Production Manager

Job Description

The Production Manager is responsible for safety, quality, employee engagement, and the daily operational management of all production areas. The Production Manager must have an in-depth understanding of all production areas, and be able to drive meaningful improvements in safety, quality, and performance.  

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Safety Culture:
•    Cultivate a zero-harm safety culture by promoting and modeling safe behaviors.
•    Investigate safety concerns, correct unsafe behaviors, and eliminate unsafe conditions.
Quality Culture:
•    Promote quality awareness and behaviors to ensure uncompromising quality for customers and consumers.
•    Investigate and resolve quality events and customer returns, implementing corrective actions as needed.
Performance Optimization:
•    Identify opportunities and lead initiatives to achieve yield, uptime, and rate goals for the department.
•    Develop and execute strategic action plans considering critical factors such as CPU, throughput, forecast, skills, and overtime to meet business and production targets.
•    Lead the Daily Integration (DI) meeting, fostering collaboration between Safety, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance representatives.
•    Identify missed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and develop action plans to prevent future gaps.
•    Champion continuous improvement efforts, driving the implementation of new standards, procedures, and processes.
•    Actively seek opportunities for innovation and efficiency improvements within production and looks for ways to apply technical knowledge and new technology to improve equipment and overall processes.
•    Collaborate with the maintenance department to coordinate activities, ensuring planned maintenance aligns with production needs, leading to improved uptime and equipment reliability.
Employee Development and Engagement:
•    Develop a comprehensive manning strategy aligning with business and production needs.
•    Coordinate the timing of training and hiring while ensuring a balance of skills and staffing across shifts.
•    Conduct performance conversations, including disciplines, coaching, and performance reviews.
•    Drive employee engagement through recognition, positive employee relations, and participation in engagement activities and events.
•    Coach and develop Team Performance Leaders (TPLs) and operators, set expectations, and ensure accountability for shift results.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities: 
•    Strong leadership and team management skills.
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
•    Project Management experience is a plus
•    Demonstrated ability to apply lean manufacturing principles
•    Experience with high volume operations
•    Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
•    Strong organization and time management skills
•    Use of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, etc.) SAP, and other computer software programs related to production performance, attendance, payroll etc.

Qualifications

•    Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree is preferred 
•    5-7 years manufacturing experience preferred
•    3-5 years supervisorial/managerial experience preferred