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.
- Improve safety recordable rate through heightened awareness, safety audits and improvements in housekeeping. Ultimate goal is zero recordable and lost time injuries. Without continuous and intense focus, recordable injuries will continue.
- Achieve OEE budget for department by managing the effective utilization of equipment and personnel to maximize efficiency. Without effective management of manufacturing departments, OE goals would be difficult to achieve.
- Manage Departmental budget through daily, review of production numbers, weekly and monthly departmental reviews and daily cost control measures. By focusing on meeting production demands at or under budget, OEE goals will be met or exceeded.
- Direct Departmental improvement activities by building cost reduction initiatives, capital project plan and improvement activities. Continuous improvement activities are essential in order for Huhtamaki – Fulton to become a World Class manufacturing facility.
- Implement Continuous Improvement through relentless focus on corrective, and more importantly, preventive actions and building this philosophy throughout the organization above.
- Improve end product quality. Both on a cost basis and by meeting or exceeding customer expectations. Continuous improvement, process improvements, SPC and improved quality systems are just some examples. Improved product quality will improve consistency which will reduce internal failure cost, (waste and DT), and external failures- customer claims.
- Develop effective team. Set clear goals and objectives, give tools to succeed and give responsibility and authority to make decisions. Strong teams will achieve more by working as a group towards common goals and objectives.
- Hold safety meetings and team meetings as needed.
- Troubleshoot machine issues and quality forming defects. Manage employee poor work performance – rule violations, excessive absenteeism, fitness for duty status, etc.
- Knowledge of manufacturing – production schedules, overtime procedures; strong pc skills – including Word, Outlook, Excel; HALO, BPCS, ability to multi task and have strong ability to problem solve; have good people skills; strong communication skills – both verbal and electronic; become familiar with all Company procedures, past practices and the current CBA. Have a solid mechanical aptitude. High School diploma; college diploma is desirable; have 3-5years of progressive responsibility and experience with high volume – manufacturing environment. Have a proven track record of success managing a multi-process or departmental production group – 5-10 yrs of experience supervising a manufacturing group is desirable.
- Work within a manufacturing environment. Work in various ambient temperatures. Sit, stand, walk, and bend frequently during a normal work shift. Be able to distinguish close tolerances in raw materials and finished goods – including print registration, colors and alignment.
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Skills Required
- High School diploma
- 3-5 years progressive responsibility in high-volume manufacturing
- Proven track record managing multi-process or departmental production groups
- Strong PC skills including Word, Outlook, Excel
- Experience with HALO and BPCS systems
- Knowledge of production schedules, overtime procedures, and cost control
- Solid mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot machine issues and forming defects
- Strong communication and people skills; ability to manage performance and conduct meetings
- Familiarity with Continuous Improvement, OEE, SPC and quality systems
- College diploma
- 5-10 years supervisory experience (desirable)
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.
Huhtamaki Insights
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
