Director, Operations

Job description

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: This position reports to the Vice President of Operations and exists for two reasons, 1) to manage a group of Silgan manufacturing facilities and insure each of the Plant Managers comply with the Silgan set of values as outlined in the Plant Managers’ job description, and 2) work with the commercial team to develop winning business strategies for both organic and new customer growth. LEADERSHIP: Effective leadership is a key requirement for this job. It must be consistently demonstrated across all functional areas. - Develop an operations environment and culture that maximize the contribution and results of all personnel through frequent plant visits, meetings, audits of personnel performance and results, feedback on expectations, and joint development of corrective action plans. - Meet frequently with Plant Management and gain an understanding (listen) of plant issues. - At least once per quarter have a formal (agenda) business review meeting with the Plant Management. - Manage efficiently and knowledgeably by walking around to observe and analyze the issues firsthand. - Ensure solutions are team based with complete acceptance by the Plant Management team. - E...