From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

 

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

The successful candidate, will be the senior person in the plant, with direction from an offsite Plant Manager or Sr. Director – Regional Manufacturing, will be accountable for safety, quality, productivity, material handling, cost performance, and employee relations. Job requires efficient use of resources (labor, materials, and equipment) to manufacture quality products at lowest possible cost. Position is responsible for managing and coordinating the activities of hourly employees as well as implementing and maintaining best manufacturing practices and regulatory compliance.

What you’ll be doing:

Ensure safety of all employees; lead safety teams and programs to prevent injuries. Comply with all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations (EPA, OSHA, etc.).Supervise all production activities, schedule shift employees, crew machines to cover vacations, absences, and overtime.Meet or exceed productivity cost, scrap reduction, or other performance metric expectations. Implement and maintain best manufacturing practices.Hire, train, direct and mentor employees with diverse language, cultural and educational background.Lead continuous improvement initiatives within scope of Sonoco Production Systems (SPS): such as 5S with safety, 6 Sigma, Kaizen events, and deploying lean manufacturing principlesCoordinate production scheduling on shift to meet customer demands, manage overtime, minimize inventory, and to reduce costs.Support quality initiatives to ensure product meets or exceeds customer expectations. Ensure employees complete required quality checks and audits.Build and maintain productive employee relationships, driving employee satisfaction. Provide direction, training, and development as needed. Provide coaching, counseling, or discipline as needed. Recommend disciplinary action to direct report.Identify, propose, and implement capital projects to improve operational performance.Prepare or approve required shift documentation: production reports, time cards, etc.Monitor and sign off on the monthly inventory cycle counts for raw materials and finished goods. Ensure accuracy and plans are established to address any issues or abnormal swings in inventory levels.Control raw materials and maintain inventory at an economical level.Ensures the accurate accounting, interpretation and reporting of results.Responsible for all physical assets of the plant, such as building, machinery, equipment and grounds.Responsible for continuously improving production/plant operations and ensures there is an ongoing program to control and reduce cost, improve quality and operating efficiency.Foster culture that supports Sonoco Business & Conduct planCommunicate plant mission, results and provides customer feedback to all team members.Work as requested with the commercial team or engineering on new product costing and business growth opportunities by efficiently providing accurate manufacturing assumption information.Complete physical inventory, multiple times each week. Foster and promote positive relationships with the two primary customers (Clearwater & Sofidel)Build and maintain local contacts to ensure reputable community relations.Communicate with all plant personnel so that all goals, expectations, and performance as compared to plan are well understood.Encourage and support hourly participation and involvement in all functional areas so as to create effective teamwork, ownership, development, and employee satisfaction.Support diversity in all activities including hiring, promotions, and training opportunities.Maintain high level of team member performance and morale through ongoing monitoring, coaching, guidance and continuous feedback.

This position is located in Lewiston, ID..

We’d love to hear from you if:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Science or Engineering or equivalent work history2-5 years pertinent experience

Compensation: 

The annual base salary range for this role is from $85,920 to $96,660, plus a quarterly target bonus of 12.5% of base salary. 

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At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits. *Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options401(k) retirement plan with company matchWellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of servicesPaid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and familyVariety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insuranceTuition reimbursement

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.