Manager, Production

Position Overview

Production Manager supervises the production and manufacturing of Company products, satisfying all reliability and quality standards mandated by customers and government specifications in the most cost effective and economical manner possible. Maintain inventory control levels to meet production requirements. Develop and follow action plans. Disseminate key values to subordinate personnel.

Areas of Focus

• Maintains inventory control levels to meet production requirements.
• Develops and follows action plans.
• Disseminates key values to subordinate personnel.
• Makes sure assigned operations are running smoothly, both on their own and through subordinate supervisors.
• Instructs and trains Production Supervisors to perform work assignments efficiently and effectively to meet labor and material standards.
• Provides instructions, guidance, and direction to Production Supervisors having assembly difficulties and procedural problems.
• Works closely with engineering, environmental, health, and safety, and quality control at plant.
• Schedules work and equipment changes.
• Requisitions personnel to meet established production goals and, where applicable, interviews and selects qualified employees.
• Administers and appraises general administrative and technical programs such as cost reduction, methods of communications, safety and housekeeping, and employee training.
• Ensures compliance with safety and health regulations.
• Interprets, initiates action on reports, and prepares required reports.
• Conducts meetings and is responsible for communication policies and regulations to subordinate personnel.
• Captures and coordinates relations between production and maintenance employees through department heads.
• Participates in contract negotiations and exercises proper degree of administrative authority in relation to personnel act.
• Directs and supervises Production Supervisors assigned to that department.
• Indirectly supervises Production Workers assigned to that department.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.

Accountability

• Scheduling work and equipment changes.
• Actions taken on safety and quality.
• Temporary movement of personnel to meet production requirements.
• Execution of schedule.
• Setting goals and priorities to meet schedules.
• Overtime scheduling.
• Approval of overtime.
• Modifications that would alter product.
• Suspensions/terminations of subordinate personnel.
• Pro-layout of production area.
• Procedural/policy changes.
• Major spending amounts.
• Engineering changes to prints.
• Larger changes to processes.
• Larger schedule changes.
• Basic spending amounts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 10 years production experience.
• Broad knowledge of management techniques involving manufacturing, inventory control, quality/continuous improvement.
• Production planning, safety, business planning, cost control, and administrative skills required.
• Continuous improvement/lean/Six sigma proficient.
• Computer literacy.
• Training in supervision.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with union-represented maintenance and production personnel preferred.