Production Manager

6 days ago

Iowa City, United States ALPLA Group Full time

ALPLA's Iowa City, Iowa manufacturing site is looking for a Production Manager. ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, LOréal, Pepsi, Henkel, Chobani and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.




What Can You Expect From ALPLA

  • Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
  • Child Care Benefits
  • Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
  • Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
  • 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
  • Medical, dental, vision plan
  • Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
  • Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
  • Paid vacation; paid holidays



What You Will Enjoy Doing



The Production Manager will work to ensure a smooth, safe, and efficient production operation. To maintain highest standards of safety, quality, knowhow, and productivity on the production floor.


  • Ensures and reinforces the exercise of the health and safety program
  • Oversees daily production
  • Supports engineers to ensure machines run efficiently
  • Ensures profits are maximized
  • Develops production schedule
  • Plans, directs and assigns duties of manufacturing personnel
  • Authorizes overtime, as necessary, to meet production goals
  • Analyzes and interprets data received on a daily basis and prepares management and financial reports
  • Analyzes data from various systems to detect and prevent production issue
  • Intervenes to the production floor when issues are detected in real-time
  • Prepares production figures for daily meetings
  • Compiles month-end reports
  • Troubleshoots & solves production problems
  • Manages production issues
  • In charge of issues that are being solved and tracked
  • Reports crucial process problems to the Plant Manager & Directors
  • Management of the Production Department
  • Organizes and conducts meetings with Supervisors on a regular basis
  • Recruits (with HR) new employees
  • Ensures efficient shift hand-over and feedback of past shift performance
  • Prepares shift schedules
  • Performs disciplinary actions
  • Oversees all production training
  • Provides continuous feedback culture with all production team members
  • Performs annual Performance Evaluation
  • Monthly meeting with OPEX team
  • Know how level/trainings
  • Overall understanding of various ALPLA IT/MES Systems
  • Assesses training needs of staff and ensures execution of training (Equipment, Product, Processes, and IT/MES Systems
  • Ensures all employees follow procedures
  • Revises existing and implements new procedures




What Makes You Great


Education/Experience:

  • Min 2-year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent, bachelor's degree preferred
  • Technical / Engineering background
  • 3 to 5 years' experience in a management position in production, preferably within plastics industry


Qualifications/Skills:

  • Thorough understanding of Health and Safety practices
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Technical understanding (Manufacturing and IT)
  • Strong knowledge sharing/training skills



ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.




  • Immigration sponsorship is not eligible for this role

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