Pouch Manager

American Packaging Corporation; Iowa, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Excellent benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

American Packaging Corporation (APC) seeks a Pouch & Bag Operations Leader to direct department activities, ensuring safe practices, quality output and efficient use of resources. You will oversee scheduling, staffing, and continuous improvement efforts across the pouch and bag lines, driving cost controls and process enhancements.

The role requires hands-on leadership, experience with safety programs, and collaboration with the Plant Manager and cross-functional teams to meet production goals

Qualifications

• Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and five to seven years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Food safety training requirements including GMP/PPE, HACCP, FSC 22000; refresher annually.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate pouch and bag department operations, directly or through Leads.
• Lead safety initiatives and SPOT Safety Program adherence for all staff.
• Monitor daily production output vs standards (run times, waste, downtime) and plan needs.
• Participate in manufacturing recruiting; interview candidates and make hiring recommendations.
• Lead technical improvements to increase efficiency and process reliability.
• Present operation reviews monthly/quarterly to Plant Manager and Leads.

Skills

People leadership

Safety programs

Production scheduling

Quality control

Process improvement

Recruiting

Education

Associate degree

Job description

Description

For over a century, American Packaging Corporation (APC) has been a leading flexible packaging converter for customers throughout North America. We nurture our employees by providing competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs. These are just a few reasons why we were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best Workplaces in the Americas awards for 12 years in a row. APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out, and we consistently seek to improve our internal operations to propel that success into the future.

SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Plant Manager, direct and coordinate, either directly or through subordinate Leads, all pouch and bag department operations. Be accountable for manufacturing costs, quality and quantity of production, methods used and effective use of production hours, skills, machines and equipment. Participate in planning production schedule, staffing requirements and manufacturing controls as related to manufacturing operations. Expedite scheduled production, investigate delays and initiate corrective action to assure economical production through efficient procedures. Administer company rules, regulations and policies governing employment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Educate all employees in and provide continuous support for all American Packaging Corporation safety efforts (including the SPOT Safety Program).
• Provides direction to leads and supervisors to ensure department goals and expectations are met 24/7.
• Oversight of pouch consumables.
• Help manage holds, returns, and rework materials with the quality department.
• Coordinates pouch and bag operations 24 hours/ 7 days.
• Assembles and presents operation reviews monthly/quarterly to Plant Manager and Leads.
• Participate in all manufacturing recruiting efforts including interviewing candidates and making hiring recommendations.
• Heavily involved in Technical improvements. Improvements include refining internal operation methods or sequences as well as improving efficiency.
• Monitor and measure daily production output as compared to standards in the areas of run times, waste, down time and have ready dates. Anticipate and prepare for short term and long term production needs.
• Establish action plans and timelines for quality, safety and service improvements.
• Provide internal and external root cause / corrective action analysis for the Pouch and Bag Departments
• Active team leader for various teams including but not limited to safety, waste and SMED.
• Responsible for continually improving safety procedures in the Pouch and Bag Departments.
• Responsible for manufacturing's segment of new product development.
• Travel upon request to meetings with vendors or customers.

In this described position, you are required to be a member of APC’s Division Leadership Team. The Division Leadership Team has been designated as our Food Safety Team. Members of the Division Leadership Team are responsible to ensure that fundamental food safety practices are adopted and maintained. The Division Leadership Team also ensures that adequate resources are available to achieve food safety objectives and support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of SQF System. The Pouch Manager is the designated backup for the Finishing Manager.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and five to seven years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

FOOD SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Food Safety Training, consisting of the GMP/PPE/Food Safety Policy, HACCP Plan and FSC 22000 System is provided to all personnel at the time of hiring. Refresher training is completed annually, based on the anniversary month of the employee’s date of hire. Completion of this training is a condition of employment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs – reference your department-specific JHA (job hazard analysis) for departmental lifting restrictions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at:

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