Production Manager
Alpla Inc.
2024-11-17 23:53:16
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Manufacturing Operations
Job 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
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative 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 stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).
ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
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