Plant Manager, Gaziantep

Plant Manager - Gaziantep Location

Sonoco manages 300 operations in 34 countries around the world and is a leading company in packaging and industrial products. We aim for operational excellence while providing sustainable and innovative packaging solutions to our customers. If you want to contribute to this goal, you can apply to work with us as a Plant Manager at the Sonoco Gaziantep location.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Plant Manager to prioritize the safety, well-being, and development of our Gaziantep Factory's operations. The primary focus of this role is to elevate product quality and performance, enhance customer satisfaction, and achieve sustainable growth through continuous improvement initiatives and technological investments.

If you are a dynamic and results-oriented professional looking to contribute to the success of our Gaziantep Factory, we invite you to apply for the Plant Manager position. Join our team and be a key player in driving operational excellence, ensuring safety, and achieving sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prioritize and ensure the safety of all employees while driving initiatives for the continuous improvement of work processes.

• Enhance product quality and performance through strategic planning and execution of core operations.

• Drive and support regional business initiatives to contribute to overall organizational success.

• Plan, organize, and manage all processes within the Gaziantep factory, providing regular updates to senior management.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement technological investments that contribute to increased profitability and sustainable growth.

Job Description:

• Maintain a clean and safe working environment and implement effective safety programs to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of all employees.

• Develop and manage plans and programs to meet production goals, aligning with department and corporate policies, approved marketing forecasts, quality requirements, and budget constraints.

• Analyze operational costs, investigate significant deviations, plan corrective actions, and inform management. Develop and implement actions to continuously reduce production costs per ton.

• Seek continuous production improvements and ensure a continuous program to control and reduce costs while increasing quality and operational efficiency.

• Create an environment that promotes continuous improvement, participation, teamwork, and a focus on both internal and external customer satisfaction. Constantly assess these areas by setting and communicating goals and expectations, providing training, resources, equipment, and incentives for management development.

• Control raw materials and maintain inventories at an economic level.

• Oversee all physical assets of the facility, including buildings, machinery, equipment, and grounds.

• Stay informed about developments in equipment, processes, and production techniques. Recommend improvements that will enhance quality, efficiency, and facility profitability.

• Ensure compliance with safety, health, environmental, and human resources laws and regulations in both Europe and Turkey.

• Contribute to healthy customer relationships through personal or staff visits to customer facilities.

• Protect and keep confidential all assets, restricted information, developments, specifications, materials, legal obligations, and other such data when in contact with competitors, suppliers, and others.

• Collaborate closely with and utilize resources from various departments such as ETG, Engineering, Recovered Paper, HR, Environment, Accounting, and Safety Coordination.

• Develop and implement Annual Safety Action Plans, Quality Action Plans, CPM improvement plans, and Cost Reduction Plans

General Qualifications:

• Proven experience in operations management, with a focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

• Strong leadership skills and the ability to support and implement regional business initiatives.

• Excellent organizational and planning abilities to oversee all processes within the factory.

• Commitment to maintaining a safe working environment for all employees, visitors, and the community.

• Adherence to company instructions, procedures, and system requirements related to safety, health, and environmental standards.

• Alignment with the Sonoco Quality System requirements, with a commitment to enhancing and continuously improving quality standards.

• Graduated from Engineering faculties of universities and completed a master's degree.

• Proficient in English.

• A minimum of 6-7 years of experience in operations.

• Result and customer-oriented, open to teamwork, and adaptable to change.

• A resident of Gaziantep or willing to live in Gaziantep.

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.