Jobs at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

Manages demand planning, production scheduling, warehousing, inventory accuracy, finished-goods storage, carrier relationships, and customer deliveries. Oversees logistics performance metrics, costs, capacity, trailer allocation, and compliance with quality, food safety, ISO, and operational procedures. Leads logistics associates through hiring, training, and discipline while coordinating with production, quality, sales, purchasing, and administration to resolve supply, delivery, and warehouse issues.

Serves as the financial business partner for a manufacturing site, leading budgeting, forecasting, planning, costing, reporting, accounting compliance, inventory valuation, and variance analysis. Partners with plant leadership on performance improvement, identifies P&L impacts, maintains inventory controls, and acts as the liaison between site operations and corporate accounting.

Evaluates packaging development designs, product specifications, and bottle performance using data and statistical analysis. Partners with R&D and manufacturing sites to assess process capability, analyze process variables, improve product quality, and develop inspection and testing plans, including food-safety evaluations. Communicates quality concerns with customers and supports a culture of continuous improvement. Requires up to 50% travel to U.S. manufacturing sites.

Leads Total Productive Maintenance planning, implementation, and execution at a manufacturing site. Develops TPM and Lean Six Sigma capabilities, supports autonomous and preventive maintenance, manages early equipment and focus teams, and serves as the TPM subject matter expert. Provides direction to management, leads continuous improvement events, and supports safety, quality, productivity, and loss elimination initiatives in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Operates extrusion and blow-molding machines, adjusts heat, cooling, and pressure settings, troubleshoots equipment, performs basic maintenance, inspects product quality, and supports shift-team problem solving and process improvement. The role includes structured training, requires at least one year of manufacturing equipment experience, and involves lifting up to 50 pounds.

Ensures rigid plastic container quality by analyzing SPC data, evaluating process and product conformance, initiating corrective actions, validating improvements, training Associates, leading root cause investigations, and supporting cross-functional continuous improvement. The role also includes visiting customer facilities for health check meetings and maintaining customer relationships.

Processes lockbox and in-house payments, applies cash to customer accounts, invoices sales orders and credit memos, researches billing issues, prepares reports, and tracks rebates and accruals. The role requires accuracy, strong organization, communication, and relationship-management skills while collaborating with customers, plants, marketing, auditors, and internal teams.

Supports the Corporate Quality Lab by conducting tests, compiling quantitative data, applying testing methodologies, and addressing quality challenges alongside Quality Engineers and Manufacturing Production teams. The internship provides hands-on experience with product quality lab equipment, process controls, defined projects, professional development, mentorship, and networking.

Coordinate and adjust production schedules to meet customer demand, optimize plant capacity, and maintain inventory targets. Monitor production performance, material availability, and inventory levels while resolving scheduling conflicts. Collaborate with production, materials, customer service, and logistics teams to prioritize work and coordinate transfers. Analyze data using SQL and Power BI, and manage production plans and material requirements in SAP or other ERP/MRP systems.

Operate extrusion and blow-molding production equipment, adjust heat, cooling, and pressure settings, troubleshoot machinery, perform basic maintenance, inspect product quality, and support process improvements. The role includes structured training, shift-team collaboration, and ongoing development through Plastipak Academy. Applicants need at least one year of manufacturing equipment experience, mechanical problem-solving ability, and the capacity to lift up to 50 pounds.

A 12-week corporate accounting internship supporting Corporate Accounting and Cost Accounting within a global manufacturing organization. The intern will apply classroom knowledge to meaningful projects, support business decisions, gain exposure to manufacturing finance, and participate in mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities.

Lead payroll operations for ~4,000 employees across multiple U.S. entities, ensuring accurate end-to-end payroll processing, tax filings, GL reconciliation, internal controls, compliance, team leadership, and payroll system optimization and implementations.

Provide in-house legal counsel on corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters; draft and negotiate contracts, support M&A and financing transactions, coordinate outside counsel, represent the company in disputes, and advise management on compliance and business risks.