Production 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

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Position Summary:

The Operations Manager will support Converting and Extrusion Production teams, assisting with planning, directing and coordinating production activities.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities:

The Operations Manager is accountable for inspiring and executing strategies which achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.

• Advance initiatives that promote and sustain the safety, health, security, and welfare of all employees.

• Maintain safe, clean, orderly and environmentally compliant production operations.

• Inclusive oversight of all production and production support activities of the facility ensuring all are conducted in accordance with Company policies, principles, procedures, values, and standards.

• Perpetually assess current strategies, systems, procedures, performance, capabilities, equipment, facilities, and employees for opportunities to optimize safety, flow, service, quality, and profitability.

• Willingly undertake and perform other duties and tasks as assigned.

• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols.

• Ensure that production activities remain on time and within budget.

• Track staffing needs, hiring new hires as needed.

Job Specific Requirements:

• Daily GEMBA

• Perform daily audits for Standard Work, Housekeeping and Roll Scanning

• Maintain and post shift score cards twice monthly

• Assist with attendance and performance write ups

• Assist with shift completion of SABA safety training

• Assist with OT schedules

• Support shift supervisor on the floor to improve uptime.

• Lead, motivate, and support production team, including career development and problem resolution.

• Manage data collection for the updating of metrics to achieve productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent customer service.

• Oversee materials and inventory.

• Conduct budget reviews and report cost plans to corporate leadership team.

Candidate Requirements:

• High school degree required, secondary education and/or leadership training preferred

• Requires individual with thorough knowledge of production processes in order to oversee bag making process

• A minimum of 5-10+ years of experience in a production environment

• Demonstrated competence to work with minimum supervision effectively with all levels in the organization.

• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with the willingness and ability to learn new systems.

• Willing and able to work overtime

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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-PA-Milesburg

ID 2026-34332

Category Operations

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Salaried