Shift Supervisor - Sonoco

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

While reporting to the Plant Superintendent as the Shift Supervisor, you will be responsible for the safety, quality, productivity, material handling, and cost performance of the Chillicothe plant.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Teach and lead the safety process and best manufacturing practices for assigned shift.
• Coordinate production scheduling on shift to meet customer demands, manage overtime, minimize inventory, and reduce costs.
• Direct shift in continuous improvement initiatives and work to meet performance metrics using tools such as SPS, 6 Sigma, Kaizen events and lean manufacturing.
• Build and maintain productive relationships that foster employee engagement and satisfaction.
• Provide direction, training, and development of hourly employees on assigned shift as well as counseling or discipline as needed.
• Identify, propose, and implement capital projects to improve operational performance

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You have supervisory experience in Manufacturing
• You have a passion for innovation
• You have experience and enjoy supporting an amazing team
• You are an individual looking to advance with a preferred bachelor’s degree or applicable experience.

This position is located in our Chillicothe, MO Facility and 100% onsite

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You have a bachelor’s degree in business, science and engineering - strongly preferred
• You have at least 2+ years of supervisory experience

Compensation: 

The annual base salary range for this role is from $80,550 to $96,660, plus quarterly target bonus of 7.5% of base salary.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.