Production Manager

Novolex

Plant City, FL

Estimated pay: Est. $18–$27/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

Shift: Full time

Company Overview:

**Why Choose Us?**

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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**

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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:

**Purpose of the job:**

The Production Manager is responsible for all Manufacturing processes, to include Purchasing, Printing, Sealing, Scheduling and Maintenance Support to ensure a safe environment, efficient operations, and quality product meets customer needs. Facility Leadership: the Production Team Leader is also the acting Facility Manager in the absence of the Manager

**Essential Functions/Responsibilities:**

• Purchasing: Manage the capital and repair process to include five-year planning, justification, submittals and implementation. Review and approve all purchases for the facility, from spare parts, varnish, rollers, to office supplies to meet or exceed budget.
• Printing: Manage five high speed Komori Chambon offset printing presses with automatic splicers, six print units, a coating unit, a gravure unit, electron beam dryer, rotary die scoring and cutting and automated deliveries. Lead and support the three printing Team Leaders in hiring, training, and developing the printing in order to print quality product in a safe manner. Ensure that standards are met or exceeded in waste, safety, quality and utilization. All crews are required to conduct weekly

crew meetings and observations.

• Sealing: Manage six high-speed flame sealers with automatic feeders, skivers, packers, palletizers and stretch wrappers. Lead and support the Sealing Manager with hiring, training and developing the sealing team and three hourly Process Leaders in sealing quality product in a safe manner. Ensure that standards are met or exceeded in waste, safety, quality and utilization. All crews are required to conduct weekly crew meeting and observations.
• Scheduling: Responsible for scheduling equipment to meet customer orders, Preventative Maintenance, equipment rebuilds, and process improvements to ensure machine utilization meets or exceeds budget and customer satisfaction is exceeded. Work with the Production Scheduler, Customer Service, and Maintenance to facilitate all activities to meet or budgeted goals.
• Maintenance: Work directly with the Maintenance Manager on interviewing, hiring, planning, scheduling and training in support of the Maintenance Team. Ensure that equipment is inspected biweekly and repaired on a biweekly schedule. Manage the in plant stores spare parts contractor to ensure availability of critical spares.
• Human Resources: Determine the staffing levels and ensure that all required teams are hired, trained and developed to support the manufacturing operation. Ensure that the monthly plant Team Meetings are planned, scheduled, and conducted on a timely manner. Work effectively with HR to maintain union-free status
• Ensure that all requirements of the SQF Code are administered and adhered to. Responsible for duties listed on GP-PLC-FRM-0005, as required
• Ensure adequate resources are available to support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the SQF system
• Ensure the integrity of the SQF System
• Communicate to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation

and maintenance of the SQF system

• To undertake operational duties as required to meet deadlines and/or cover for staff absence, filling

gaps in resources in all areas

• Checking the suitability and quality of materials and all printing and sealing operations during the

production process through to the final quality check and dispatch.

• To review and make recommendations to ensure that operations run effectively.
• To work closely with HR to produce and review individual/team performance. Providing information

and commentary on a regular basis.

• Oversee the evaluation, training and development of all Production Team Members to enhance career

goals, retention, succession planning and performance improvement.

• Ensure effective implementation and on-going compliance with Pactiv Evergreen Quality

Management System (QMS)

• Provide products and services that consistent