Production Manager

About the role

Plans, directs, and coordinates all facility activities, leading teams to ensure efficient, safe, and profitable production while meeting quality, cost, and productivity targets, and driving continuous process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production operations, ensuring quality, efficiency, and safety across all shifts.
• Monitor production processes to maintain stability, minimize scrap, and ensure output meets specifications.
• Manage production staff, scheduling, and resource allocation to optimize productivity and control overtime.
• Drive and implement process and project-based initiatives to enhance floor efficiency.
• Standardize workflows and ensure procedures are up to date in the quality management system (EtQ).
• Oversee hiring, training, and performance reviews while ensuring strict adherence to safety protocols (PPE, LOTO).
• Monitor operational expenditures, capital expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities, and report on budget variances.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or 10 years of equivalent supervisory experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment including 3 years in a people leadership role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Google suite preferred.
• Previous Lean experience.
• SAP experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Change management experience.
• Inventory Management experience such as: Cycle Count, Material Movement Transactions and Delivery Routes.

About Us

Brady makes products that make the world a safer and more productive place. We are a global leader in safety, identification and compliance solutions for a diverse range of workplaces. From the depths of the ocean to outer space, from the factory floor to the delivery room - we're just about everywhere you look. Companies around the world trust Brady because of our deep expertise and knowledge across a wide range of industries and applications - powered by our world-class manufacturing capabilities. We have a diverse customer base in industries including electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical, construction, healthcare, aerospace and more.

As of July 31, 2025, Brady employed approximately 6,400 people in our worldwide businesses. Our fiscal 2025 sales were approximately $1.51 billion. Brady stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRC. You can learn more about us at www.bradycorp.com.

Benefits

• Comprehensive insurance coverage starting on your first day of employment, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Generous 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunity to participate in incentive programs for all full-time employees.
• Family planning benefits including paid parental leave, fertility coverage, adoption and surrogacy assistance.
• Education reimbursement opportunities.
• Scholarship program for children of Brady employees.
• A variety of Employee Resource Groups to provide unique networking, development, and volunteer opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program and related wellness programs (mental and behavioral health, family counseling, financial management).
• Dress-for-your-day dress code.
• Charitable contributions matched through Brady's Matching Gift program.