Jobs at Hood Container Corporation

Supervise converting operations during an assigned shift, ensuring safety, quality, production schedules, efficiency, and cost objectives. Lead, train, coach, and evaluate hourly employees; manage staffing, inventories, maintenance requests, corrective actions, and shift communications. Drive continuous improvement, root-cause problem solving, waste reduction, housekeeping, and regulatory compliance while coordinating with maintenance and other departments to deliver safe, on-time production.

Leads all day-to-day corrugated manufacturing operations, including safety, quality, production, maintenance, warehousing, cost control, and employee performance. Directs supervisors and production leadership, monitors operating metrics, manages budgets and capital planning, drives continuous improvement, ensures equipment reliability and production schedule execution, and develops employees while maintaining regulatory and company compliance.

Lead financial operations for a $100M+ manufacturing plant, overseeing general ledger, inventory, cost accounting, month-end close, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and U.S. GAAP compliance. Partner with plant leadership through financial analysis, variance explanations, and recommended action plans. Develop the accounting team, improve processes, and support operational and strategic decision-making. The role requires packaging or corrugated industry experience, strong manufacturing cost accounting expertise, and on-site leadership in Houston.

The Machine Helper is responsible for assisting with the setup, operation, and maintenance of machinery for manufacturing corrugated cartons, ensuring quality, efficiency, and safety while supporting production requirements.

Performs production quality checks, verifies machine setups, records caliper and measurement data, assists with machine startups and troubleshooting, and maintains safety and cleanliness in a high-volume manufacturing environment. Requires accurate documentation, mechanical aptitude, teamwork, and the ability to work extended shifts in hot, humid, noisy conditions.

Provides maintenance, reliability, or operations expertise for corrugated converting facilities. Leads data analysis, Lean continuous improvement, troubleshooting, corrective action planning, and sustainable improvement projects focused on safety, quality, productivity, reliability, waste, and cost. Coaches employees, develops improvement road maps, communicates results to leadership, and collaborates with site teams, subject matter experts, OEMs, and vendors. Remote role requiring at least 75% U.S. travel.

Generate new corrugated packaging business, qualify prospects, manage sales cycles, build customer relationships, meet revenue targets, and provide market feedback. The Account Executive develops packaging solutions, communicates pipeline activity through Salesforce and Microsoft Office 365, and collaborates with production, customer service, design, and accounting on quotes, tooling, trials, credit setup, orders, and issue resolution. The role focuses on national accounts across retail, consumer products, e-commerce, and other strategic markets.

Leads sales strategy and Account Executives for a corrugated box plant. Responsibilities include setting goals, managing performance, developing sales plans, forecasting budgets, growing market share, prospecting profitable accounts, maintaining customer relationships, and collaborating with plant and company leadership to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Supports machine operators with equipment setup, monitoring, cleaning, maintenance, material loading, and finished-product removal. Reports mechanical issues, documents production activity, follows safety procedures, operates forklifts safely, delivers stock to machines, and collaborates with the team to meet production goals. Prior manufacturing, corrugated production, and forklift certification are preferred.

Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, onboarding, employee records in ADP, benefits and leave administration, performance support, employee engagement, employment inquiries, compliance, and training programs. Partner with HR leadership on complex issues and strategic initiatives while supporting employees and managers across manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Ohio.

Leads quality auditing and inventory activities at a manufacturing plant. Responsibilities include managing inventory transactions, reviewing and correcting discrepancies, producing reports, coordinating physical inventories, handling obsolete stock, establishing quality standards, supporting audits and customer quality inquiries, developing compliance procedures, and directing shift quality auditors. The role also supports product safety, legality, corrective actions, and cross-department quality improvement.

Prospect for new corrugated packaging customers, manage parallel sales cycles, qualify opportunities, close business, and achieve sales targets. The Account Executive builds customer relationships, provides packaging solutions, manages a significant revenue portfolio, and communicates pipeline activity through Salesforce and Microsoft Office 365. The role collaborates with production, customer service, design, and accounting teams to prepare quotes, coordinate trials, establish credit, manage orders, and resolve customer concerns.

Prospect for new corrugated packaging customers, manage parallel sales cycles, qualify opportunities, build customer relationships, close business, and achieve sales goals. The role manages significant revenue portfolios, provides market feedback, coordinates quotes and tooling, supports trials and credit setup, and collaborates with production, customer service, design, and accounting to resolve customer needs.

As an Account Executive for Hood Container Corporation, you'll seek new clients, manage sales cycles, build customer relationships, and meet sales goals.

As Quality Manager, you'll lead the Quality Control team, implement management systems, drive continuous improvement, manage supplier relationships, and ensure compliance with quality standards and regulations.

Manage plant operations, production scheduling, shipping, inventory, customer service, and process improvement. Partner with plant leadership to balance customer and production needs, monitor performance metrics, improve efficiency, reduce waste, support safety and quality initiatives, and maintain timely delivery. Lead and develop customer service, shipping, and planning teams while managing performance, cross-functional issue resolution, and operational results.

Supervise and develop production staff to meet safety, quality, and on-time production goals. Plan and assign work, manage line leads, review production and quality paperwork, perform root cause analysis, train employees, and support continuous improvement. Fill in lead roles as needed and communicate with other departments to resolve production issues.

Field sales role selling corrugated packaging to B2B customers. Prospecting and closing new accounts, managing a $5–20M portfolio, developing customer relationships, coordinating internal teams, and using CRM and Office tools to track pipeline and meet sales targets.

Hunt for and close new corrugated packaging accounts across Columbus market. Qualify prospects, manage sales pipeline in CRM, meet revenue targets, coordinate quotes and production with internal teams, and provide market feedback to management while building long-term customer relationships.

Inspect corrugator machine setups and production quality, record caliper and measurement data, perform basic troubleshooting and tape-measure checks, maintain cleanliness, follow safety protocols, and support high-volume production.