Finishing Department Manager

Socket.dev; Cedar (UT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

American Packaging Corporation is seeking a strong manufacturing supervisor to manage the Finishing Department, ensuring continuous production and high-quality output. You will lead a team of operators, coordinate with process engineers, and drive safety and efficiency initiatives across daily operations.

The role requires an associate's degree (or equivalent) and at least 2 years of related experience, with the ability to analyze performance data and manage budgets, overtime, and department

Qualifications

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school, and 2 years related experience and/or training.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business materials; write reports and procedures.
• Ability to interpret and apply mathematical concepts commonly used in manufacturing.
• Ability to solve practical problems and communicate with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set production standards and develop plans to meet them; standards to be raised yearly.
• Collaborate with process engineers to improve operation methods and efficiency.
• Lead the Finishing Department, including scheduling, timecards, vacations, and meetings.
• Monitor costs of purchased supplies and perform inventory control.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent

Tools

Print Flow

Radius

Job description

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION: Cedar City, UT

SUMMARY: Manage the employees in the Finishing Department and maintain continuous production and quality in the Department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Setting production standards and development of plans to meet standards. Standards must be raised each year.
• Involved in improvements and working directly with the process engineers that include refining internal operation methods or sequences as well as improving efficiency of label performance on customer lines.
• Responsible for manufacturing’s segment of new product development.
• Develop personal goals and department goals, which are aligned with those of the division.
• Submit detailed monthly reports focusing on production, speed, waste, and utilization.
• Efficiently use Print Flow, Radius and associated business systems to analyze performance of Operators & Equipment.
• Use Business systems to review production plan and participate in planning meetings / activities that facilitate OTIF and Production Goals.
• Must have mechanical aptitude to deal with daily manufacturing issues. Must ascertain whether issues are related to the operator, method, or machine.
• Lead the department in Quality Improvement efforts.
• Trainer, leader, and coach concerning all areas of safety. Actively participates on Safety Committee working towards elimination of all incidents/injuries.
• Must be available to handle production problems, new or difficult startups, as well as follow through on development orders throughout a 24-hour day.
• Evaluate backlogs and upcoming schedules in coordination with production control to determine appropriate overtime and is accountable for meeting budgets relating to overtime.
• Evaluate employees as per required schedule. Evaluations are to be detailed, accurate, and timely.
• Continually seek out improvement opportunities and take appropriate action to benefit the success of APC. PIP, long and short-term department goals and coordination of problem-solving teams are preferred methods.
• Manage all employees in the Finishing Department. (i.e. schedule vacations; approve timecards; schedule personnel; resolve conflict, as necessary; conduct monthly department meetings; and continuous process improvement.)
• Monitor costs of all purchased supplies.
• Inventory control of purchased suppliers.
• Create manuals, standards and procedures as pertains to the Finishing Department.
• Control and prepare paperwork for rejected raw materials.
• Orders pallets and negotiates the price for pallets.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and 2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, and talk or hear. This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs – reference your department-specific JHA (job hazard analysis) for departmental lifting restrictions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. EOE/AA Disability/Veteran.