Production Manager

About the role

Monitors the safety/environmental practices of the workplace to provide a safe work environment for all employees.

Manages relationships with quality, planning, warehouse, engineering, and maintenance to ensure timely satisfaction of customer requirements, projects (including new equipment installations or upgrades to existing equipment), reduce costs and seamless transition across material/product flow process.

Implements production of all products, integrating engineering projects into the regular operating process.

Works with the Controller to develop operating budgets.

Maintains production reports to ensure achievement of financial, safety, quality, and on-time delivery goals.

Reviews and analyzes reports to determine causes of non-conformity and develops procedures to improve.

Revise production schedules and priorities to accommodate unforeseen events relating to raw materials, equipment, sales demand, personnel, weather, etc.

Change agent for technological advances; identifies opportunities for site improvements.

Implements CI process programs and projects.

Maintains staffing levels, skill levels and training requirements for department personnel.

Trains and develops department personnel.

Responsibilities

• Monitors the safety/environmental practices of the workplace to provide a safe work environment for all employees.
• Manages relationships with quality, planning, warehouse, engineering, and maintenance to ensure timely satisfaction of customer requirements, projects (including new equipment installations or upgrades to existing equipment), reduce costs and seamless transition across material/product flow process.
• Implements production of all products, integrating engineering projects into the regular operating process.
• Works with the Controller to develop operating budgets.
• Maintains production reports to ensure achievement of financial, safety, quality, and on-time delivery goals.
• Reviews and analyzes reports to determine causes of non-conformity and develops procedures to improve.
• Revise production schedules and priorities to accommodate unforeseen events relating to raw materials, equipment, sales demand, personnel, weather, etc.
• Change agent for technological advances; identifies opportunities for site improvements.
• Implements CI process programs and projects.
• Maintains staffing levels, skill levels and training requirements for department personnel.
• Trains and develops department personnel.

Requirements

• Understanding of SPC and lean manufacturing principles
• Team problem solving; facilitation.
• Computer literate: Excel, MS Office required.
• Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicate orally and in writing; ability to present information one on one and in group settings, at all levels of the organization, under all circumstances; diplomatic.
• Detail oriented, organized, self-starter, flexible, and change agent.
• Must be able to work concurrently on multiple priorities and projects.
• Up to 10% travel required.

Skills

• Team problem solving; facilitation.
• Computer literate: Excel, MS Office required.
• Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicate orally and in writing; ability to present information one on one and in group settings, at all levels of the organization, under all circumstances; diplomatic.
• Detail oriented, organized, self-starter, flexible, and change agent.
• Must be able to work concurrently on multiple priorities and projects.
• Up to 10% travel required.

Benefits

Office work area is a climate-controlled environment. Requires time in the manufacturing area (

Audiovisual capabilities of speech, vision and hearing required, including peripheral vision and color discrimination capabilities.

Lift light weight material with physical effort equivalent to lifting/moving materials up to 25 pounds.

Sitting, standing and/or walking up to 8 hours per day.

Work schedule is standard for this type of role.

This position will require some travel.