Packaging Manager

The Packaging Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a manufacturing facility, ensuring optimal productivity, safety, and quality standards are met. This role involves managing supervisors and operators, optimizing processes, and ensuring that all regulations,including environmental and safety, are adhered to. The Packaging Manager will drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance plant performance, minimize downtime, and meet production goals.

• Manage a team of production supervisors and workers.
• Ensures goals of exceeding safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, labor, and cost measures are being met.
• Identify losses, benchmark progress and improve equipment productivity by focusing and optimizing OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) program.
• Ensures production schedules are completed on time and in full.
• Monitor and maintain shift production staffing level.
• Analyze downtime, scrap, yields, quality defects and conduct root cause analysis.
• Monitors and reports results against key performance indicators including clear daily and weekly reporting metrics.
• Assist in recruiting and hiring manufacturing team members.
• Develops, reviews, and revises plant SOPs as necessary.
• Monitoring operations and trigger corrective actions.
• Identify and resolve production-related problems promptly.
• Ensure production floor areas are kept clean, organized, and free of potential hazards.
• Write or participate in developing CER's for annual CAPEX spending.
• Conduct communication meetings.
• Coordinate with maintenance to address needed repair work modifications within areas of responsibility.
• Lead employee development initiatives through feedback, training, and coaching to support team growth and performance.
• Update daily / weekly production communication boards.
• Support new product lines and development as needed.
• Create and implement 5s strategy and process.
• Manage Materials and Inventory Transactions

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• High School Diploma and/or bachelor's or associate degree (beneficial).
• 5+ years of Management/Supervisory Experience in a Manufacturing Environment.
• Cost reduction & OEE projects/programs implementation.
• Continuous improvement plan & projects implementation.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong Verbal and Written Communication Skills.
• Employee Conflict resolution.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to reach above shoulder level, climb, balance, kneel, bend over, etc.
• Ability to use hands and fingers to assemble small objects, boxes, etc.
• Be physically active for 8 hours without becoming fatigued or out of breath.
• Stand for 8 hours a day.
• Frequently lift and or move 40+ pounds.
• Occasionally lift and or move 75+ pounds.

Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier place. In short: making good food for all. In support of this mission, Chobani is a purpose-driven, people-first, food-and-wellness-focused company, and has been since its founding in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant to the U.S. The Company manufactures yogurt, oat milk, and creamers - Chobani yogurt is America's No.1 yogurt brand, made with natural ingredients without artificial preservatives. Following the 2023 acquisition of La Colombe, a leading coffee roaster with a shared commitment to quality, craftmanship and impact, the Company began selling cold-pressed espresso and lattes on tap at 32 cafes, as well as Ready to Drink (RTD) coffee beverages at retail.

Chobani uses food as a force for good in the world - putting humanity first in everything it does. The company's philanthropic efforts prioritize giving back to its communities and beyond: working to eradicate child hunger, supporting immigrants, refugees and underrepresented people, honoring veterans, and protecting the planet. Chobani manufactures its products in New York, Idaho, Michigan and Australia, and its products are available throughout North America and distributed in Australia and other select markets.

For more information, please visit www.chobani.com and www.lacolombe.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Chobani is an equal opportunity employer. Chobani will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any basis including, but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military and/or veteran status, marital status, predisposing genetic characteristics and genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws.