Production Manager

About the Role

The Production Manager is responsible for the management and performance of production operations. This role works closely with Technical Services, Materials Management, Sales Management, Local Inside Sales Team, and others to ensure product delivery and quality requirements are met.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership to production operations to build a high-performing culture and advance operations and strategic initiatives.
• Implements lean initiatives and quality processes for measurable improvement.
• Troubleshoots issues, identifies inefficiencies, and implements process improvements.
• Plans and executes facilities planning to maximize revenue per square foot.
• Ensures standards for product quality, equipment, and operator performance are maintained and that cost-effective technology is used to maximize production.
• Ensures fixed assets are preserved and provides recommendations on purchases of new equipment and improvements to production and property.
• Drives innovative solutions that streamline processes, increase capacity, maximize fabrication throughput, and optimize asset utilization through lean, demand flow, and other tools.
• Creates, adjusts, and communicates production schedules that result in on-time delivery to customers.
• Manages overall workforce planning, screening, selection, terminations, and the temporary labor function for the facility.
• Ensures adherence to appropriate certification program(s).
• Ensures a safe work environment and overall compliance with OSHA and other regulatory agency guidelines.
• May develop and implement an operations performance measurement system, including key indicator identification and improvement monitoring.
• May assist in the development of the annual budget and monitoring actual-to-budgeted performance throughout the year.
• May ensure timely cycle counting activities that result in accurate inventories.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Typically requires a high school diploma or GED and ten (10) or more years of related experience or an equivalent combination.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong leadership, management, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong organization and project oversight.
• Ability to learn, discern, and explain technical product specifications.
• Ability to adapt.
• Ability to negotiate and manage conflict.

Physical Demands

• Exposure to heat, moderate noise, moving pieces of equipment, and dust/flying particles.
• Requires frequent talking, hearing, and presenting.
• Manual dexterity: Work requires regular speed, accuracy, and adeptness to operate a limited range of equipment.
• Work requires handling light-weight materials or equipment requiring limited effort.

Supervisory Responsibility

2-5 direct reports.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage options.
• 401(k).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Vacation, sick, and holiday pay.