Production Manager

Job description

As the world leader in metal packaging technology, Crown Holdings Inc. designs and manufactures a wide range of innovative and sustainable metal packaging solutions.

We are looking to recruit the Production Manager , reporting to the Plant Manager and based in Parma in the production plant for aluminium beverage cans. The plant works on 24/7 shift patterns. 

Main responsibilities:

• Ensuring the effective and efficient running of the production by providing organizational and technical support to the plant
• Being responsible for the management and development of the production team's activities and shopfloor employees
• Ensuring that production targets and KPIs are being met and monitoring the performance, providing various reports
• Improving the Plant’s production performance with a particular focus on safety, product quality, line efficiency spoilage, raw material usages
• Ensuring effective communication at all levels, providing up-to-date information and feedback to all relevant parties
• Maintaining and enhancing the integrated production leading teams working on shifts
• Organizing the scheduling hours in order to fulfil the production needs
• Setting high standards that will drive the “Focus on Excellence” culture across the Plant and promoting the Company’s safety mind-set

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineer with at least 10 years’ experience in high-speed manufacturing environments and leading teams in production.

Key competencies:

• target oriented leader, with strong planning skills able to organize work environments and times, besides financial and human resources.
• excellent interpersonal and communicative skills at all levels
• flexibility, accuracy, strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, hands-on approach

Additionally, the successful candidate has excellent verbal and writing skills in Italian and English, as well as a thorough knowledge of standards (ISO, BRC), a good understanding of Statistical Process Control Methodology; Lean Six-Sigma certification will be a plus.