Senior Operations Manager

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2023, Sealed Air generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and had approximately 17,000 employees operating out of 46 countries/territories and distributing products in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Description

•    Direct management and overall team leadership of an Operations group in a Performance Management System (PMS) setting.  
•    Responsible for a zero harm culture and processes, tools and behaviors that drive to zero accidents.
•    Effectively leads associates, GPLs, TPLs and other people leaders in the relevant areas directly or through influence. 
•    Supports career development plans and performs team performance evaluations.
•    Ensures proper staffing and training for each manufacturing team to meet compliance requirements and customer demand efficiently.
•    Drives OPEX, FPMP goals and other KPIs with a high level of team member involvement and engagement.
•    Accountable for ensuring system data integrity for manufacturing data elements (BOM, Routing, ACQ, Lead Times).
•    Provides guidance in the analysis and scheduling of work and deployment of resources.  
•    Collect and analyze data to report on plant effectiveness. 
•    Handles expenses to meet budgets and financial objectives and proactively seeks opportunities to drive improvement of the operating results.
•    Increase revenue by meeting customer demands with zero issues. 
•    Oversees and ensures standards for product quality, equipment and operator performance are maintained and equipment and technology are utilized in the most cost-efficient manner.  
•    Promotes safety, quality, scrap reduction and production efficiency initiatives throughout production process.  
•    Promotes employee adherence to standard operating procedures through the process of both accountability and recognition.
•    Troubleshoots complex production and quality problems.  
•    Collaborates and coordinates activities with engineering, plant management, quality and other plant colleagues to address production problems and ensure materials meet quality standards.  
•    Promotes root cause analysis.
•    Leads the development of department budget plans and continuous review of performance vs the key process indicators (KPIs).  
•    Communicates KPI targets and results on a routine basis.  
•    Maintain and document clear and detailed records/approvals of all employee work times, showing clear and consistent adherence to company policies. 
•    Develops and leads the implementation of operational initiatives in support of PMS (e.g., department utilization improvement, process capability enhancement, customer satisfaction, employee involvement).
•    Leadership development through talent review, experiential opportunities and talent programs. 

Qualifications

Education:
•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline is required. 
•    Advanced degree such as an MBA is a plus.

Experience:
•    5+ years of progression in manufacturing leadership positions of growing responsibility, with a preference for experience in Packaging solutions manufacturing settings requiring high reliance on effective equipment maintenance and supply response planning.
•    3+ years of experience in ISO or cGMP-regulated manufacturing environment.
•    Multi-shift management experience preferred.
•    Solid ERP system knowledge and an understanding of cost accounting/standard manufacturing financials.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
•    Must demonstrate strong leadership abilities with capability to use diverse resources, respond quickly, understand impact of changes and decisions, facilitate agreement, build collaborative relationships and understand customer needs