Overview

 About BerryAt Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), we create innovative packaging and engineered products that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of over 40,000 global employees across more than 250 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey. For more information, visit our website, or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of experience and education required.

Six Sigma green or black belt preferred.

5 years minimum in a leadership role in manufacturing preferably, extrusion blow molding.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead plant safety objectives while ensuring compliance to safety policies and procedures.
• Plan, organize, and direct the manufacturing function to ensure the most effective return on assets.
• Interact regularly with Production Frontline Leaders and production employees to provide direction and leadership. Be a visible presence in manufacturing areas
• Maintain ISO compliant manufacturing records.
• Provide leadership and adequate resources to support site quality systems.
• Ensure compliance to all site quality policies and procedures.
• Support regional quality standard systems for commercialization, SPC, and preventive and corrective action.
• Ensure compliance to daily production schedule.
• Conduct daily operations meetings and periodic plant communications meetings. Ensure budget and financial forecasts are developed and met.
• Partner with Finance function to provide accurate operational information and establish product costs and update standard assumptions.
• Partner with the Supply Chain function to ensure timely, effective and efficient procurement, planning, inventory levels and delivery of finished goods.
• Partner with the Human Resources function to ensure effective management of human capital.
• Participate in long term strategic planning involving the optimum utilization of Berry Global assets and human resources.
• Through leveraged knowledge of current technology and market trends, participates in the definition of advanced products required to sustain a cost-effective competitive position.
• Responsible for driving the full implementation of cost improvement programs to consistently maintain a cost competitive edge in the manufacturing of products.
• Initiate plans and processes to minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials and capital.
• Ensure compliance with all government regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain a culture of continuous improvement, quality, high performance and process excellence
• Establish team and individual accountabilities for problem solving and cost reduction.
• Ensure effective labor utilization within departments to allow for maximum return on labor investment.
• Manage spending against budget and in relation to production volume.
• Establish management practices in department to encourage employees’ positive involvement, with the opportunity for constructive input and action.
• Ensure effective communication with all employees.
• Responsible for directing and executing planning process to drive continuous improvement activities in the department.
• Supports operational excellence effort for the department.
• Responsible for training and development for the department.
• Direct or support the effective implementation of investment projects approved for capacity or facility expansion and upgrades.
• Supervise/manage direct reports (including decision-making for hiring, promotion and discharge).
• May lead or participate in regional or global projects.
• Provide backup for Plant Manager.