Plant Manager

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• 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, and 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.

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Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact View email address on click.appcast.io .

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Job Locations US-ID-Jerome

ID 2026-34125

Category Operations

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Salaried