Plant Manager

SIG Combibloc Group Ltd; Northlake (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Benefits Enrollment

Retirement 401K Matching

Employee Assistance Program

Identity Theft Protection Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

SIG Combibloc Group Ltd is seeking a Plant Manager in Northlake, IL to lead operations, engineering, maintenance, logistics and quality teams to achieve cost, quality, and on-time delivery targets.

The role drives Lean initiatives, TPM and continuous improvement, ensuring food safety, regulatory compliance, and strong employee engagement. You will report to senior operations leadership and influence strategic manufacturing decisions.

Qualifications

• The plant manager oversees operations, quality, maintenance, and logistics to meet cost and quality targets.
• Experience leading in Lean environments and implementing TPM and OEE improvements.
• Knowledge of FDA, HACCP, and product safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide budgeting and planning for manufacturing and support operations.
• Lead in a Lean environment and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and on-time performance.
• Oversee quality systems, product safety, and employee safety.
• Establish operating metrics and report to management.
• Supervise direct reports including hiring, training, and development.

Skills

Leadership & People Management

Lean / Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing Metrics

Quality & Safety

Strategic Thinking

Change Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Customer Focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

The plant manager plays a significant role in our company, providing direction and leadership to the operations, engineering, maintenance, logistics, and quality departments. This role is instrumental in supporting our corporate profit objectives through continuous improvement in machinery, practices, and procedures that reduce product costs, maintain consistently high product quality standards, and enhance employee satisfaction. The role's influence on maintaining high product quality standards is crucial in delivering quality products to our customers. This role also provides leadership that directly impacts improvement programs and systems (Lean). The operations manager fulfills the responsibilities of this role when vacant.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The following duties and responsibilities are representative. Other duties may be assigned.
• Provide sound budgeting and planning for the manufacturing and support operations.
• Ability to manage and lead in a Lean environment.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and trust regarding product quality and on-time performance.
• Ensure optimum effectiveness in scrap control, manufacturing efficiency (OEE), and costs.
• Ensure an effective Product Safety environment by adhering to US FDA, Dairy, HACCP, AIB, and all other agreed-upon product safety requirements.
• Provide effective leadership for the facility’s Product Safety Systems, Employee Safety Systems, and their committees.
• Provide the leadership that supports our quality systems, including efforts regarding NPA-SAFE and customer-required systems.
• Foster an environment of open communications and trust with all employees.
• Ensure sound Preventive Maintenance and Repair Programs (TPM).
• Conducts management meetings with plant personnel to establish, delineate, and review policies, coordinate functions and operations between departments, and establish responsibilities and procedures to attain objectives.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and presents information concerning factors such as business situations, production capabilities, manufacturing problems, and design and development of new products for consideration by other management team members
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during activities and actions being taken to improve the situation.
• Facilitates employee teams to build cohesiveness and improve the overall results of the respective teams’ tasks.
• Develop strategies and programs that improve the productivity and efficiency of the company's various work processes.
• Reviews technical problems and procedures of departments and recommends solutions to problems or procedure changes.
• Participate in capital planning, implementation, and new product development efforts.
• Ensure practical personnel orientation, training, and development programs.
• Establish operating indicators (metrics) that measure departmental performance regularly and communicate this information to upper management and critical customers.
• This role carries out supervisory responsibilities following the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities for supervising direct reports include hiring, training, and planning that clearly measure departmental performance, regularly assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and coaching employees, and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Responsible for overseeing food safety.

YOU BRING THESE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field from an accredited four-year college or university.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Customer Orientation
• Improve Workforce Engagement
• Manufacturing Metrics
• Sustainability/Social Responsibilities (Scholle)
• Acting Decisively
• Acting Strategically
• Adapting to Change
• Managing Political Situations

IDEAL CANDIDATES HAVE THESE COMPETENCIES :

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under challenging circumstances. These employees create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow, be challenged, and develop people to meet their career and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Can you create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes,’ come and join us.

WE OFFER:

• Day 1 Benefits Enrollment
• Retirement 401K Matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Identity Theft Protection Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

OUR PROMISE

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company leading in sustainability, technology, and more industry. We consider ourselves the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, experience, and opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, with personal development opportunities, training, and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we’ll back you.

ABOUT SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for the better. We partner with our customers to bring food products to consumers worldwide in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering cartons, pouches, and bag-in-boxes. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, consumers, and the world. Sustainability guides us; technology empowers us, but our people’s passion and drive will allow us to deliver better.

Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.