Packaging Coordinator (A-12hr Days)

Socket.dev; West Henrietta (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

CooperVision, a global contact lens manufacturer, seeks a full-time onsite supervisor in West Henrietta, NY for the PKG department to maintain workflow across packaging systems and lead a team to meet service levels.

The role requires strong mathematics, analytics, and leadership capabilities, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, train staff, and drive Lean improvements in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Strong mathematics and business experience or equivalent training.
• Previous warehouse/distribution experience and demonstrated leadership.
• Strong communication, mathematical, and analytical skills.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to interface with all levels of personnel and work independently or in a team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure department service levels are maintained and strive to exceed them.
• Ensure compliance with organizational requirements including targets, OEE and Yield.
• Monitor, motivate and develop team members’ performance.
• Develop team members through training and identifying needs for continued success.
• Investigate and respond to problems relating to equipment, material or process; communicate issues to supervisor.
• Provide support to supervisor through feedback on performance and training needs.
• Ensure proper location transfers are done systematically and accurately.
• Investigate NCRs to identify root causes and training/process improvements.
• Assist supervisor in developing a Lean Culture through team interactions.
• Monitor RedZone and OEE in support of daily/shift goals.
• Follow 5S standards and ensure compliance.
• Lead team meetings in absence of supervisor.
• Conduct handovers to incoming shifts to ensure smooth transitions.
• Understand departmental costs and promote cost-saving initiatives.
• Manage introduction of new products, processes, systems and machines with documentation and training needs.

Skills

Lead role

Team leadership

Communication skills

PC literate

Mathematics

Analytical skills

Flexibility

Multi-tasking

Education

High school degree

Associate degree preferred

Tools

Packaging software

Job description

At CooperVision, a business unit of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), we’re driven by a unified purpose of helping people experience life’s beautiful moments. We are connected through our shared values - dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing. As a leading global manufacturer of contact lenses, we are committed to helping improve the way people see each day. Through our diverse lens portfolio, we tackle the toughest vision challenges – including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia. We offer the most complete collection of spherical, toric, and multifocal products available, enabling us to fit 99% of all contact wearers. Learn more at www.coopervision.com

• This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization now or in the future. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for future sponsorship (i.e., H1B, STEM OPT extensions, TN, etc.)

• This position requires full-time onsite work (5 days per week) in West Henrietta, NY and is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Job Summary
Responsible to maintain work flow to include all PKG systems that are used for business/customer needs in the focused area/cell in the PKG department.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the department service levels are maintained and when able exceeding.
• Ensure compliance with organizational requirements including department targets, OEE and Yield metrics are met.
• Monitor, motivate and develop team members performance.
• Develop team members through training and identifying the needs for continued success.
• Investigate and respond to problems in relation to equipment, material or process communicating issues to supervisor and department to ensure minimum disruption and maximum service levels.
• Provide support to your supervisor through feedback on performance, personnel issues, areas for concern and training needs on a regular basis.
• Ensuring that proper location transfers are done systematically/physically ensuring location accuracy.
• Investigate NCR’s to lead to successful root cause and identification for training or process needs.
• Assist the supervisor in developing a fully integrated Lean Culture through one to one, team and shift interactions.
• Consistently monitor RedZone and OEE in support of daily/shift business and customer goals.
• Follow 5s standards and ensure area/team is adhering to them.
• Provide input and as needed deliver team meetings in absence of supervisor.
• Conduct a handover to the incoming team providing information as appropriate to ensure a smooth transition from one shift to the another.
• Awareness and understanding of departmental costs and promote cost saving philosophy.
• Manage the introduction of new product, processes, systems and machines effectively to include documentation, process accuracy and training needs for team.
• Performs other duties as required.
  

General Job Requirements:

• As business dictates, employees may spend 100% of the day performing one particular task or may spend 50% of the day performing 1 task and the other 50% performing a second task.

• Works scheduled hours and is ready to work at designated start times.

• As business needs dictates, works extended hours to complete daily department goals or tasks to include mandatorySaturdays.

• Works scheduled holidays in order to maintain service levels for Customers.

• Immediately informs Supervisor of safety, sanitation, and equipment malfunctions.

• Adapts readily to changes in workload, staffing and scheduling.

• Acknowledges and Complies with all company policies and procedures and all SOP’s, WI’s.

• Regular contact with co-workers, quality assurance, and management

• Exhibits strong communication skills, verbal, written and comprehension of the English language.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills andAbilities:

• Discretion and confidentiality when dealing with personnel issues
• PC literate
• Packaging software’s and applications
• Understand and work to all SOP’s, WI’s
• Actively participate in projects and activities

Work Environment:

• Noisy conditions > 75%
• Dusty conditions > 75%
• Hot or humid conditions - Exposure to extreme seasonaltemperatures > 75%
• Wet conditions None
• Exposure to chemicals or solvents None
• Work near moving mechanical parts 25-50%

Physical Demands:

• Standing 25-50%
• Sitting 25-50%
• Walking < 25%
• Bending - Bend forward at waist to touch object at 6” abovefloor 50%-75%
• Stooping/Couching 50%-75%
  Kneeling - Kneel on 1 or both knees for critical time period (1min) < 25%
• Squatting - Bend at knees to touch/grasp object 2” above floorlevel < 25%
• Twisting 25-50%
• Pushing/Pulling – 20# force < 25%
• Reaching overhead- 48” height, 18” depth < 25%
• Hand/eye coordination > 75%
• Finger/wrist dexterity > 75%
• Grasping/pinching > 75%
• Coupling - Grip w/ dominant hand - 30# force > 75%
• Hearing > 75%
• Driving: Specify type of vehicle None
• Lifting up 20 lbs 50%-75%
• Lifting up to 50 lbs None
• Lifting up to 100 lbs None
  Experience:

Strong mathematics and business experience or equivalent training required. Previous warehouse/distribution experience and demonstrated skills in a lead role required. Must have strong communication, mathematic, analytical, PC skills required. Must be flexible and able to manage multiple priorities. Ability to interface with all levels of personnel and work independently as well as in a team environment

Education:

• High school degree required. Associates degree preferred (i.e. Business Management,
  Business Administration, Engineering, and Manufacturing Technology).

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $19.17 and $23.17 per hour and may include cost of living adjustments. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.