Executive Director, Manufacturing Operations

SEE 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.

SEE strives 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. Our culture guides everything we do – how we partner with our customers and suppliers, attract and retain top talent, and create value for our stakeholders.

SEE generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and has approximately 17,000 employees. The company operates out of 46 countries/territories, and our products are distributed in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Description

Sealed Air is seeking a driven manufacturing professional to fulfill our current opening, Executive Director of Operations, located in the Lenoir, NC manufacturing facility reporting to the VP, APS, IFS, and Protective Supply Chain.  The qualified candidate will demonstrate top performance history in the following areas:  Lean Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Customer Service, Quality, Safety, Employee Relations, Service Delivery, and Procurement.  In addition to directly managing the Lenoir, NC manufacturing facility directly, this position will also have responsibility for the Supply Chain Manufacturing network including sites in Hudson, NC, Sycamore, IL and High Point, NC. The successful leader will promote a culture of continuous improvement, quality, Zero Harm, and world class manufacturing processes.  The position will establish robust process controls surrounding inventory, production goals, and customer delivery requirements; drive, oversee, and maintain the lean manufacturing environment.  Other responsibilities include maintaining communication and a close partnership with business leaders and other functions, a clear understanding of the corporate and competitive environment, the industry best practices, and the integration of these external factors into the site supply chain processes and deliverables.

Qualifications

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Directs all activities across the manufacturing plant network relating to manufacturing industrial packaging products in accordance with the business plan and the strategic goals of the Company.
• Order fulfillment, outbound logistics, distribution and export administration of finished goods.
• Strategic purchasing and tactical management of suppliers of materials, components, execution of procurement, inbound logistics and import processes.
• Management of monthly Sales & Operations Planning and tight collaboration with Supply Chain business leaders.

Long Description

• Preparation of Annual Operation Plan.
• Staff management, training, discipline, compliance to corporate policies & tools.
• Leadership or participation to global, regional, or local strategic or tactical supply chain improvement projects or Capex projects.
• Support R&D activities in Lenoir and across the network of sites.
• Accountable for Supply Chain performance metrics against Corporate goals and AOP:  Safety, sustainability, service, lead times, quality, costs, variances, suppliers’ ppm.
• Ownership for product inventory level and aged inventory.
• Accountable for the delivery of Supply Chain operation budget direct and indirect, freight costs inbound and outbound.
• Collaborates with senior management on strategic goals and sets short and long-term production and service goals for the Southeast network.
• Establishes annual budget and capital submittals (CAPEX) for all production and production support cost centers.

Long Description

• Directs and manages the overall production plan for the site collaborating with functional area managers on the determination of materials, space, equipment and personnel needs, the development and implementation of processes and procedures, assignment and execution of functional responsibilities, and determination of budget and cost constraints.
• Communicates the Company’s strategic goals and vision for the Southeast network.
• Evaluates performance against goals and adjusts allocations of resources (e.g. personnel, equipment, materials) as needed to optimize the operations of e