Finishing Manager at Smurfit Westrock in Lanett, AL

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate. Finishing Manager - Lanett, AL The Opportunity : The Finishing Manager will provide oversight and leadership to our folding and gluing department in Smurfit Westrock Lanett’s Consumer Packaging facility. This position is responsible for day to day management of the Finishing Department: Ensuring a safe work environment, product quality, achieving production goals, managing performance of hourly team members, making sound operational decisions, solving problems, and managing conflict. This role serves as a member of the plant leadership team and will contribute to achieving safety, quality, productivity & financial objectives. How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock : Oversee planning, scheduling, execution, and maintenance of department assets, including folder gluers, robotic palletizer, wrappers, labelers, packers, and other ancillary equipment. Provide input and oversight for annual capital investments including planning, coordination, and installation for area of responsibility while ensuring items are completed on time and within budget. Collaborate and assist the Plant Manager with development of annual budgets and standards for cost control. Develop and implement the short- and long-term department strategies to enable operating efficiency. Manage departmental compliance with all food safety and quality requirements, e.g. Safe Quality Food. Oversee the department’s product quality, ensuring it meets the customer’s expectations and Smurfit Westrock’s standards. Develop and implement timely and sustainable corrective action for internal or external non-conforming products. Must be able to analyze data and determine root causes for efficiency deficits and drive change through the department to improve OEE, cost, and waste utilizing statistical tools and continuous improvement methods. Champion a culture of continuous improvement by creating a culture of innovative problem solving, implementing best practices, and acting as an effective change agent. Ensure that a safe workplace is always maintained and that the habits and practices of every employee hold safety as the top priority. Provide leadership to a production department of approximately 100 employees ensuring adherence to Smurfit Westrock’s core values of Safety, Loyalty, Integrity, and Respect. Determine training needs and administer appropriate training programs for department employees. What You Need to Succeed : Adaptability: Demonstrates agility, flexibility, and a willingness to modify one’s approach to achieve desired results; responds quickly to changing demands, processes, and updated information. Accountability: Holds self and others responsible for actions and results; Strong bias for results. Growth and Results Orient ed: Delivers personal and/or organizational results by successfully influencing others (i.e. co-workers, other teams, external partners, etc.), delivers on time high-quality work to achieve maximum results. Leadership: Leads and motivates a team of people to achieve performance excellence; ability to read people and situations and adjust approach as needed; proactively leads and enforces initiatives that drive organizational effectiveness; teaches others how to build trust-based relationships. Collaboration: Works effectively with others to complete a task or achieve a common objective; ability to cooperate in both interpersonal and team relationships to support positive team culture and maintain mutual trust, candor, and respect for others. Works through conflict constructively. Integrity & Respect: Exhibits the highest personal standards o