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. 

The successful candidate, with direction from the Plant Manager, is accountable for safety, quality, productivity, material handling, cost performance, and employee relations for assigned shift and department. 

What you'll be doing:

• Ensure the 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 of approximately 60 team members.  Schedule shift employees.  Crew machines to cover vacations, absence, and overtime.
• Ensure all production documentation is filled out correctly and in a timely basis.
• Meet or exceed productivity, cost or other performance metric expectations for assigned shift.  Implement and maintain best manufacturing practices.
• Train, direct and mentor shift employees with diverse language, cultural and educational background.
• Execute production schedule 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 department manager.
• Prepare required shift documentation: production reports, quality reports, employee time off requests, etc.

Key Competencies:

• Safety Minded – Demonstrates high regard for employee safety
  • Actively engages all subordinate’s safety activities and expectations.
• Communication – Demonstrates the ability to give and gather information and actively manage the communication process by asking questions
  • Conveys complex information in plain language
  • Listens and considers the views of others
  • States own views clearly and concisely
  • Address conflict in a professional and productive manner, deescalates effectively.
• Time Management – Demonstrates the ability to make the most effective use of one's own time and that of others
  • Gets the job done without procrastination or delay.
• Action Oriented – Maintains a sense of urgency to complete a task
  • Seeks information rather than waiting for it.
• Forward Thinking – Demonstrates the ability to anticipate the implications and consequences of a situation and takes appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
• Detail Oriented –Monitors and checks work or information and plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.

This position is located in Jefferson, TX.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Effective communication
• Detail oriented with strong analytical skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Work shift 2pm - 10pm

Compensation: 

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

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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.