Plant Manager

Cascades; Birmingham (AL); Sur place; USD 135 000 - 165 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Profit Sharing

Career pathways

Excellent Benefits Package

Retirement Savings Plan

Stock Purchase Plan

Wellness Benefits

Résumé du poste

Cascades is seeking a Plant Manager for its Birmingham, Alabama operations to lead a state-of-the-art paper-based packaging and protective solutions facility, directing all manufacturing activities to ensure safety, quality, delivery and profitability while fostering a culture of engagement and continuous improvement.

The role offers a competitive base salary starting at $150,000 plus profit sharing, excellent benefits, retirement savings, and defined career pathways in a values-driven

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience directing safety, quality, maintenance, production and improvement initiatives.
• Lean tools and methodologies used to drive performance.
• Strong budgeting and cost-management capabilities.

Responsabilités

• Provide visible leadership that promotes safety-first culture and regulatory compliance.
• Direct all manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, productivity and cost objectives.
• Set performance expectations and monitor key metrics such as productivity and OEE.
• Partner with commercial teams to support customer growth and new business opportunities.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions related to safety and quality issues.
• Foster Lean Manufacturing culture through servant leadership and process improvement.

Connaissances

Manufacturing leadership

Lean & continuous improvement

Financial acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & regulatory compliance

Strong communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, Business

Outils

MS365

CMMS

SAP/ERP

Description du poste

As thePlant Manager with the Cascades Sonoco team, you will lead a state-of-the-art paper-based packaging and protective solutions manufacturing operation positioned for significant growth. Providing strategic and day-to-day direction for all plant operations, you will ensure the safe, efficient and profitable production of high-quality products while fostering a culture centered on employee engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.

Bring your expertise to a people-first, dynamic environment where your ideas come to life and excellence shapes everything we do. JoinMIKAEL AVEQUIN's team as a Plant Manager in Birmingham, Alabamaand help build a more sustainable future.

What’s In It For You

Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive Annual Salary starting at $150,000 + Profit Sharing
• Career pathways that support your goals in a values driven environment where your work directly supports customer success.
• Excellent Benefits Package: Wellness Plan Options, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off
• Financial Benefits : Retirement Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Stock Purchase Plan
• Wellness Benefits : Employee Assistance Plan, Lifestyle Flex Benefit Allowance
• A collaborative, respectful, and people-centered workplace

Your Role

As Plant Manager, you’ll take on real challenges that bring out your full potential. Your scope includes:

• Provide visible leadership that promotes a strong safety-first culture and ensures compliance with all regulatory and company requirements.
• Direct all manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity and cost objectives.
• Establish performance expectations and monitor key manufacturing metrics including productivity, downtime, waste, throughput, customer service and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Partner with commercial teams to support customer growth, service requirements, and new business opportunities.
• Champion quality systems while leading root cause investigations and corrective actions related to safety, quality, customer complaints and operational issues.
• Foster a culture of Lean Manufacturing by implementing initiatives through a servant leadership lens that leads to engagement with process improvement.
• Monitor financial performance and analyze operational metrics to identify opportunities to achieve profitability and cost targets.

What You Bring

You're a natural fit for Plant Managerif you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, Business or related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including plant, operations in a fast paced, high growth-oriented environment.
• Experience managing safety, quality, maintenance, production, and continuous improvement initiatives through Lean tools and methodologies.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, labor costs, capital expenditures, and operational performance metrics.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate with external and internal stakeholders across departments while influencing growth and positive change at all levels of the organization.
• Paper, paperboard, protective packaging, converting, corrugated and coatings manufacturing experience will be highly considered.
• Proficiency with MS365 applications, CMMS systems and SAP/ERP.

If you bring the same care to who you are as to what you do, we’d love to meet you!

Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably.

Since 1964, Cascades has been driving innovation in the manufacturing sector by offering sustainable, innovative, and value-creating solutions in packaging, hygiene, and recycling.

At Cascades, we respect nature. And above all, we respect our 9,000 employees. With 60facilities across North America, we offer a committed and diverse environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to the company’s success.