Production Shift Manager - AJM Packaging Corporation

AJM is a leading manufacturer of high quality branded and private label paper products. Learn more about us at AJMPACK.COM

Shift Manager

AJM Packaging Corporation

Joplin, MO

Position Overview –

AJM Packaging Corporation, one of America’s leading manufacturers of paper products, including paper plates, cups, bowls and bags, is seeking a results oriented Production Shift Manager to join our team! Professionals with strong communication and leadership experience will thrive in this fast-paced leadership role overseeing all aspects of the manufacturing process for one of Michigan’s leading non-automotive manufacturing growth companies.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe working environment for all employees. Ensuring that all elements of safe manufacturing processes followed, including but not limited to PPE, GMP, LOTO, HACCP, and SQF requirements.
• Continually review product quality levels and ensure excellence in quality that meets Corporate, Plant, and SQF standards.
• Oversee and manage all elements of the production of goods. Coordinate and manage the production staff in such a manner as to ensure that all company objectives and production schedules met, while managing the best total cost.
• Provide overall supervision of the entire production staff including but not limited to interviewing and selecting job candidates, providing instruction, training employees, designating work assignments, reviewing work, establishing deadlines, conducting performance appraisals, and addressing and resolving issues.
• Active communication and willingness to reward and recognize strong performance.
• Accurately complete, process and file all daily logs, quality records and any other related production paperwork.
• Review and monitor scrap levels and assume overall accountability for scrap.
• Review production operation and processes and identify areas for improvement. Be able to offer recommendations for improvement with the use of strong problem solving methods to implement changes.
• Monitor for the proper functioning of machinery and correct and/or provide notice of an issue.
• Participate in the tracking of inventory levels. Make procurement requests for any needed production materials, supplies or equipment.
• Provide oversight and training of production staff and coordinate transition period between the different shifts to ensure expectations and goals are understood and met. Ensure manpower requirements are adequate to meet these expectations and goals.

Qualifications

• 3 + years of high-volume production management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or advanced education is preferred but not required
• Strong communication and problem solving skills, as well as a commitment to positive employee relations
• Experience working in the paper, printing, or the consumer product industry is very beneficial
• Bilingual (Spanish) is a plus

Benefits  –

At AJM, our comprehensive “Cafeteria Benefits Plan” and “Flexible Spending Arrangement” (FSA), truly set us apart from the competition.  Under the cafeteria plan you’ll receive a package of company paid medical, dental, optical, life and disability insurance coverage and be able to adjust the proportions spent on each coverage/benefit to suit your personal requirements and preferences.  You can even redirect a portion of the total spend to pay for homeowners, car and pet insurance premiums purchased at group rates.  Lastly, under the Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA), you’ll be able to contribute a portion of your annual earnings on a pre-tax basis to pay for child and dependent care and medical, dental and optical insurance co-pays and deductibles.

Summary of Benefits –

• Medical Insurance (BCBS)
• Dental Insurance
• Optical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Agreement
• Health Savings Account
• Child & Dependent Care Savings Account
• 401 K Retirement Plan (with Safe Harbor Company Match)
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance/Wellness Program
• Paid Vacations
• Paid Holiday
• Paid Sick & Personal Time
• Professional Development Program (AJM University)

About Us –

AJM was founded as a manufacturer of paper and plastic products in 1957 by three (3) Detroit area brothers who eleven (11) years earlier began selling retail packaging, cleaning and office supplies and equipment and consumer disposables out of a small warehouse in Detroit’s Eastern Market.  Over many years, we gradually evolved from our broadline distributor beginnings into a major paper products manufacturer, today employing nearly 3,000 people and operating eight (8) manufacturing and five (5) warehouse/distribution facilities strategically located throughout the United States.   

We’re still family owned and operated, still manufacturing our products in the good old USA and still providing our customers with the same reliable service and quality products they’ve come to expect from AJM for nearly 65 years now.   It’s a simple formula, no doubt, but you can’t argue with success.   Today we’re the nation’s leading manufacturer of private label paper plates, cups and bowls, lunch bags and lawn and leaf bags.

Career Development –

At AJM, we realize we will only go as far as our employees can take us and, for that reason, we invest millions of dollars every year on both classroom and on-the-job training to develop our employees’ skills and promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement.  There are no barriers to impede your progress here and no ceilings to halt your advance.  You’ll control your own destiny, and we will help you reach your full potential with both in-house development programs and tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level college studies.  Join our team and see where your AJM journey takes you!

For More Information –

Visit our website at www.ajmpack.com or call (833) 562-7256

Equal Employment Opportunities –

AJM Packaging Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or other legally protected status.