Packaging Manager

Eagle Family Foods; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Eagle Foods is seeking an experienced Packaging Leader to manage daily operations in our packaging departments. You will drive safety, quality, and productivity while coaching technicians and leads to build technical and leadership capabilities.

The role requires a strong background in manufacturing, packaging, and established KPI management. You will collaborate with Operations Leadership to meet production goals and uphold audit readiness across internal, regulatory, and customer audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Mechanical Engineering or Food Science preferred.
• 7 years of manufacturing or food production experience, including packaging operations.
• 5+ years in a supervisory/leadership role in manufacturing.
• Experience with OSHA/ISO/FDA standards and sustainability practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with food safety guidelines, GMPs, and PMO requirements.
• Lead daily operations by setting priorities and driving safety, quality, productivity, and performance.
• Develop and monitor KPIs (safety, quality, OEE, downtime, waste, labor efficiency).
• Coach Packaging Technicians and Leads to build technical and leadership capabilities.
• Maintain department skills matrix and ensure training and qualifications are current.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing

Root Cause Analysis

Packaging

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical Engineering or Food Science)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

At Eagle Foods we are builders. We are builders of brands, categories, and people. Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years. Eagle Foods is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products. As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world. Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad. Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food safety guidelines, GMP’s and PMO requirements for facility
• Participates in plant QA Systems (SQMS Key Element supporter) and HSE systems
• Ensure that quality issues are reported to management
• Responsible for development, administration and communication of team scorecards in collaboration with operating teams
• Lead daily operations by establishing clear priorities, communicating expectations, and holding the team accountable for safety, quality, productivity, and performance results.
• Develop and monitor departmental KPIs, including safety, quality, OEE, downtime, waste, labor efficiency, schedule attainment, and material utilization, implementing action plans to improve performance.
• Develop, coach, and mentor Packaging Technicians and Packaging Leads to build technical, operational, and leadership capabilities.
• Maintain and actively manage the department skills matrix, ensuring employee competencies, qualifications, and cross-training requirements are current and progressing.
• Provide timely performance feedback, coaching, and corrective guidance to address performance gaps, reinforce expectations, and support employee development.
• Identify training needs and ensure completion of required training, certifications, and qualification programs to support operational excellence and employee growth.
• Build departmental bench strength by developing succession plans, evaluating employee readiness, and creating growth opportunities for advancement within the Packaging department.
• Foster a culture of accountability, employee engagement, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Ensures that quality issues are reported to management immediately
• Accountable for meeting production goals set during shift schedule
• Accountable for proper receiving, processing, and packaging of products including any and all documentation
• Directs and reports the usage of packaging materials, raw milk, sugar, soybean oil, and other minor ingredients and makes recommendations to reduce variances
• Works closely with Operations Leadership and Supply Planning to lock in production schedules
• Controls cost and minimize loss related to material consumption including all packaging materials
• Ensures all production PM’s scheduled are completed effectively by deadline
• Utilizes SQMS tools to ensure facility goals are attained (root cause analysis, autonomous maintenance, confined space, etc.)
• Lead Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Action activities for quality, food safety, equipment, and operational issues.
• Ensure audit readiness and support all internal, customer, regulatory, and third party food safety audits.
• Lead and communicate troubleshooting efforts between all departments when issues arise
• Interprets and ensures consistent application of organizational policies and safety regulations with Operations department
• Works with operating teams to identify and drive out production losses and improve throughout

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Required, Mechanical Engineering/Food Science preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of manufacturing or food production experience, including packaging operations.
• Minimum of 5 years in a supervisory, leadership, or management role in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with compliance standards (e.g., OSHA, ISO, FDA regulations) and sustainability practices.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapt to changing demands, and manage multiple projects independently
• Demonstrated experience in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and problem-solving for packaging-related issues, including process failures, product defects, and packaging performance challenges.
• Experience managing production KPIs including OEE, labor efficiency, waste, yield, schedule attainment, and material utilization
• Proven experience coaching, mentoring, and developing employees
• Strong computer and communication skills, both written and oral
• Bilingual preferred