Production Manger

Job Summary

The Production Manager is responsible for the overall aspectual process production. This role is to provide leadership of logistics, materials, planning, and manufacturing functions and to manage these tasks directly. The production manager's key challenge is to maintain production within specific guidelines for production efficiency, labor cost, product rework, waste amounts, and control of on-hold product.

Key Responsibilities

• Maximize the efficiency of production lines and ensuring the effective employment utilization.
• Planning, directing, and coordinating the manufacturing of products in compliance with company goals and objectives.
• Analyzing delivery and inventory issues and providing solutions.
• Establishing and controlling conditions of production to satisfy customer and quality specifications.
• Participating actively in standardization, cost reduction, and finding out ERP system protocols.
• Organizing and directing workflow for satisfying production requirements in a cost-efficient manner.
• Investigation and analyzing new coordinates and processes, where feasible.
• Developing and motivating the cost-effective alternatives and improvements to production process.
• Maintaining employee safety and morale by creating safe working and efficient working environment.
• Managing the stock control, distribution, production-scheduling tasks
• Maintaining proper employment levels through selecting, interviewing, and training of personnel.
• Performing analysis of manufacturing materials and determining optimum control levels.
• Liaising with the product line manager on planning and predicting customer orders to satisfy shipments.
• Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience and/or bachelor's degree.
• Industry relevant production experience.
• Tangible track record of improving organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Knowledge of business and management, HR, and project management principles and practices.
• Must possess excellent computer skills (Microsoft applications (i.e. excel, word, PPT, etc).
• Must have leadership, coaching and mentoring skills.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and possess a "can-do" with quality first attitude and take "ownership" over Logistics initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Hold themselves and other team members accountable and focus on Safety as a core value.
• Values integrity works transparently and is recognized for treating others with respect.
• Takes accountability to create and execute solutions that deliver desired results and can "own it" in a Performance Driven Culture.
• Ability to work collaboratively and lead teams in a Teamwork culture.
• Ability to ignite and lead change as a catalyst for improvement.
• Can thrive in a "legacy now" culture in which we strive to do the right thing for the company today, even if it is the hard thing, and leave behind a stronger company for the next generation of employees.
• Strong leadership skills including ability to think strategically, solve problems and create a motivating team environment.
• Ability to select and hire "A" players, continuously develops employees, coaches to maximize performance and manages underperformers.
• A "builder" who is comfortable in a continuous improvement culture.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• STD (Short-Term Disability)
• LTD (Long-Term Disability)
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
• HSA (Health Savings Account)
• 401(k) Plan with company contributions