Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet
We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.
You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.
We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.
The Shift Planner is responsible for coordinating and optimizing workforce planning to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant operations and to deliver on the output demand. The role integrates shift planning, training coordination, onboarding, and workforce administration in a dynamic environment with both permanent and contingent workers. In this role you will report directly to our operations Manager. On a daily base you will be in contact with the Production Manager and Shift Managers as well with our Contingent Service agency and HR.
Key Responsibilities:
Shift Planning & Workforce Coordination
- Develop and maintain accurate shift schedules in alignment with production needs
- Ensure optimal staffing levels with qualified personnel per shift
- Coordinate workforce deployment in collaboration with Shift Supervisors
- Align planning with contingent workforce agencies to ensure flexibility and coverage
- Anticipate, monitor, and resolve staffing gaps due to operational changes
Training Planning & Coordination
- Schedule mandatory safety training in line with compliance requirements in collaboration with our HSE team
- Plan and coordinate operator training programs to ensure skill readiness
- Integrate training activities into shift planning without disrupting operation
Onboarding of New Operators
- Plan and organize onboarding programs for new employees in Operations
- Support and guide new operators during their onboarding phase
- Ensure timely completion of onboarding and training to accelerate deployment
Workforce Administration & HR Coordination
- Ensure accurate registration and reporting of worked hours for payroll processing
- Coordinate with HR to guarantee compliance with administrative requirements on mandatory hours and salary administration
- Maintain up-to-date workforce data
Capability & Development Tracking
- Maintain an overview of employee skills, certifications, and development status
- Track training completion and workforce capabilities to support planning decisions
- Provide insights into workforce readiness and development needs
Absence and Leave Management
- Monitor and manage workforce availability, including vacations, sickness, and other absences
- Ensure timely backfilling of shifts in case of absenteeism to maintain operational continuity
- Support the coordination of absence planning and contribute to effective absence management
- Provide visibility and reporting on absence patterns to support operational decision-making
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Huhtamaki Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huhtamaki and has not been reviewed or approved by Huhtamaki.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive with dental and vision options, and employer contributions toward premiums are portrayed as generous. Feedback suggests this breadth makes the overall package feel competitive for many roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with pre‑tax and Roth options, with certain groups also having access to a pension and even deferred compensation. Feedback suggests these features stand out positively in a manufacturing context.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, and generous parental leave are emphasized alongside meaningful PTO accruals. Feedback suggests this leave structure strengthens perceived total rewards even where base pay is viewed as only fair.
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What We Do
Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030. We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com
