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.
Essential Functions
- Supervise hourly Production shift employees and Continuous Improvement (CI) teams.
- Champion and participate in company Safety, GMP, and CI efforts.
- Direct daily activities of Production included, but not limited to, safety, quality, throughput, and maintenance.
- Manage and supervise employee performance through training, teamwork, counseling, and progressive discipline.
- Schedule, plan and lead improvement teams, activities, and small projects.
- Develop employees and maintain positive employee/management relationships.
- Effectively communicate with all levels of the Company.
- Troubleshoot production problems.
- Manage employee hours, including hours worked, PTO, etc. using Ceridian Payroll System.
- Complete various reports, as required.
- All other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications
Required
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office required.
- Ability to communicate at all levels within the organization.
- Able to implement change within the department.
- Able to motivate department employees to meet and exceed demands.
- Ability to close and complete projects in a timely manner.
- Must be self-motivated.
Preferred
- High School Diploma or Equivalent; College degree preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma training preferred.
- 3-5 years’ experience leading and supervising teams in a manufacturing environment.
Environment
Office work area is a climate-controlled environment. Requires time in the manufacturing area (<40% of time) where it is a hot/cold, dusty, and noisy environment. While in the manufacturing area, required PPE must be worn. Audiovisual capabilities of speech, vision and hearing required, including peripheral vision and color discrimination capabilities. Lift light weight material with physical effort equivalent to lifting/moving materials up to 25 pounds. Sitting, standing and/or walking up to 8 hours per day. Work schedule is standard for this type of role. This position will require some travel.
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Top Skills
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
