Finishing Team Manager

Company Description

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & Wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and Paid holidays

Job Description

Avery Dennison is seeking a Finishing Team Manager to join the Fairport Harbor Operations Team in Painesville, Ohio. The successful candidate will be an energetic leader with the ability to continuously train, develop, empower, and coach team members. The Finishing Team Manager will provide front-line leadership and direction for all Safety, Quality, Service, Productivity, Cost Reduction, and People objectives and goals within an assigned area of the facility while meeting internal and external customer needs. As part of our team, this individual will operate under general guidance from Plant Leadership to ensure execution of daily operational efficiencies, implementation of key business objectives, and leadership of key people initiatives. The Finishing Team Manager will report into the Finishing/Shipping Business Unit Manager.

This role is on a 12-hour schedule working 7:00PM to 7:00AM on a 2-2-3 schedule (2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days, etc). Internally, this is the C12 shift.

In your role as Finishing Team Manager, delivering on these responsibilities is critical to success:

• Perform general management duties, exercising usual authority concerning staff, performance appraisals, promotions and terminations.
• Responsible for training and development of staff, estimating resource/labor needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.
• Maintain all timekeeping, overtime and vacation records and schedules.
• Act as a team role model and change-agent.
• Positively lead and influence team members to partner together to achieve individual and business goals.
• Model and promote the Corporation’s Code of Business Ethics and Values
• Regard safety as a core value: Lead the efforts to build a safety conscious environment; be actively involved and take a leadership role in safety initiatives.
• Lead 5S activities, housekeeping, and recycling programs.
• Responsible for key operational measures within business unit (service, quality, productivity, cost, safety); able to measure performance of team against performance targets and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with other functional areas to resolve problems and develop improved manufacturing processes.
• Lead initiatives to identify and reduce manufacturing waste and process complexity.

Qualifications

Avery Dennison has a long history of being a market leader. Your history is important to us. It should include the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial engineering preferred.
• 2+ years leadership and/ or engineering experience in a manufacturing setting with demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop a diverse team of individuals performing a variety of tasks required.
• Ability to flex work schedule to interface operational and business needs.
• Strong customer focus, communication, planning and coordination skills.
• Ability to think ahead, anticipate problems, make decisions and take appropriate action.
• Skilled in designing and implementing operational improvement strategies for safety, cost, quality, training, inventory and services.
• Skilled in analyzing and drawing information for daily operational needs and improvement for the team.
• Familiarity with ELS Operating Principles strongly preferred.
• Strong project management skills with a proven ability to lead multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment
• Ability to work with others in a team