Production Manager

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.  

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 US Best Managed Company, recognized fouryears in a row. For more information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com. 

The Production Manager is responsible for the coordination of manufacturing resources to ensure the on-time execution of the production schedule to meet customer demands. This role drives the daily operations as well as the collaborative development and execution of longer-term strategies.   The Production Manager has line management responsibility for Mix, Packaging, and Material Handling personnel.  The Production Manager works closely with the following teams:  supply chain, scheduling, maintenance, engineering, customer service, warehouse, receiving, quality, and label and literature.

Some of the things you will do:
•    The Production Manager is accountable for safety, quality, and productivity KPI’s on the factory floor.  The Production Manager and Maintenance Manager will jointly share accountability for improving and sustaining empowered and preventative maintenance by the operators.  
•    Will develop, implement, and ensure adherence to all applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for each area of production assigned.
•    Responsible for continuous improvement activities to improve efficiency and effectiveness
•     In coordination with the Shipping, Receiving, and Planning Supervisor; reviews and approve the daily production plan. The Production Manager schedules necessary production personnel to meet the production plan.
•    Is a critical guide and contributor to continuous improvement efforts which include implementation of new standards, procedures, and improvements.  Personally demonstrate and coach lean fundamentals with TPL (Team Performance Leader) and production team members.
•    Will guide and support root cause analysis for safety incidents and quality defects, documents Corrective and Preventive Actions, and follow through on effective closeout of incidents.
•    With support of the EHS department, the Production Manager will maintain a cross-training matrix and ensure depth in cross training for every station.
•    Contribute to development of annual operating budgets, especially relative to required labor and labor training requirements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Minimum Education Required: High school diploma or equivalent. 4-year college degree in Engineering, Business, operations management, or equivalent
•    Minimum Experience required: 3+ years of managerial experience preferably within chemical or consumer goods packaging industries
•    Physical Requirements: Sits for periods of up to 4 hours at a time. Must be able to lift
up to 100 pounds occasionally.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Strategic: Must be able to turn plant goals and objectives into an actionable and measurable plan.
•    Lean Experience: Lean trained and experience/examples delivering results through lean efforts.
•    5S/Clean/Organized: Must believe that a clean organized work environment is a safer and more productive work environment.
•    Organizational Skills: Must be able to prioritize and organize requests from a project perspective.  Must be able to multi-task.
•    Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written skills – comfortable presenting to a group.
•    Problem Solving: High degree of analysis, problem solving and creativity. Specifically, 5-Why.
•    Technical Skills: Strong SAP technical skills (Schedule/Order/Reporting),