Production Manager

The Production Manager is responsible for the Plant Operations (Safety, Service, Quality, Cost, and Productivity); this includes the planning and on-time execution of the production schedule, achieving Performance KPIs and Targets, addressing challenges affecting improved and sustained performance initiatives in all key areas, assigning resources as needed, as well as reporting performance and relevant issues into the daily integration/tier meetings. The Production Manager champions the problem solving and continuous improvement process.

• Accountable for safety, quality, and productivity KPI's in their area. The Production Manager and Maintenance leadership will partner with joint accountability for improving and sustaining autonomous and preventative maintenance by the operators.
• Manage safety and quality expectations at the site level with all employees.
• Manage all aspects of the Performance Management System.
• Lead the Departments including Safety, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance representation, and ensure that performance KPI's are updated. DI updates and performance KPI's are critical for reporting the shift's performance daily.
• Create a daily plan based on the output of the daily review, integration, and daily schedule of meetings.
• Support problem solving activities related to safety, quality, service, and performance on the plant floor.
• Responsible for administering disciplinary action, in conjunction with appropriate levels of management and HR.
• Provide support for all continuous improvement efforts which include implementation of new standards, procedures, and improvements. Personally demonstrate and coach lean fundamentals with production team members. Specifically, Daily Gemba walks, conduct Behavior Based Safety Observations, Quality Behavior Observations, and lead Tier 2 meetings.
• Assigns work to staff, provides coaching and training, sets goals, accountable for performance evaluations, plans staff development, and makes and approves people management decisions either alone or in collaboration with management and HR (including recruitment, promotions, terminations, and compensation).
• Internal interaction is required with assemblers, production operators, team performance leaders, engineers, maintenance personnel, and logistics teams.
• Support Personnel (i.e., Operations, Production Control, Training, Human Resources, Accounting/Finance, Quality, etc.)

• BS degree in engineering or a technical degree is required
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant manufacturing experience
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in a production environment, in a supervisory role.

• Green Belt Certification preferred
• High degree of analysis, problem solving, and creativity. Specifically, 5-Why Improve.
• Able to work both independently and within a team, generating results with general/minimal guidance from management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with professional presentation and negotiation skills.
• Good understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience with high volume operations.
• Must believe that a clean organized work environment is a safer and more productive work environment.
• Must be able to prioritize and organize requests from a project perspective. Must be able to multi-task.
• Effective use of technology to accomplish objectives (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams, SAP, Business Objects, etc.).
• Good financial acumen.
• Approximately 75% of the day will be on the production floor, coaching and mentoring employees.
• Could sit for periods of up to 4 hours at a time. Must be able to lift up to 45 pounds occasionally.