Production Supervisor

Amcor Limited

Louisville (KY)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Flexible PTO

Company holidays

Wellbeing program

Health Savings Account

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Bonus program

Job summary

Amcor Limited is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead shifts across Stretch Blow M molding, Injection Molding, and Reheat processes, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time production. The role focuses on guiding teams, enforcing GMP standards, and meeting daily production goals in a high-volume facility in Louisville.

You will coordinate priorities with MES, manage staff development, and drive safety initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to safeguard product quality and

Qualifications

Associates degree in Business, Operations Management or equivalent experience.
Safety leadership and risk management experience.
Experience in high-volume manufacturing with emphasis on GMP and quality.

Responsibilities

Lead shift leadership to meet production-planning goals across molding processes.
Maintain safety programs and ensure GMP compliance.
Coordinate production priorities and MES performance to achieve throughput targets.
Develop staff through training, performance feedback, and clear role definitions.
Participate in safety and production management meetings and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Safety Leadership

Communication

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Quality Awareness

Education

Associates Degree in Business/Operations Management

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MES Systems

GMP Knowledge

Job description

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Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

Provides shift leadership and supervision to the individual shifts to support Stretch Blow Molding, Injection Molding, and Reheat and Blow Molding, in order to meet production-planning goals.

Ensures that all production-planning goals are met, heldware and regrind are reduced, and labor/safety goals are met.

Adheres to and maintains good manufacturing practices coupled with quality plan expectations.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Safety:

Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.

Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.

Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws

Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.

Lead all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.)

Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.

Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.

Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.

Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.

Production Operations:

Ensure production operations are adhering to schedules established by determining work priorities and scheduling;

Coordinate production activities for manufacturing areas to insure productions goals are achieved;

Complete and submit production related paperwork;

Ensure that manpower is properly utilized in order to achieve MES goal of 90%;

Responsible for insuring that heldware and regrind are maintained at a level that meets the goal established for the plant.

Responsible for maintaining the Food Safety Program (GMP)

Quality:

Ensure that all Quality Plans are understood and followed by staff;

Confirm that all quality checks are being performed by all production personnel as established by the Quality Plans;

Work closely with the quality inspectors and supervisor to identify and minimize quality defects and complaints.

Personnel:

Lead staff to accomplish activities in an efficient and safe manner by:

Providing definition of job duties

Providing training opportunities for staff

Conducting performance evaluations

Defining criteria for personnel advancement

Administer coaching/counseling as required in a timely manner

Provide accurate attendance records to human resources indicating any point assessments

Enforce personnel policies and procedures; complete and submit all associated paperwork in a timely manner;

Maintain safe working conditions with a goal of zero recordable accidents and zero lost time accidents;

Control employee overtime hours.

Manufacturing Support:

Assist other departments with special projects as assigned.

Actively participate in production management team meetings as requested.

Recommend/justify equipment/tooling purchases.

Responsible for implementing and maintaining the Quality Management System (ISO)

Authorities:

Perform essential functions and assigned duties while communicating any deviations from the requirements to management

Report any safety concerns to management and to shut down any equipment that presents a safety hazard

Make management or appropriate parties aware of any potential nonconforming issue or mechanical problems

Authority to shut down production or stop any machine for any reason deemed necessary

Qualification Requirements:

Education:

Associates Degree in Business, Operations Management or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills:

Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to peers and subordinates

Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment

Flexibility to work some overtime, as necessary

Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word

Experience:

3-5 years production supervision experience in a high volume-manufacturing environment.

Safety Competency Requirements:

Safety Leadership – embodies commitment for a safe workplace; acts as a role model on safety leadership, activities and communication

Accountability –holds self-accountable evidenced by say/do ratio, initiative and ownership actions (such as ensuring safety is more important than productivity)

Communication – ability to communicate safety, goals and company expectations with appropriate levels of the organization; create clear, timely audience appropriate messages (both written and verbal).

Engagement – communicate and support the vision of plant leadership; celebrate the wins, and ensure employees actively participate in safety-related activities.

Team Development – understand the development needs of employees in your organization; drive the culture of employees as safety leaders; champion talent development from pre-hire to continuous learning.

People Agility – understand personal strengths and weaknesses; leads by example; promotes change through listening skills and seeking frequent input from employees; is genuine and approachable; firm but fair – consistent.

Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution - identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; mitigates relationship conflicts and encourages constructive (problem-solving) conflict.

Organization Relationships:

Reports to Production Manager

Interacts with Human Resources, Planner, Quality Control, Warehouse, Tool Room, and Maintenance.

As needed interacts with Raw Material Suppliers, Customers.

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team

Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation

Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns

The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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