Production Manager

Responsibilities

• Plan short and long term objectives for manufacturing, ensuring the objectives are properly administered.
• Prepare and plan operational annual budgets for the department.
• Ensure compliance with TS16949 objectives.
• Prepare and administer capacity and labor planning annually.
• Cook up and coordinate Continuous Improvement teams to achieve department goals in productivity improvement, quality improvement, and safety goals.
• Cook up and coordinate corrective action planning to ensure root cause analysis and proper implementation.
• Direct departmental managers ensuring company objectives are attained.
• Prepare and administer onsite cost reduction efforts.
• Oversee and provide counseling on appropriate progressive discipline per company policy.
• Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and environmental goals meeting OSHA standards.
• Ensure departmental compliance to all company policies, procedures, plant rules, and safety rules.
• Initiate reporting systems to monitor departmental performance.
• Minimize overtime for all assigned employees.
• Maintain personnel headcount according to business plan.
• Plan and conduct continuous improvement training of Supervision and Technical personnel assigned.
• Conduct annual evaluations (MBO) of Management personnel.
• Comply with and promote safety in the workplace, to include attendance at safety meetings as well as conduct safety meetings when necessary.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• B degree in Business, Operations Management, or related field
• 8 or more years of related experience in a complex and diversified high volume manufacturing environment within the automotive industry
• 6 or more years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting