Pouch Manager

For over a century, American Packaging Corporation (APC) has been a leading flexible packaging converter for customers throughout North America. We nurture our employees by providing competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs. These are just a few reasons why we were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best Workplaces in the Americas awards for 12 years in a row. APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out, and we consistently seek to improve our internal operations to propel that success into the future.

SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Plant Manager, direct and coordinate, either directly or through subordinate Leads, all pouch and bag department operations. Be accountable for manufacturing costs, quality and quantity of production, methods used and effective use of production hours, skills, machines and equipment. Participate in planning production schedule, staffing requirements and manufacturing controls as related to manufacturing operations. Expedite scheduled production, investigate delays and initiate corrective action to assure economical production through efficient procedures. Administer company rules, regulations and policies governing employment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Educate all employees in and provide continuous support for all American Packaging Corporation safety efforts (including the SPOT Safety Program).
• Provides direction to leads and supervisors to ensure department goals and expectations are met 24/7.
• Oversight of pouch consumables.
• Help manage holds, returns, and rework materials with the quality department.
• Coordinates pouch and bag operations 24 hours/ 7 days.
• Assembles and presents operation reviews monthly/quarterly to Plant Manager and Leads.
• Participate in all manufacturing recruiting efforts including interviewing candidates and making hiring recommendations.
• Heavily involved in Technical improvements. Improvements include refining internal operation methods or sequences as well as improving efficiency.
• Monitor and measure daily production output as compared to standards in the areas of run times, waste, down time and have ready dates. Anticipate and prepare for short term and long term production needs.
• Establish action plans and timelines for quality, safety and service improvements.
• Provide internal and external root cause / corrective action analysis for the Pouch and Bag Departments
• Active team leader for various teams including but not limited to safety, waste and SMED.
• Responsible for continually improving safety procedures in the Pouch and Bag Departments.
• Responsible for manufacturing's segment of new product development.
• Travel upon request to meetings with vendors or customers.

In this described position, you are required to be a member of APC’s Division Leadership Team. The Division Leadership Team has been designated as our Food Safety Team. Members of the Division Leadership Team are responsible to ensure that fundamental food safety practices are adopted and maintained. The Division Leadership Team also ensures that adequate resources are available to achieve food safety objectives and support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of SQF System. The Pouch Manager is the designated backup for the Finishing Manager.