Production Manager

Build a Career, Not Just a Job

Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, and many more.

As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. Whether you're an experienced manufacturing professional or looking to start a new career, we provide the support and development you need to succeed.

At ALPLA, we invest in our people, promote from within, and foster a culture focused on safety, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. From apprenticeship programs and technical training to leadership development opportunities, ALPLA is committed to helping employees build long-term careers.

What You Can Expect from ALPLA

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Childcare and dependent care savings programs
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
  • Career growth and advancement opportunities
  • Employee recognition programs
  • Hands-on training and professional development
  • A stable, growing company committed to sustainability

Ready to Build Your Future?

Join a team where your contributions matter, your development is supported, and your career can grow with a global industry leader.

Apply today and discover what a career at ALPLA can offer.

WHAT YOU WILL ENJOY DOING

• Ensures and reinforces the exercise of the health and safety program
• Oversees daily production
  • Supports engineers to ensure machines run efficiently
  • Ensures profits are maximized

• Develops production schedules
  • Plans, directs and assigns duties of manufacturing personnel
  • Authorizes overtime, as necessary, to meet production goals

• Analyzes and interprets data received on a daily basis and prepares management and
  financial reports
  • Analyzes data from various systems to detect and prevent production issues
  • Intervenes to the production floor when issues are detected in real-time
  • Prepares production figures for daily meetings
  • Compiles month-end reports

• Troubleshoots & solves production problems
  • Manages production issues
  • In charge of issues that are being solved and tracked
  • Reports crucial process problems to the Plant Manager & Directors

• Management of the Production Department
  • Organizes and conducts meetings with Supervisors on a regular basis
  • Recruits (with HR) new employees
  • Ensures efficient shift hand-over and feedback of past shift performance
  • Prepares shift schedules
  • Performs disciplinary actions
  • Oversees all production training
  • Provides continuous feedback culture with all production team members
  • Performs annual Performance Evaluation
  • Monthly meeting with OPEX team
  • Knowhow level/trainings
  • Overall understanding of various ALPLA IT/MES Systems
  • Assesses training needs of staff and ensures execution of training (Equipment,
  • Product, Processes, and IT/MES Systems
• Ensures all employees follow procedures
• Revises existing and implements new procedures

What Makes You Great

• Min 2-year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent, Bachelor Degree preferred
• Technical / Engineering background
• 3 to 5 year's experience in a management position in production, preferably within plastics
  industry
• Thorough understanding of Health and Safety practices
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Technical understanding (Manufacturing and IT)
• Strong knowledge sharing/training skills

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or
balance, use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up
to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to
all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #IOWA2 #salaried

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the notice from the Department of Labor.