Management Trainee

About the Role

The Management Trainee is a training position designed for future development into roles within Akers Packaging Service Group. This role will involve spending no less than two years working in various functional areas of the business to gain industry experience and a global understanding of operations and best practices.

Rotational Areas

• Production
• Quality & Safety
• Shipping
• Design
• Customer Service
• Sales
• Accounting
• People

Key Responsibilities

• Willingness to work in all functional areas during the rotation.
• Collaborate with the President and functional leads to gain required knowledge.
• Follow expectations and responsibilities outlined by functional leads and training documents.
• Participate in industry training events and self-led courses.
• Gain a general understanding of machine types, limitations, procedures, and processes.
• Develop a clear understanding of 5-S.
• Communicate clearly across disciplines, including sales, shipping, design, production, quality & safety, accounting, and administration.
• Understand the sales pipeline, review cost estimating, and understand the pricing process.
• Gain a general understanding of the cash flow cycle, purchase order process, and invoicing.
• Understand the importance of accuracy, measures of effectiveness, workflow, and quality as it relates to customer service.
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours as business needs arise.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform any other task or duty deemed necessary by management.

Cultural Competencies & Values

• Help 1st: Be a reliable team member serving everyone, internally and externally. Demonstrate a “roll up your sleeves and get the job done” mentality.
• Take Ownership: Think and act like an owner, being a good steward of the organization and making recommendations for improvement.
• Do the Right Thing: Do what’s right regardless of popularity, maintaining high moral standards.
• Expect Excellence: Do it right the first time; expect excellence in all endeavors.

Demonstrated Behaviors

• Help 1st:
• Able communicator—good clarity, balanced talker, and listener.
• Has energy and enthusiasm.
• Solution vs. blame oriented.
• Take Ownership:
• Patient.
• Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations.
• Advocate for continuous improvement.
• Mixture of firmness and flexibility.
• Has energy and enthusiasm.
• Holds self and others accountable.
• Takes calculated risks.
• Do the Right Thing:
• Systematic trainer, willing and able to develop people.
• Good work ethic, task focused, and willing to extend extra effort.
• Able to follow structure where it exists and create structure where it does not.
• Expect Excellence:
• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered.
• Has a sense of urgency.
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion.

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Fast-paced environment, requiring adaptation to continuous changes in Company, Customer, and People needs.
• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arm’s length, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Ability to work around machinery, in loud environments, and non-climate-controlled areas.

Systems Usage

• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• ERP System Kiwi
• ADP Workforce Now

Qualifications

• Associate degree, bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work well in a team and independently.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to maintaining data security.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Proficiency in KIWI, HRMS, ADP, and other relevant software applications.
• A genuine, positive, and friendly disposition.