowledge of, or be able to learn quickly, safety rules and procedures, operating, maintenance, and technical policies and procedures.
• Must be efficient in basic computer skills.
• Must have effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be able to work well in a team environment and independently.
• Ability to foster teamwork and motivate individual performance.
• Must have the ability to champion and lead change within the department and facility wide.
• Must identify with and support company leadership and decisions.
• Must have the ability to network with peers and associates to build collaborative relationships.
• Must have a passion for the business and personal dedication focused on accomplishing organizational goals.
• Must have strong technical knowledge of converting and finishing operations.
• Must have good mechanical aptitude.
• Must have the ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or scheduled form.
• Must have the ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Must have the ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.

What We Offer

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential.
• A generous benefits package starting on your first day of employment, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k match, paid time off.
• A career with a global packaging company where sustainability, safety and inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.