Converting Process Lead

Kruger Products | Produits Kruger; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company is seeking a Converting Process Lead in Memphis. This role focuses on ensuring operational excellence, optimizing equipment, and providing leadership in health and safety. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering and 3 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing. Responsibilities include training operators and managing quality control. The salary range is $85,000.00–$110,000.00.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in team supervision in a manufacturing environment.
• Combination of training, experience and achievements may be considered equivalent to formal education.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in health and safety by modeling responsible behavior.
• Promote safe practices and identify risks associated with tasks.
• Optimize equipment availability and manage work orders.
• Train and coach operators in best practices for line centers.

Skills

Knowledge/expertise of processes and systems

Mastery of the office suite

Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Willingness and ability to work in a team

Organizational skills

Ability to teach and transfer knowledge

Education

College education in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering

Job description

The Converting Process Lead is part of a high‑performance team responsible for achieving the highest levels of operational excellence in a setting where occupational health and safety is at the forefront of each decision. Duties include optimizing equipment availability, operating speeds and the quality of finished products.

Description of Duties

Main Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in health and safety and comply with environmental standards by acting as a model of responsible behavior;
• Promote safe practices, identify risks associated with tasks, eliminate or control them to provide an accident/incident free environment.
• Work closely with Converting Asset Leader to prioritize online priorities.
• Participate in management meetings (daily, weekly and monthly) to help implement and maintain the principles of operational excellence.
• Define standard operating procedures (line centers) for all equipment, ensure that they are optimized, available, communicated and used at all times.
• Train and coach operators in best practices for line centers, eliminate inconsistencies.
• Work with production planners to optimize product changes, testing or any other element that could impact the operation.
• Plan, organize, optimize and support grade changes.
• Analyze the root causes of equipment failures and implement corrective actions to reduce or eliminate unplanned downtime.
• Analyze data on variations in the quality of finished product and manage an action plan to continuously achieve optimal product quality.
• Identify the sources of waste or rejection of operation to improve material performance and reach technical limits.
• Work with raw material suppliers (internal and external) to optimize and stabilize operating results.
• Identify and manage line faults by prioritizing and planning interventions with technical resources.
• Collaborate closely in the planning of preventive/predictive maintenance and its improvement.
• Manage and prioritize, with his team, the processing of work orders.
• Communicate with equipment suppliers/vendors regarding any technical issues.
• Support activities related to research and product development and supervise testing.
• Support and/or initiate process improvement projects, technical improvements, design of parts and machines, etc.;
• Share best practices with other converting managers and production teams.
• Any other related tasks.

Position Requirements

Required Training and Experience

• Have a college education in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering, preferred.
• Have 3 years of experience in team supervision in a manufacturing environment.
• A combination of training, experience and achievements relevant to the role may be considered equivalent to formal education.

Skills Required

• Knowledge/expertise of processes and systems.
• Mastery of the office suite, be very comfortable with computers.
• Good analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Willingness and ability to work in a team.
• Organizational skills and priority management.
• Ability to teach and transfer knowledge.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this job description.

Special specifications

• Operating floor with proper PPE.
• Industrial environment with high speed and mobile equipment.

Kruger Products is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest in Kruger Products but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Location: Southaven, MS – $85,000.00–$110,000.00