Plant Manager - Brighton, MI

With over $2B in revenue, 80 manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging sector with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world’s premier end-of-line packaging company.

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary:

$90,000 - $130,000 15% Bonus Target

Summary:

The Plant Manager oversees and coordinates the efforts of the hourly production employees, is responsible for first shift operations, and is responsible for facility performance safety, quality, and productivity. They ensure that product specifications are met with a high standard of quality. They are responsible to make sure compliance is met with all standards, policies, regulations, for the safe, environmentally sound production of a quality product.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for meeting plant and company objectives.
• Perform daily management of employee performance and provide appropriate feedback and guidance.
• Provide leadership, management, and motivation to attain high levels of employee achievement and retention
• Prioritize and manage customer delivery expectations to achieve on time performance.
• Analyze operational activities and identify opportunities for improvement and corresponding implementation.
• Oversee operations to ensure that quality standards are maintained.
• Provide guidance on scheduling and establish direction for staff.
• Lead 5S and best in class facility efforts
• Establish a high level of safety protocols and adherence to proactive measures.
• Assisting in directing, teaching, coaching, and training of production employees.
• Responsible for maintaining shop floor metrics, visual controls, and continuous improvement methods to the manufacturing floor.
• Supervision of production associates including performance reviews of 1st shift production staff, onboarding, discipline, and terminations.
• Assist in hiring of new employees as needed.
• Monitoring employee attendance and administering attendance disciplinary action forms when appropriate.
• Ability to function in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Having in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and improvement processes.
• Ability to effectively implement change.
• Possessing knowledge of safety, health, and environmental rules, laws, requirements and applicable Signode policies.
• Other duties as assigned by Director of Operations.

Education:

High School Degree or GED.

Experience:

• 10 years of manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment. OR any equivalent combination of experience and training that demonstrates the ability to perform this position's key responsibilities.

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Safety & Security
• Priority Setting
• Communication (Oral & Written)
• Conflict Management (Confrontation)
• Problem Solving
• Resourcefulness
• Team Building

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

Signode Industrial Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.