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ALPLA

ALPLA is hiring: Production Manager in Jefferson City

ALPLA, Jefferson City, MO, US, 65109

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Description

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

  • Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
  • Child Care Benefits
  • Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
  • Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
  • 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
  • Medical, dental, vision plan
  • Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
  • Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
  • Paid vacation; paid holidays
What Will You Enjoy Doing

The Production Manager will work to ensure a smooth, safe, and efficient production operation. To maintain highest standards of safety, quality, knowhow, and productivity on the production floor.
  • Ensures and reinforces the exercise of the health and safety program
  • Oversees daily production
    • Supports engineers to ensure machines run efficiently
    • Ensures profits are maximized
  • Develops production schedule
    • Plans, directs and assigns duties of manufacturing personnel
    • Authorizes overtime, as necessary, to meet production goals
  • Analyzes and interprets data received on a daily basis and prepares management and financial reports
    • Analyzes data from various systems to detect and prevent production issue
      • Intervenes to the production floor when issues are detected in real-time
    • Prepares production figures for daily meetings
    • Compiles month-end reports
  • Troubleshoots & solves production problems
    • Manages production issues
    • In charge of issues that are being solved and tracked
    • Reports crucial process problems to the Plant Manager & Directors
  • Management of the Production Department
    • Organizes and conducts meetings with Supervisors on a regular basis
    • Recruits (with HR) new employees
    • Ensures efficient shift hand-over and feedback of past shift performance
    • Prepares shift schedules
    • Performs disciplinary actions
    • Oversees all production training
    • Provides continuous feedback culture with all production team members
    • Performs annual Performance Evaluation
    • Monthly meeting with OPEX team
    • Know how level/trainings
      • Overall understanding of various ALPLA IT/MES Systems
      • Assesses training needs of staff and ensures execution of training (Equipment, Product, Processes, and IT/MES Systems
  • Ensures all employees follow procedures
    • Revises existing and implements new procedures
Requirements

What Makes You Great

Education/Experience:
  • Min 2-year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent, bachelor's degree preferred
  • Technical / Engineering background
  • 3 to 5 years' experience in a management position in production, preferably within plastics industry
Qualifications/Skills:
  • Thorough understanding of Health and Safety practices
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Technical understanding (Manufacturing and IT)
  • Strong knowledge sharing/training skills