Operations Manager

Company Overview Why Choose Us? Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs. Our Sustainability Commitment The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives. Job Description Position Summary: This position is responsible for the overall day-to-day operation, leadership of direct reports, and management of the manufacturing plant. This position reports to the Plant Manager and regularly reports on plant performance.

Direct reports for this position include salaried staff including but not limited to Production Supervisors and other Production employees. Indirect reports include all hourly employees at the plant.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities: Drive efficiencies and identify opportunities to achieve production targets while maintaining cost controls and compliance Design and implement plans for the effective use of labor resources to achieve manufacturing targets Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing processes and management methods to generate improved plant performance and workflow optimization and efficiencies. Document and train to new process. Partner with Human Resources to implement talent strategies to include goals and objectives, performance and development, succession planning, interviewing and selection, and administering corrective actions for direct and indirect reports Collaborate with production supervisors to implement strategies to foster positive employee engagement ensuring a motivated and satisfied workforce Directly responsible for leading a team of first-line production supervisors and indirect reports. Collaborate with the quality department to ensure product quality and specifications are consistent Routinely oversee inspection of QA Hold area to determine root cause of non-conforming products then implement process controls to prevent recurrence Oversee the procurement of raw materials and related processes required for manufacturing including the efficient offloading of raw materials, inventory counts, BOM adherence, and optimal usage of resin to positively impact cost Partner with the Maintenance Manager to coordinate maintenance of production equipment and ensure efficient operation Partner with all support functions (internal and external to plant) in the execution of meeting the production schedule to ensure all product is shipped to target Maintain effective communications with scheduling, safety, sales, customer service and external customers (as needed) Actively support and drive a safe and healthy work environment by establishing safety standards and procedures holding all accountable to work safe Using data, compile production reports showing key metrics of plant performance such as (not all inclusive) scrap, lbs./labor hour, time to execute changeovers and screen changes, downtime minutes and reasons for each line and total plant for various views (day, week, month, by product, by shift, etc.), actual lbs. per hour per line vs engineering capability (show where we have upside in throughput), quality complaints (various views), etc. to drive improvement opportunities Actively take part in Plant wide communication meetings and other employee related events as scheduled Other essential duties as