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To use your unique talents, experience, skills, education and enthusiasm to complete the Operations team and to recognize that your contribution is essential to the vision of Ring Container Technologies.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Responsible for the overall safety of all employees and visitors while they are on company property.

• Oversee the plant safety program and ensure its effectiveness.
• Review safety meeting minutes and address safety hazards immediately.
• Designate or act as a safety director whose responsibility is the continuous monitoring of the safety program and the coordination of safety awareness and training.
• Review suggestion box regularly.
• Maintain sufficient safety records in accordance with OSHA.

Responsible for continuing/implementing the Ring Family Culture in the facility.

• Employees are the first priority, production is secondary.
• Coach and instruct supervisors is the proper methods of caring for their employees demonstrating the methods by example.
• Welcome employees to the plant every day inquiring about their personal lives and showing that Ring cares about our employees.
• Hold pre-shift meetings to explain the day\'s needs and concerns and emphasize the importance of safety, not only for the individual but for everyone in the plant.
• Manage by walking around during the shift initiating conversations with questions regarding the well-being of the employee.
• Catch someone doing something well and praise. Recognize their efforts.
• Understand that all employees are people and all of us have challenges. Search for the reason behind the issue, actively listen and resolve to the benefit of all.

Responsible for leading and supporting employee engagement initiatives.

• Conduct focused walks semi-weekly through the plant to engage with the employees.
• Utilizing active listening skills, ask probing questions that encourage employee input on issues or opportunities related to safety, quality, performance, goals, scheduling, teamwork, etc.,
• Note opportunities for improvement and potential solutions based on employee input.
• Develop strategies for employee led teams to implement or \'try\'
• Provide ongoing feedback to employee led teams and support efforts that lead to improved results, even during times of initial failure.
• Celebrate wins and recognize employees participating on successful teams.

Make provisions to ensure food safety, food defense, and quality practices are adopted and maintained in the facility in compliance with federal, state, and local government regulatory food safety requirements and Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) or British Retail Consortium (BRC) standards.

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining \"showroom condition\" housekeeping standards in and around the facility at all times.
• Ensure that adequate resources and budget are available to achieve food safety, food defense, and quality objectives.
• Drive a culture which supports the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of food safety, food defense, and quality systems; ensure the entire management team drives these programs.

Responsible for establishing an effective quality program that ensures all products meet or exceed customer expectations.

• Promote and utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC) as a means for quality awareness and improvement.
• Respond to all customer complaints in a timely and effective manner.
• Utilize the complaint system to document and notify.
• Utilize appropriate problem solving techniques to resolve pending or reoccurring complaints.
• Pro ide appropriate customer service consistent with Ring Container Technologies standards by utilizing Customer-Base Improvement Team (CBIT) meetings to improve communication and build a successful customer/supplier partnership.
• Ensure Commission, Qualification and Verification (CQV) protocol is followed for every new or modified mold, equipment or process change in the plant.

Responsible for the development and training of all employees.

• Provide or make available the necessary training required for all employees to understand and perform their related jobs.
• Provide feedback to all employees as it relates to their job performance in the form of regular evaluations.
• Create an environment that provides an opportunity for employee advancement.
• Establish aggressive, attainable goals for the employees to reach.

Responsible for the overall appearance, performance and maintenance of all equipment in the facility.

Utilize Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to maintain equipment standards.

Monitor Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to evaluate the effectiveness of the maintenance program. Coordinate problem solving activities to raise performance.

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