Graham Packaging is a leading manufacturer of sustainable packaging. From the kitchen to the laundry room, Graham Packaging is part of your everyday life. They’re the kind of people you want as your friends and neighbors as well as your partners and suppliers. By building strong relationships and creating value for our customers, our employees embody the innovative spirit that’s inherent to Graham. We truly are people building a better tomorrow.

Working across the North American plant network, the Plant Productivity Manager will work with the plant operations staff of each assigned plant to drive operations excellence and assist the plant with reaching its operational goals, strategies and metrics.  This position will also be required to temporarily fill open plant manager positions in the network until the roles I filled.  Specific focus will be in the plant operational execution of the Graham Operating System which includes EH&S, Quality, Employee Development & Engagement, Maintenance Reliability, Continuous Improvement, and Supply Chain as well as optimizing and replicating best practices.  Active engagement, training and development of the plant Leadership Teams will be critical the success.  Primary work responsibilities will be centered on the current GPC “Focus Plants” and plants with current open Plant Manager positions.

 

This position reports to the Vice President of Operations.  

Duties and Responsibilities

• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Graham Operating System Deployment in Operations
• Coach/Mentor new plant managers and leaders
• Provide Executional Training and Oversight with GPC/GOS processes in “Focus Plants”
• Drive Execution of Plant G5 Projects in “Focus Plants” to achieve AOP targets
• Temporarily Fill open Plant Manager Positions until new candidate is in place.
• Lead Plant Operations as required, i.e. vacancies, new leader on-boarding, etc.
• Leads complex projects of critical importance to GPC.
• Acts as leader for assigned plant reviews by GPC’s leadership.
• Works with Teams to shape and develop strategic decisions.
• Prioritize and work independently on a variety of assignments with minimal supervision.
• Works with assigned plants to develop capital spending plans to exceed the plants AOP commitments.
• Develops positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities.
• Use strong influencing and communication skills to understand unique site needs and to effectively partner in delivering solutions.
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills.
• Maintains detailed accurate records and files.
• Documents issues and create action plans to solve issues in a short term and long term manner.
• Work with plant and corporate support groups to drive improvement projects.
• Create training programs to address specific needs of individuals and groups in plants.
• Train in one on one and group environments, both on the floor and in the classroom.
• Evaluates/validates the impact of corrective actions that impact availability and/or reliability and leverages solutions across plants/site if appropriate.
• Use data effectively to track progress and sustain results. 

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• 20 + years experience as plant manager or related operations management position
• Problem solving and decision making, 8D, A3, RCA, FMEA
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Strong influencing and communication skills
• Participates in plant assessments study and efforts to implement corrective action to maintain or improve plant conditions
• Must be able to travel up to 80% of the time
• Must have a functional understanding of:
  • Industrial safety, including critical life safety programs such as Energy Control and Electrical Safety
  • Report writing, including financial reports and assessments
  • Some exposure to / understanding of budgets, financial reporting and accounting systems
  • Good understanding and use of standard software packages, including:
  • MS Word, Excel, Power Point

The expected salary range for the position described in this posting is made in accordance with the legal mandates of certain jurisdictions within the United States. The final agreed-upon compensation is based on individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in the company’s 401K Employee Saving Plan and may participate in its Employee Wellness Program. Employees will also receive paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law requirements.

Graham Packaging 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, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.