Plant Manager II - 20

Huhtamaki is seeking a Plant Manager II for their Bowling Green, KY location. The role involves leading site operations, ensuring safety, managing financial results, and enhancing customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include cost management, team building, and compliance with food safety and environmental regulations. Candidates should have significant experience in manufacturing leadership, finance, and project management, with a background in the packaging industry preferred. Salary ranges from $90K to $130K annually.
** Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet**We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.Job Summary Lead the various functions performed at the site. Maintain a safe work environment, manage the financial results; build and maintain an effective organization, protect/maintain the physical assets. Cost effectively meets customer expectations, function as part of a multi-plant manufacturing system.Essential FunctionsManage / Reduce Costs. Meet/Exceed operating earnings budget.Monitor Customer Satisfaction to generate revenue.Overall responsibility for site food safety program.Member of the site Food Safety Steering Team and the Site Recall teamLead an effective safety process to reduce injuries and COMP costs.Maintain Plant & equipment to meet Production requirements.Build and lead an effective team to improve organizational effectiveness and conduct succession planning.Engage in New Business development to increase revenue.Lead effective “Environmental Process” to meet/exceed legal requirements.Reducing labor component of cost while improving asset utilization.Establish process control.Improve effectiveness of safety process.Build a corrective action process.Fill team vacancies.Build a Quality system.Create an aggressive continuous improvement process.Broaden responsibility/accountability of subordinates.Job QualificationsWorking with a Labor Union, Negotiate at least one (1) contract.Broad Finance Background, Understand P/L, product costs.Mechanical Aptitude.Engineering Degree.Effective Team Builder.Excellent Communication Skills.Willingness to Travel.PreferredExperience in the Packaging Industry.Business Degree.Engineering Degree.Other Printing Technologies, (FLEXO).Willingness to Consider Relocation.Cup Manufacturing Experience.Jobs to gain experience: Project Engineer, Leader of OPS Group of Progressively bigger size, Field Exposure, GM, Field Sales, Tech Service, Quality.Leadership in a Manufacturing environment progressing to Mid-Size/Complex, for 10-15 years.Experience in a customer driven environment “make to order” for 5-10 years.Print offset 3-5 years.Project Management, 5-10 years.Demonstrated Ability to Manage Multiple Priorities, 10-15 years.EnvironmentAccessibility of all worksites required for this position.Exposure to weather and temperature extremes.Exposure to darkness.Exposure to loud noises.Exposure to chemicals and fumes.Exposure to dust.Amount of overtime/extended work hours required.Endurance: Prolonged physical activity with limited opportunity to rest.Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.#J-18808-Ljbffr