Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Pactiv Evergreen Inc.(NASDAQ: PTVE) is a leading manufacturer and distributor of fresh foodservice and food merchandising products and fresh beverage cartons in North America and certain international markets. It supplies its products to a broad and diversified mix of companies, including full service restaurants and quick service restaurants, foodservice distributors, supermarkets, grocery and healthy eating retailers, other food stores, food and beverage producers, food packers and food processors. To learn more about the company, please go to the company website at pactivevergreen.com.

Located 16 miles south west of Chicago, Bedford Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 580 at the 2010 census. Bedford Park consists of a small residential area and vast amounts of heavy industry sprawling to the east and a small amount to the west.

Pactiv Bedford Park is a leading Extrusion/Injection Molding facility that produces plates, straws, cutlery, and wrapped cutlery kits for the food service industry. Built in 1974, our facility has 195,000 total square footage. We host 90 machines including Injection Molding, Extrusion, and Automated Robotic instruments. We produce approximately 75 million pounds annually and over 400,000 SKUs. We employ over 500 full-time and temporary employees who have helped us attain numerous awards including Quality Performer of the year and Safety Excellence.

Pactiv Evergreen is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Pactiv Evergreen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics or statuses protected by law. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, pleasecall (847) 482-4320 or email [email protected].

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines and applicable laws.

This position is for Pactiv Evergreen Inc.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, engineering, logistics, EH&S and facilities at plant. Establish local strategy, leadership of workforce and interface with key internal customer
• Typically, responsible for a plant population of 200+ employees with high complexity and a 24/7 operation.
• Actively build a work environment that fosters operational, team and individual excellence by demonstrating effective leadership, communication and people support behaviors.
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, to plant staff and senior management.
• Management of annual operating plan and deployment of resources to deliver production commitments in key safety, quality, service, and cost target areas.
• Support internal customer groups to ensure attainment of EBITA targets and delivery of finished products to meet customer expectations.
• Provide leadership to develop safety culture required to achieve and sustain world-class safety performance, including development and execution of effective safety processes.
• Responsible for developing annual operating plans, budgets, and detailed plans to deliver.
• Established track record of manufacturing accomplishments
• Competent in Lean Manufacturing execution, and process based continuous improvement. Provide Leadership to establish a culture of continuous improvement leveraging Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Direct site capital programs and expenditures to support strategic operations goals.
• Comply with all local, state and federal regulations.

Qualifications:

• BS/BA in engineering or business with 7 - 10 years experience in manufacturing operations including management/supervisory experience required.
• Must have financial aptitude, analytical skills, proven leadership effectiveness.
• Have a progressive history of Lean Manufacturing within a manufacturing environment
• Management/supervisory experience required.
• Clear understanding of regulatory requirements required to manufacturing operations management