Plant Manager

SIG Group; Northlake (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; 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 Northlake plant in Illinois seeks an experienced Plant Manager to lead operations, engineering, maintenance, logistics, and quality with Lean improvement focus. The role ensures product quality, on-time performance, and cost efficiency in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities include budgeting, Lean leadership, safety programs, and driving continuous improvement across functions to support corporate objectives. Strong collaboration with the management team is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.

Responsibilities

• Provide sound budgeting and planning for 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.

Skills

Customer Orientation

Improve Workforce Engagement

Lean/Six Sigma Fundamentals

Manufacturing Metrics

Sustainability/Social Responsibilities

Acting Decisively

Acting Strategically

Adapting to Change

Assembling Talent

Managing Political Situations

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

You May Be Our New

Plant Manager

Summary Of Role

Compensation: $180K - $220K

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.

Location: Northlake, IL

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
• Lean/Six Sigma Fundamentals
• Manufacturing Metrics
• Sustainability/Social Responsibilities (Scholle)
• Acting Decisively
• Acting Strategically
• Adapting to Change
• Assembling Talent
• 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
• And more…

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.

Contact

SIG Talent Acquisition Team