From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

With direction from the production manager, the position is accountable for safety, quality, productivity, material handling, cost performance, and employee relations for assigned shift and department.  Job requires efficient use of resources (labor, materials, and equipment) to manufacture quality products at lowest possible cost.  Supervise and coordinate the activities of hourly employees on assigned shift.  Position is responsible for implementing and maintaining best manufacturing practices and regulatory compliance for assigned shift.

What you will be doing:

• Ensure safety of all employees; lead safety teams and programs on assigned shift to prevent injuries.  Comply with all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations (EPA, OSHA, etc.)

• Supervise all production activities for assigned shift.  Schedule shift employees.  Crew machines to cover vacations, absence, and overtime.
• Meet or exceed productivity, cost, or other performance metric expectations for assigned shift.  Implement and maintain best manufacturing practices.
• Hire, train, direct and mentor shift employees with diverse language, cultural and educational background. 
• Direct shift in continuous improvement initiatives, such as 5S with safety, 6 Sigma, Kaizen events, and lean manufacturing.
• Coordinate production scheduling on shift to meet customer demands, to manage overtime, to minimize inventory, and to reduce costs.
• Support quality initiatives to ensure product meets or exceeds customer expectations.  Ensure employees complete required quality checks and audits.
• Build and maintain productive employee relationships, driving employee satisfaction.  Provide direction, training, and development as needed.  Provide coaching, counseling, or discipline as needed.  Recommend disciplinary action to production manager.
• Build and maintain productive employee relationships, driving employee satisfaction.  Work with HR to coordinate labor relations and contract negotiations, as applicable for the plant.
• Identify, propose, and implement capital projects to improve operational performance.
• Prepare or approved required shift documentation: production reports, time cards, etc.

This position is located onsite in West Chicago, IL closer to St. Charles, IL.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science and engineering – strongly preferred
• 2+ years of Supervisory Experience
• Can work the hours for 2nd shift 2:15 pm -11:00 pm

Compensation: 

The annual base salary range for this role is from $93,600 to $105,300, plus quarterly target bonus of 12.5%. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.