Production Manager - Pittston, PA (USA)

Logoplaste is currently seeking to recruit a Production Manager, to join the team in Pittston, PA.
 
Reporting to: Plant Manager

The Production Manager will be directly responsible for production floor operations, products, equipment and personnel. The production managerial role is a “hands on” position.

Key Tasks & Activities...
• Oversee daily production operations; support to Plant Manager in all aspects of manufacturing process, including improvements to process
• Enforce quality control and set quality standards
• Detect and resolve faults/breakdowns, including planning and implementing corrective measures
• Ensure on time production and delivery • Working with senior management to implement company policy and goals
• Participate in trials of new material, endorsement of molds and new equipment in accordance with the standard requirements
• Ensure that training programs for production staff are planned and delivered
• Ensuring health and safety guidelines are followed
• Supervising a team of multi skilled personnel
• Identify and address training needs and refresher training
• Providing on call technical support for process and basic mechanical issues if required
• Work closely with operations, purchasing, engineering, and quality to achieve manufacturing results
• Oversee planned maintenance operations
• Manage human and material resources to achieve results
• Make decisions about equipment use, maintenance, modification and procurement
• Workout and implement standard operating procedures for operations and ensure that they are adhered to
• Manage production costs
• Determine and implement improvements to the production process
• Analyse production and quality to detect and correct problems
• Review employee performance
• Manage labor hours for production employees
• Make decisions for temp labor
• Other duties as assigned by manager
 
Who we are looking for...
Background and Experience
• Five years related management experience in manufacturing environment; partnered with strong leadership skills
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing operations and maintenance engineering
• Industry experience preferred

Technical Skills
• SAP experience
• Logistics background preferred
• Able to work flexible and/or extended hours and weekends based on business demand
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques, quality systems and standards
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel

Interpersonal Skills
• Highly motivated, results oriented
• Good working knowledge of relevant legislation, including health and safety
• Ability to make decisions 
 
Logoplaste offers an excellent benefits package with genuine career development opportunities.
 
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Logoplaste is an equal opportunities employer, where the foundation of our culture and our drive is based on Diversity & Inclusion. At Logoplaste we are all unique and different, everyone is accepted and respected for who they are. This is our strength.

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Your application will be evaluated by the HR department of Logoplaste North America itself. For any additional feedback regarding your application, we kindly refer you to the Logoplaste North America HR department.

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Logoplaste is a leading global designer and manufacturer of value-added rigid plastic packaging solutions to a wide range of blue-chip clients, with its origin in Portugal.

Logoplaste business model is anchored on the development of strong partnerships with its customers through fully dedicated nearby or on-site facilities embedded and fully integrated within its customer’s premises. Founded in 1976, for over 42 years the company has pioneered by its innovation and customer service approach beyond the pure manufacturing process expanding into the areas of product design, material optimization and engineering of the full value chain process.

Logoplaste has sales above 500 million euros and currently manages 63 factories with locations in 16 countries and more than 2,100 employees in Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Poland, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam. The most up-to-date technologies in injection molding, stretch-blow molding and extrusion molding are used to produce packages across a wide range of market segments: food and beverage, personal care, cosmetics, household care, oil & lubricants, and healthcare.

The company’s mission is to be the natural choice for long-term supply of rigid plastic packaging.

Focused on a sustainable future, Logoplaste is one of the pioneer companies to sign the “New Plastics Economy Global Commitment” by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

The “New Plastics Economy Global Commitment” aims to create a new scenario for plastic packaging, increasing the amount of reused or recycled plastics in new products and promoting innovation to ensure 100% of Plastic packaging can be reused, recycled or composted by 2025.