The Opportunity

The Printing Manager provides oversight and leadership in the assigned departments, ensures the timely production of quality products that meets or exceeds customer expectations, and proactively manages departmental metrics that impact cost (downtime, make-readies, run speed and waste). The manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with all company policies and procedures, fostering a team atmosphere, provide vision, and demonstrating support of the company’s Path to One. The manager is ultimately responsible for day-to-day management of assigned departments, through the management of supervisory staff, including achieving production goals, managing performance of direct reports, making sound operational decisions, solving problems, and managing conflict.

How you will impact Smurfirt Westrock:

• Analyzes work orders, work piece, to determine process, materials / substrates, machines, and sequence of operation.

• Assign tasks to workers and specifies methods of coordinating workflow to meet production schedules.

• Assures certain stock has arrived and is available and staged in accordance with workflow schedule.

• Confers with scheduling daily to determine workload and production performance expectation.

• Inspects finished pieces visually and using precision measuring devices.

• Works with Quality Control to monitor output. Takes part in assessing / grading each project for standard deviations and imperfections.

• Maintains time and production records.

• Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.

• Ensures compliance to all company policies and procedures

• Actively engaging and participating in company Operational Excellence training, projects and audits.

• Establish and maintain preventive maintenance plan for department equipment

• Investigates malfunction of machines and equipment; determines need for repair and maintenance.

• Ensures employees are following safety regulations.

• Keeps abreast of new products and developments within the department.

• Ensures staffing is appropriate to meet workload requirements and productivity standards.

• Manages performance by setting goals and consistently holding employees accountable for meeting performance standards through coaching, counseling, and timely review process.

• Performs other job duties as assigned.

What you need to succeed:

• Must have high school diploma or general education degree (G.E.D.); Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university preferred.

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of folding carton converting experience.

• Must have minimum 5 years’ supervisory experience.

• Must have demonstrated ability to do the jobs he/she is supervising or to quickly gain a working knowledge of those jobs.

• Must have the ability to foster teamwork and motivate individual performers.

• Must be able to relate effectively with others at all levels of the organization

• Must have knowledge of, or be able to learn quickly, safety rules and procedures, operating, maintenance, and technical policies and procedures.

• Must be efficient in basic computer skills.

• Must have effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Must be able to work well in a team environment and independently.

• Ability to foster teamwork and motivate individual performance.

• Must have the ability to champion and lead change within the department and facility wide

• Must have strong technical knowledge of converting and finishing operations.

• Must have good mechanical aptitude.

• Must have the ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or scheduled form.

• Must have the ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

• Must be able to perform all essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.

What we offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.

• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.

• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.

• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

WestRock (NYSE:WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock's team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.

WestRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. WestRock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.