Job Details

Plant Manager

Greif is a global leader in performance packaging located in 40 countries. The company delivers trusted, innovative, and tailored solutions that support some of the world's most in demand and fastest-growing industries.

With a commitment to legendary customer service, operational excellence, and global sustainability, Greif packages life's essentials - and creates lasting value for its colleagues, customers, and other stakeholders.

Our Vision:

Being the customer service company in the world.

Our Purpose:

Creating packaging solutions for life's essentials.

Job Summary: Manages the activities of teams associated with manufacturing, engineering, and production in a single plant including: Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Production Operations, Manufacturing Repair & Maintenance Operations, Manufacturing Production Planning & Control, Quality, Environmental Health & Safety. Manages multiple teams. Responsibilities typically include ownership of short to mid-term execution of functional strategy and operational management. Typically possesses a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 10 or more years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities - This role is located in Texas:

• Continuously improves the plant's performance by implementing lean manufacturing concepts, techniques, and processes.
• Effectively implements new performance management systems, production plans, and performance criteria; confirms production progress; responds to delays; takes corrective actions; records KPI performance.
• Creates and implements improvement plans for the overall operation.
• Ensures team understands roles and responsibilities as it relates to the team, Greif, and applicable union work rules and agreements.
• Collaborates effectively within a unionized workforce, ensuring adherence to collective bargaining agreements while maintaining a positive labormanagement relationship.
• Supports grievance resolution processes and partners with HR and union leadership to maintain productive communication channels.
• Manages and maintains safety observances, ensuring guards and safety features are working, and promoting good daily safety practices and habits.
• Communicates goals and objectives, applies company policy in accordance with union requirements, staffs, trains, coaches, recommends salary increases, administers discipline, and ensures positive colleague relations.
• Forecasts future production and facility needs and participates in the establishment of strategic business and project goals.
• Contributes to annual budget preparation. Controls expenditures in accordance with budget.
• Maintains close connection and collaboration with other departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Typically possesses a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 10 or more years of relevant experience, including demonstrated experience leading operations in a unionized manufacturing environment.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of plant operations, including those within unionized settings and understanding of collective bargaining agreements.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Strong ability in problem-solving and multi-tasking.
• Computer skills.
• Solid interpersonal skills, including ability to build relationships with union representatives.
• Organizational skills.

At Greif, we believe that our colleagues are the center of our success. Our Total Rewards have a comprehensive focus on well-being and offer a competitive package that enables you to thrive, be engaged, and reach your full potential.

Compensation Range: The pay range for this position is $98,100.00 - $167,000.00. Typically, a competitive wage for new hires will fall between $110,000.00 to $120,000.00. Offers for this position may vary based on market data and other factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. The position may also be eligible for a short-term incentive.

Greif offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, paid time off, and other competitive benefits which are available for eligible colleagues effective day one.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.