Production Manager

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning manufacturing requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering headcount and budgetary limitations and time constraints.

• Direct and coordinate production and labor to gain margin improvement

• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyze the production, quality control, or other operational reports to detect production problems

• Mentor assigned personnel and promote efficiency and build leadership and team skills

• Direct process improvements in the work area to gain efficiencies

• Communicate effectively with all team members and ensure miscommunications are minimized

• Coordinate with other senior staff members on personnel, safety, finance, and purchasing issues, looking for ways to increase and enhance all functional areas

• Lead by example

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated success leading a manufacturing team

• Eligible to legally work in the United States

• BS or BA diploma or equivalent experience

• Ability to work as part of a team and deliver value to the team

• Experience developing methods or procedures to gain efficiency and margin improvement

• Ability to define and communicate expectations and then hold people accountable

• Set performance standards and monitor individual and team performance

• Training others to gain efficiency and increase production levels

• Mentoring, coaching, and leading others

• Directing others to successful completion of tasks

• Listen for understanding skills

• People and team-building skills

• Problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Leading and setting the example with safety

• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships and maintain them over time

• Analyze data to make informed operational decisions