Production Manager

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Overview : About Berry

About Berry

Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of 40,000+ employees across more than 250 global locations, we develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy.

At Berry Global, we believe in the extraordinary power of people and their unique talents, experiences, and perspectives that help shape a shared future of innovation, inspiration, and influence.

Every employee at Berry Global has the opportunity to make their mark on our company and the world around us. Together, we champion a people-first culture that cultivates individual growth, diversity, and collaboration, unleashing our collective strengths to forge a path to greater success for our company, people, and planet.

Are you ready to Make Your Mark at Berry? For more information, visit our website, or connect with us on LinkedIn or X.

Responsibilities :

The Production Manager is accountable for production quality, correct process, safety, daily preventive maintenance by machines, cost control, efficiency, scheduling, and training for all PA levels to assure constant improvement and development.

Works collaboratively with the Process Engineer to ensure that PA employees are properly trained in specific machine operations.

• Areas of Responsibility
• Managing People
• Provides direction and gains compliance
• Takes responsibility for subordinates’ activities
• Makes self available to subordinates
• Provides regular performance feedback
• Develops subordinates skills and encourages growth
• Production Management
• Determines workflows and staffing requirements
• Ensures equipment capability meets demand
• Coordinates flow of materials
• Adjusts scheduling to maintain efficiency
• Meets production and delivery schedules
• Resource Management
• Manages time effectively
• Strives to contain costs and reduce waste
• Finds ways to conserve resources
• Overcomes resource constraints
• Production Control
• Oversees hiring and training of production associates
• Manages daily production reporting for accuracy
• Controls spending to budgeted levels
• Audits QA, GMP, Scrap, HFI, and production methods
• Verifies cycle times, process sheets, and downtime logs
• Team Leadership
• Fosters team cooperation
• Defines team roles and responsibilities
• Supports group problem solving
• Ensures progress towards goals
• Acknowledges team accomplishments
• Engages in CIP Process
• Works to identify / develop CIP projects based on key business needs
• Understands / acts on Metrics, measures gap and structures effective corrective actions
• Trained in and uses effectively the tools of CIP

Qualifications :

Position Requirements

• Must know and follow all GMP / ASI / IMS / ISO / SQF procedures.
• Must be able to work safely and follow safety rules and JSA procedures.
• Must be able to identify and report violations and unsafe conditions to appropriate personnel.
• Must be able to wear protective clothing such as hair net, uniform, steel toe shoes, gloves, and earplugs.
• Must be able to effectively respond in emergency situations such as fires and accidents.
• Must be able to follow all department procedures and directives.
• All of the above are essential job functions.

Organization Relationship

Reports directly to Plant Manager

Qualification Requirements

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Operations management, engineering or related field preferred.
• Experience : Minimum of 5 years experience, which includes plant supervision, quality control, maintenance, and production management.
• Special Skills / Traits / Characteristics for a successful candidate to possess :
• Team player with demonstrated team building skills
• Experience in Nissei / Aoki / Sidel / Husky operations with technical processing skills.
• Good computer skills and administration skills.

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