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Feel the Difference. Make a difference at Golden West!

Are you energized by leading high-performing teams, driving operational excellence, and delivering outstanding customer results? Are you passionate about building a best-in-class manufacturing facility? If so, we want to meet you!

At Golden West Packaging Group, our Plant Managers are hands-on, results-driven leaders dedicated to continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational success.

Whether you’re a Plant Superintendent, Production, Operations, or Maintenance Manager with corrugator/sheetfeeder experience looking for the next step — or an experienced Plant Manager ready for a path toward General Management — this is an exceptional opportunity to grow your career!

Who is Golden West Packaging Group?

Golden West Packaging Group is a leading West Coast, mill-independent specialty packaging and printing business. We deliver innovative, sustainable packaging solutions that help our customers’ products reach consumers — at home, at work, at play, and everywhere in between.

With thirteen manufacturing facilities across California and Washington, our capabilities span structural and graphic design, value-added converting, flexographic printing, and lithographic lamination. Our solutions serve well-known brands in agriculture, food service, medical devices, food products, wineries, tech, pharma, cosmetics, and more.

The Role You’ll Play:

As Plant Manager at our Stockton facility, you will be responsible for the full spectrum of site operations. This is a visible leadership role with the opportunity to make an immediate and lasting impact on plant culture, operational excellence, and growth. You will lead plant performance across corrugated manufacturing, safety, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and financial results. As a critical site leader, you’ll collaborate with sales, engineering, supply chain, and corporate teams to deliver strategic goals and drive continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do:

Operations Leadership:

• Oversee all aspects of manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, throughput, quality, cost control, and maintenance excellence.
• Champion a culture of safety, ensuring compliance with all environmental, health, and safety regulations and policies.
• Drive operational performance by meeting or exceeding key production metrics.
• Manage plant profit and loss, control costs, and drive operational efficiencies.

Sales & Customer Engagement:

• Support local sales initiatives in partnership with the Sales Manager, ensuring production capabilities meet customer demands.
• Maintain strong relationships with key customers and ensure superior service levels.

People & Culture:

• Lead, develop, and engage plant employees across all departments.
• Foster a positive and inclusive work environment focused on teamwork, accountability, and continuous development.
• Maintain strong labor relations and partner with HR on workforce strategies, including recruiting, hiring, training, and performance management.

Strategic and Financial Management:

• Lead business, marketing, and capital planning processes for the facility.
• Prepare and manage plant budgets and financial reporting with a focus on cost savings and operational excellence.
• Drive strategic initiatives to enhance productivity, sustainability, and profitability.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's degree (Business, Engineering, or related field preferred) or equivalent operational leadership experience.
• 7–10 years of manufacturing experience; packaging or corrugated industry experience highly desired (specific Corrugator/Sheetfeeder exp highly desired).
• Demonstrated leadership experience in managing plant operations, P&L accountability, and cross-functional team leadership.
• Strong business acumen and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead through influence, build effective teams, and develop future leaders.
• Commitment to safety, quality, employee engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Customer-first mindset with a drive to deliver value and operational excellence.

What You’ll Get

• A friendly, team-based, supportive work environment
• Competitive total compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and 401K plan with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance coverage with full services, including dietary and nutritional services, retirement planning, and support services
• Paid holidays and Paid vacation time off
• Professional development and career growth opportunities

At Golden West, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We believe in investing in our people, celebrating individual talents, and building a future focused on sustainability, excellence, and growth. Come grow your career with us!

Compensation:

The expected base salary range is $150,000–$160,000+ per year (plus bonus opportunity), depending on skills, experience, and education. Candidates with extensive corrugated operations leadership experience outside this range are encouraged to apply.

Final compensation will reflect internal equity considerations and allow for future salary growth.

External Recruitment Agencies:

To protect the interests of all parties, GWPG will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to GWPG, including unsolicited resumes sent directly to GWPG leaders/managers/coworkers or to GWPG's database will be considered GWPG property. GWPG will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Inquiries from external recruitment agencies should be directed ONLY to our talent acquisition team.

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