Production Manager - PCS

About the role

The Production Manager will assist in driving process improvement activities on the production floor focused on improving operational processes as well as reducing costs through innovative methodologies and established manufacturing principles such as Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Single piece flow, etc.

The Production Manager will be responsible for establishing effective warehouse policies and procedures to ensure all departments operate at peak efficiency.

Essential Job Functions

• Aid in overseeing all day-to-day operations in our warehouse facility; including but not limited to Receiving, Production and Shipping.
• Provide leadership and coaching to the production departments and leads.
• Manage and evaluate employee and system resources to ensure optimal productivity with minimal downtime.
• Oversee departments of 100+ employees in a fast-paced facility with 400+ employees.
• Ensure the efficient workflow of production lines.
• Set ambitious warehouse and team goals in collaboration with executive management and other leadership teams.
• Communicate effectively with associates and create an open communication style that fosters a collaborative work environment.
• Strive to reduce overhead while increasing productivity across all product lines.
• Oversee the schedules for employees in all departments to ensure optimum staffing levels.
• Establish workflow policies and processes that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product quality, safety, or integrity.
• Ensure all employees follow industry standard health and safety guidelines.
• Communicate any problems or obstacles to senior management while working to resolve them.
• Perform other duties as assigned within your scope of responsibilities.

Who You Are

• 5+ years progressive production/warehouse leadership experience in a processing/manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in leveraging world class ERP, materials management tools to optimize capacity planning, material movement, shop floor management, and reporting required.
• Must be hands on, willing to engage directly on the production floor.
• Strong Logistics experience a plus.
• Strong combination of business operations, quality, continuous improvement, process development and program management experience to provide unique solutions to dynamic range of problems.
• Ability to establish, extend, and maintain trust with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and mentor staff to achieve significant results as well as effective team building, communication and verbal skills.
• Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take make timely decisions.
• Bilingual (English & Spanish) preferred.

What's In It For You

• A supportive, diverse and global team with a growth mindset.
• A scaling company with great industry professionals.
• Awesome opportunities to get involved with exciting projects.

Work Conditions And Physical Demands

• Walk or stand for long period of hours.
• Remain in a stationary position for long periods of hours.
• Reach with hands or arms, bend, crouch.
• Lift and/or move up to 35 lbs.