Production Manager - Manchester

Where you will work

At Manchester Industries, a Clearwater Paper Company, we provide unparalleled service and the best solutions in Paperboard Sales, Sheeting, and Distribution. Since 1978 we have helped our customers meet the daily demands of the commercial printing, publishing, point of purchase display, specialty packaging, and folding carton industries.

Through innovation and continual improvement in precision converting technology, we provide prime paperboard grades from leading mills to paper merchants and packaging companies. With vast inventories at Manchester's 5 strategic locations: Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina, and Texas, we maintain 14 precision sheeters, 9 guillotine trimmers, 4 carton packing lines, and 2 slitter rewinders within 450,000 combined square feet of manufacturing and warehousing space.

The goal of Manchester Industries is to provide an exceptional service platform with our staff of committed employees. Through working with customers and suppliers together, we can find profitable and proficient solutions in this ever-changing marketplace.

This role will be a member of the leadership team at Manchester Industries' new location in Columbia, South Carolina.

What you will do

Operational Focus

• Work with the Operations Manager to ensure the fulfillment of on-demand manufacturing operations; seasonal demands can require a position related organization of overtime in a quick turnaround business model leveraging utilization of all resources (ex: asset management, capacity planning, and resource management)
• Partner with schedulers and logistics personnel, ensuring support and execution of production schedules to meet customer demands; provide feedback as needed.
• Develop a short-range manufacturing supporting business unit objectives.
• Drives established throughput goals, processes, and requirements and assures budgeted production from all operations, meeting established targets.
• Ensures the optimization of the assembly/fulfillment processes and related material/production workflow.
• Responsible for accurate inventory usage/movement and reconciliation of goods and supplies.
• Drives appropriate production/fulfillment methodologies on the shop floor; leverages best practices when applicable.
• Supports and champions a culture of continuous improvement.

Safety and Environmental

• Makes safety a priority by communicating, participating, and supporting safety efforts, ensuring that all regulatory requirements are met.
• Ensures a safe work environment and practices are in place and adhered to.
• Reviews all safety incidents in the department and participates in problem-solving activities.
• Tours daily for safety compliance and observation of employees.

Quality

• Ensure standards for customer service, product quality, equipment, and operator performances are maintained.
• Ensure quality processes, procedures, and associated documentation are utilized.
• Ensures the workforce is educated on the importance of producing a quality product.

Leadership

• Measures team performance and makes employment recommendations. Gives timely performance feedback and conducts formal performance reviews; challenges the team with clear objectives/goals in support of the business unit objectives.
• Leads and mentors other supervisors who are responsible for day-to-day people management.
• Designated back up to Operations Manager for incidental backfill and development.
• Develops an atmosphere where information is freely shared, and employees work towards a common goal.
• Provide both short-term guidance and long-term coaching and direction to the crews ensuring they effectively fulfil their duties and responsibilities.
• Responsible for developing the knowledge, skills, and abilities of production personnel

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others' knowledge and skills.
• Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others.
• Uses an understanding of customer needs and the organization's customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring.
• Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes.
• Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results.

What you will need

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree in Management, Engineering or related field strongly preferred
• Minimum of five years of industry experience, preferably in a high-speed environment.
• Minimum of three years of supervisory experience preferred
• Experience in the pulp and paper industry strongly preferred
• Ability to work with a variety of employees, adapt and react to changing work situations
• Good supervisory and coaching skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent time management and planning skills
• Proficient computer skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with individuals across the organization
• Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience preferred
• High-speed manufacturing environment, sustained exposure to high-frequency noises, multiple hours standing, walking on concrete surfaces
• Personal Protective Equipment is required in the mill environment.
• Dirt, noise, odor, and temperature extremes.
• Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding
• Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing process

We prioritize an exceptional workplace experience, offering a comprehensive total reward package. This position is eligible for our Incentive Plan. Compensation ranges are estimates based on market data. Actual offers account for internal equity and the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience. Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more, generally begin after 30 days. Our paid time off includes vacation days, personal flex days, and company holidays. For more on our compensation philosophy, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at Talent.Acquisition@clearwaterpaper.com.

Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.