Production Manager

Position Summary :

This person will report to the Plant Manager. Direct and manage plant operations with overall responsibilities for production, quality and other production related activities. This position requires that the Production Manager to spend a significant amount of time on the production floor. In doing so, he / she will work with direct reports to uncover opportunities for process improvement, improved downtime, reduce waste, cost reduction and quality enhancements all in a safe manner. In short, this individual must develop future leaders off the floor by mentoring developing and challenging them.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities :

• Commit to overall safety of the plant and procedures.
• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Increase production, assets capacity, reducing waste and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
• Be responsible for production output, product quality, reducing waste and on time shipping.
• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic Division initiatives providing a clear sense of direction and focus for production employees.
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions.
• Share a trusting relationship with work group and recruit, manage and develop the plant staff. Provide leadership and drive training initiatives for all plant employees. Develop future talent by coaching and mentoring direct reports.
• Collect and analyze data to find areas of waste or overtime and implement an improvement process.
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics, and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets, quality and safety.
• Participate in monitoring, managing and controlling expenses throughout the year.
• Perform strategic thinking and actively participate in plant and companyprocesses.
• Conduct meetings with employees to communicate company goals, objectives, initiatives and progress to date.
• Build and retain a “customer focused” environment; including internal and external customers.
• Adhere to all plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), operating procedures (SOPs). Manage, drive and oversee continuous improvement programs.
• Communicate the needs of all production operations functions to the Plant Manager and or Regional Manager and Management team on an as needed basis.
• Develop and analyze new methods of reducing / avoiding costs, improving products and assuring a safe working environment.
• Create a departmental vision and translate into action items with specific completion dates and delegation of responsibilities to appropriate direct reports.

Safety :

Ensure Plant Operations meets or exceeds all safety goals by :

Candidate Requirements :

LANGUAGE SKILLS :

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :

REASONING ABILITY :

TECHNICAL SKILLS :

The individual must have a working knowledge of the following :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit.  The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee should be able to lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is frequently exposed to wet and / or humid conditions.  The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.