Plant Manager: Lead Sustainable, High-Impact Operations

Huhtamaki; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Huhtamaki in Goodyear, AZ seeks a Plant Manager to lead the management team across safety, quality, sustainability, production, maintenance, and administration to optimize efficiency and drive a culture of positive change. You will oversee capital projects, budgeting, and forecasting in collaboration with the finance team.

Responsibilities include leading operational excellence, promoting digital tools and connected worker platforms, and ensuring SQF and food-safety compliance across the site.

Qualifications

• Experience with statistical tools/methodologies, computers, quality methods and basic financial principles.
• Effective communication at all organizational levels.
• Ability to lead teams to exceed customer expectations.
• Influence, negotiate and resolve conflict; drive change.

Responsibilities

• Optimize quality and output in a safe and cost‑effective manner.
• Communicate, support and implement strategic initiatives.
• Promote and maintain culture, policies, and operational goals.
• Utilise data to eradicate inefficiencies in manufacturing (cost, downtime, waste, maintenance, quality).
• Ensure capital expenditures are planned, budgeted and managed to maximise ROI.
• Partner with finance for budgeting, costing, and forecasting.
• Provide leadership to the management staff at the facility.
• Lead change initiatives and promote digital transformation.
• Support ERP conversion and cross‑site collaboration to improve documentation.

Skills

Statistical tools

Quality methods

Leadership

Communication

Change management

ERP familiarity

S&OP

Excel/PowerPoint

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

S&OP processes

Oracle

Advanced Excel

Job description

Huhtamaki in Goodyear, AZ seeks a Plant Manager to lead the management team across safety, quality, sustainability, production, maintenance, and administration to optimize efficiency and drive a culture of positive change. You will oversee capital projects, budgeting, and forecasting in collaboration with the finance team.

Responsibilities include leading operational excellence, promoting digital tools and connected worker platforms, and ensuring SQF and food-safety compliance across the site.