Plant Area Manager

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. We're looking for a dynamic Multi‐Site Plant Manager to lead our Reading, PA and Modena, PA paper mill facilities—part of our Protective Packaging division. This leader will own plant operations, driving performance across safety, quality, production, logistics, and team development while fostering a culture of innovation, change readiness, and continuous improvement. A strong mechanical background is highly valued to support technical decision‐making and equipment optimization.

Lead Operations: Oversee daily plant activities with a focus on safety, quality, efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Implement strategies to increase output, reduce costs, and optimize plant resources.

Build, lead, and develop high‐performing teams across production, maintenance, and support functions.

Champion Change: Lead change management initiatives that improve agility, employee engagement, and operational success.

Promote Safety & Sustainability: Foster a zero‐harm culture while delivering eco‐conscious, high‐quality products.

Align plant goals with corporate initiatives across supply chain, finance, and sales.

Advance Continuous Improvement: Lead Lean initiatives and process improvements to boost productivity and performance.

You're a results‐driven, people‐centric leader who thrives in fast‐paced manufacturing environments. 5+ years of manufacturing/operational leadership experience

• Strong mechanical aptitude and hands‐on understanding of industrial equipment and systems
• Proven track record in leading organizational change and continuous improvement initiatives
• Expertise in safety, quality, operations, and financial oversight
• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher preferred)
• Relocation: Yes

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

*Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air's global resources and expertise.

Customer Success -meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it's more than a goal, it's an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values.

Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.

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