Production Manager
Apply NowCompany: Winpak Ltd
Location: Senoia, GA 30276
Description:
Winpak Films is seeking a Production Manager to lead our BSB team at our Senoia, GA facility.
As a key leader, you will oversee the extrusion and converting areas in our production department, ensuring the highest safety standards and operational excellence. Reporting directly to the Director of Operations, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and drive performance across multiple shifts, while contributing to the continued growth and success of Winpak. This is a leadership position, and you will be responsible for overseeing a team of roughly 60 team members, with 12 direct reports.
Key Responsibilities:
Department Performance and Leadership
Team Development and Operational Efficiency
Production and Equipment Management
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Details:
Compensation range: $100,000-$120,000 per year
Why Winpak?
Winpak is committed to providing comprehensive benefits to support the physical, mental, financial and social well-being of our employees and their families. Our benefit package includes the following:
Winpak's vision is to provide the best packaging solutions for people and planet. We are a leading supplier of innovative packaging solutions, known for providing high-quality products that meet the needs of a variety of industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. With a commitment to sustainability, safety, and excellence, Winpak continues to grow as a global leader in the packaging industry.
At Winpak, inclusion is one of our core values. We believe that an inclusive culture fosters a sense of belonging, drives innovation, and provides our brand a competitive advantage. Our goal is to create an environment free from harassment and discrimination, and where every individual feels respected, valued, and appreciated.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to an equitable and inclusive recruitment process, evaluating applicants based on merit, capability, and qualifications related to the job - never on identity factors such as race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability, national origin, or any other protected status. To support this commitment, if you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
As a key leader, you will oversee the extrusion and converting areas in our production department, ensuring the highest safety standards and operational excellence. Reporting directly to the Director of Operations, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and drive performance across multiple shifts, while contributing to the continued growth and success of Winpak. This is a leadership position, and you will be responsible for overseeing a team of roughly 60 team members, with 12 direct reports.
Key Responsibilities:
Department Performance and Leadership
- Oversee performance metrics for all shifts, ensuring success across safety, quality, productivity, waste, and staffing.
- Set production standards and ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
- Lead safety, environmental, and quality culture initiatives, ensuring adherence to standards.
- Develop and maintain department goals aligned with company objectives, ensuring consistent performance communication.
Team Development and Operational Efficiency
- Guide shift supervisors in training, leadership, and performance management to ensure effective team operations.
- Regularly review key metrics with teams and promote open communication about performance.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts in safety, quality, productivity, waste, and inventory control.
- Collaborate with other departments to optimize processes, improve product quality, and enhance operational reliability.
Production and Equipment Management
- Ensure proper staffing levels for smooth plant operations, controlling headcount and overtime.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of production schedules while managing material resources.
- Support technical and LEAN activities, as well as new product development and equipment improvements.
- Manage rework, re-labeling, and customer complaints, ensuring timely resolution and proper documentation.
Required Qualifications:
- Post Secondary Education in Engineering or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in a management role within a manufacturing environment
- 3+ years of experience in a production environment that operated on a 24/7 schedule, managing teams where safety and quality are key priorities
- Experience in managing operations costs and budgets
- Experience communicating and partnering with senior leadership teams on strategy and operations
- Experience supporting business unit goals through action plans
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within the plastic, films, converting or packaging industry
- Experience leading projects, with an understanding of capital expenditures
- Experience building trusting relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
- Experience coaching, guiding and mentoring teams while aligning with company mission, vision and values
Additional Details:
- This position requires 50% time in a manufacturing environment
- Shift Type: Full-time Monday - Friday with some weekends as needed.
Compensation range: $100,000-$120,000 per year
Why Winpak?
Winpak is committed to providing comprehensive benefits to support the physical, mental, financial and social well-being of our employees and their families. Our benefit package includes the following:
- Medical, dental, vision & prescription coverage
- Travel coverage
- Disability coverage
- Voluntary life insurance
- Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Tuition assistance program
- Retirement savings plans
- A comprehensive employee and family assistance program which includes short term counselling, wellbeing coaching, financial and legal consultations services.
Winpak's vision is to provide the best packaging solutions for people and planet. We are a leading supplier of innovative packaging solutions, known for providing high-quality products that meet the needs of a variety of industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. With a commitment to sustainability, safety, and excellence, Winpak continues to grow as a global leader in the packaging industry.
At Winpak, inclusion is one of our core values. We believe that an inclusive culture fosters a sense of belonging, drives innovation, and provides our brand a competitive advantage. Our goal is to create an environment free from harassment and discrimination, and where every individual feels respected, valued, and appreciated.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to an equitable and inclusive recruitment process, evaluating applicants based on merit, capability, and qualifications related to the job - never on identity factors such as race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability, national origin, or any other protected status. To support this commitment, if you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.