Production Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct all production operations to ensure safe, quality-focused, and efficient execution of manufacturing activities while achieving customer delivery commitments.
• Own production planning, scheduling, and execution activities to ensure demand requirements, throughput objectives and operational commitments are achieved.
• Establish and maintain the operational rhythm of the plant through daily management systems, production reviews and cross-functional alignment meetings.
• Analyze production metrics, identify performance gaps, implement corrective actions and hold teams accountable for achieving safety, quality, delivery, productivity and cost objectives.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance production methods, equipment performance, product quality, facility layouts, tooling effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Identify operational constraints, remove barriers to performance, and support frontline leaders in resolving production, process and workforce challenges.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies throughout the operation.
• Provide cross-functional leadership by partnering with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain and Planning teams to drive operational alignment and business objectives.
• Partner with Maintenance and Engineering resources to ensure reliability of shop-floor equipment and tooling.
• Partner with Quality teams to ensure defect-free shipment of finished products and compliance with company quality standards.
• Maintain compliance with ISO standards and applicable regulatory or company requirements.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, development and performance management appraisal of production supervisors, foremen and production personnel, including disciplinary responsibilities.
• Develop operational talent through technical training, coaching, performance development strategies and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, teamwork, safety and continuous learning.
• Provide operational reporting, business analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support long-range manufacturing strategies that improve capacity, efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive production or operations leadership experience in a manufacturing environment including direct supervision of production personnel.
• Experience in a high-mix, highly customized, low-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP preferred.
• Knowledge of: Mechanical, Engineering and Technology.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, Business, or related discipline preferred.
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.