Production Manager

We need to output only HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Also remove application instructions (none). Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Company: Winland Foods - Position: Production Manager - Employee Type: Full time - Location: KY Buckner - Job Type: Production Operations - Schedule: 1st shift Monday- Friday with flexibility as needed to meet plant needs including night and weekend hours - Work Location: 1 Quality Place, Buckner, KY 40010 - Benefits: list: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, STD/LTD/AD&D/Life, HSA, FSA, EAP, Hospital indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity and Fraud Protection Plan, Legal, and Critical Illness. - Salary: $93k - $138k annually with additional bonus potential - Duties & Responsibilities: long list. - Knowledge, Training and Experience: requirements. - Physical Demands: etc. - Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements: etc. - Food Safety: etc. We need to map to sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. "About the role": could be introductory paragraph: "Winland Foods is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead manufacturing operations and drive operational excellence in a fast-paced food production environment. This leadership role is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the manufacturing team, developing a culture of accountability and ownership, and ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of high-quality products. The Production Manager will oversee both hourly and salaried team members, manage production performance through key operational metrics, and partner cross-functionally with all Leadership teams to optimize productivity, improve equipment effectiveness, and support continuous improvement initiatives. This position plays a critical role in maintaining food safety, regulatory compliance, employee engagement, and overall operational success." That seems appropriate. "Responsibilities": list of duties & responsibilities. Use

• . "Requirements": maybe the Knowledge, Training and Experience section (5+ years manufacturing, 3 years management, Bachelor's preferred, food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, etc.) "Qualifications": maybe the same as requirements? But we need differentiate. Could treat "Knowledge, Training and Experience" as Requirements, and "Skills" as separate: Effective listener and team player, strong knowledge of food manufacturing, FDA/USDA, OSHA and EPA regulations desired, able to work effectively with others, good interpersonal and leadership skills, strong organizational and time management skills, excellent communication skills, highly organized, critical thinker able to multi-task, able to work well under pressure, strong computer skills including SAP and Microsoft Office, continuous improvement and lean manufacturing mindset. "Physical Demands" and "Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements" and "Food Safety" could be part of Requirements or maybe separate but we only have limited sections. Could incorporate them into Requirements or maybe into a "Qualifications" but better to include them under Requirements as they are requirements. But we need to avoid filler sections. Ensure each section has real content. "Benefits": we have list. "Pay": salary range. "Schedule": schedule description. We must not include sections like "About the role" if no content? We have content. We must not include headings with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include EEO statement. We must not include navigation/legal etc. Thus final HTML fragment:

  About the role

  Winland Foods is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead manufacturing operations and drive operational excellence in a fast-paced food production environment. This leadership role is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the manufacturing team, developing a culture of accountability and ownership, and ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of high-quality products. The Production Manager will oversee both hourly and salaried team members, manage production performance through key operational metrics, and partner cross-functionally with all Leadership teams to optimize productivity, improve equipment effectiveness, and support continuous improvement initiatives. This position plays a critical role in maintaining food safety, regulatory compliance, employee engagement, and overall operational success.

  Responsibilities

  • Establish leadership and set the strategic direction for the manufacturing team.
  • Ensure necessary plans are in place to deliver required business results while developing a culture of ownership and accountability.
  • Manage team of both hourly and exempt employees.
  • Interpret safety policies/practices to employees including enforcing safe work practices.
  • Manage a staff of direct reports through regular performance reviews and developmental activities to ensure movement toward a high performance / high engagement organization, while assuring effective departmental performance.
  • Utilize available data (line speed target, set-up guidelines, and efficiency and process data) to continuously improve productivity, uptime and reliability.
  • Utilize the above information as a tool to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and product cost.
  • Set clear priorities and align resources to deliver against business and regulatory requirements in the areas of cost, financial controls, and quality, safety and business initiatives.
  • Manage product quality by understanding and communicating customer needs to employees and ensuring expectations are consistently met and according to standard work.
  • Determine schedules, sequences and assignments for work activities based on work priority, quantity of equipment and skill of personnel.
  • Diagnose equipment, ingredients and packaging issues.
  • Coordinate with Engineering, Maintenance or others as appropriate to solve production-related problems.
  • Ensure each manufacturing area is maintained in accordance with SQF standards.
  • Ensure security of employees, facilities and information systems by following and enforcing established security procedures.
  • Ensure clear and concise communication to all levels in the organization.
  • Ensure regular safety inspections are conducted in all manufacturing areas.
  • Drive improvements in manufacturing processes.
  • Put new systems and procedures in place while instilling accountability and ownership in a rapidly changing environment.
  • Support Continuous Improvement projects through the practice of Root Cause Analysis, and other management operating systems.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • This position can involve weekend and on call duties.
  • In the absence of the Plant Manager, the Production Manager may assume the responsibilities of that role.

  Requirements

  • 5+ years of manufacturing experience, with a minimum three years of experience in a management capacity OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Food manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
  • Effective listener and team player.
  • Strong knowledge of food manufacturing, FDA/USDA, OSHA and EPA regulations desired.
  • Able to work effectively with others, have good interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Highly organized, critical thinker able to multi-task.
  • Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong computer skills including experience with SAP and Microsoft Office.
  • Continuous improvement and lean manufacturing mindset with the ability to lead and support multiple projects strongly preferred.
  • Physical Demands: Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation; standing, climbing, pulling, and/or pushing, carrying, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and stooping; ability to walk and/or stand for extended periods of time; must be able to work overtime and extended hours as required; good physical condition with the ability to lift up to 50 lbs frequently; good hand/eye coordination, motor skills, 20/20 corrected vision and hearing within the normal range.
  • Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements: Must wear all required personal protection equipment associated with specific manufacturing work environment and job duties as stated in the Employee Handbook, posted policies, or as assigned by leadership personnel; maintain clean and safe working environment and follow all safety policies and procedures, such as lock out/tag out, safe lifting techniques, and all others as instructed; inform Management of any food safety or quality issues or of any processes which become noncompliant with specified requirements.
  • Food Safety: Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas; perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company; ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system; identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system; controls further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.
  We could also have a separate Skills section but we already included many skills in Requirements. However the instruction says we can have Skills section. But we might combine. To avoid duplication, maybe we separate Skills: effective listener, team player, interpersonal, leadership, organizational, time management, communication, critical thinking, multi-task, work under pressure, computer skills (SAP, MS Office), continuous improvement/lean mindset. But we already have many in Requirements. Could move some to Skills. However we must not invent content; we can just keep as is. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we keep Requirements covering knowledge, training, experience, physical demands, etc. And we could have Skills separate for soft skills and technical skills. But we already have many soft skills in Requirements. Might be okay to have only Requirements and not Skills. But we need to include Skills section only if posting has real specific content for it. The posting does have skills list: "Effective listener and team player. Strong knowledge of food manufacturing, FDA/USDA, OSHA and EPA regulations desired. Able to work effectively with others, have good interpersonal and leadership skills. Strong organizational and time management skills. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Highly organized, critical thinker able to multi-task. Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment. Strong computer skills including experience with SAP and Microsoft Office. Continuous improvement and lean manufacturing mindset with the ability to lead and support multiple projects strongly preferred." That's definitely skills. So we should create a Skills section with those items. Thus we need to split: Requirements: education/experience, physical demands, environmental, health and safety, food safety. Skills: the list of soft/technical skills. Let's extract: Education/Experience: - 5+ years manufacturing experience, with minimum three years management OR equivalent combo. - Bachelor’s degree preferred. - Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred. Physical Demands: as above. Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements: as above. Food Safety: as above. Skills: - Effective listener and team player. - Strong knowledge of food manufacturing, FDA/USDA, OSHA and EPA regulations desired. - Able to work effectively with others, have good interpersonal and leadership skills. - Strong organizational and time management skills. - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. - Highly organized, critical thinker able to multi-task. - Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment. - Strong computer skills including experience with SAP and Microsoft Office. - Continuous improvement and lean manufacturing mindset with the ability to lead and support multiple projects strongly preferred. We could also include "Ability to initiate action to prevent nonconformities" etc but that's more food safety. Now Benefits: list. Pay: salary range. Schedule: description. Now produce HTML. Make sure to use