Manager, Production - Upholstery

 

 

Summary

Oversees production activity and staff through assigning projects and tasks to staff, manpower requirements, production efficiency, quality of product, training, equipment and tooling, performance of schedule, facility cleanliness, safety, and security.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Continually supports, promotes and models Greenpoint corporate values in everyday business dealings.
• Conducts 1:1 discussion, annual performance reviews and mid-year reviews and makes recommendations for salary adjustments.
• Reviews performance of direct reports regularly and conducts formal evaluations when scheduled.
• Ensures growth and development of direct reports by providing appropriate training, growth opportunities and identifying employee goals.
• Partners with leadership on recruiting, hiring, coaching, counseling, and terminations.
• Promotes a “Right First Time” mentality throughout the organization.
• Oversees all production, developing and maintaining a master production schedule.
• Provides direct feedback to senior management regarding all project visibility and status.
• Performs production planning and assigns projects to production leads and/or direct reports.
• Ensures production is cost effective and staff is equipped with proper tools and equipment to do so.
• Ensures production staff is trained appropriately and offers instruction and shares lessons learned.
• Assists in estimation and projection of labor requirements for future programs and performs projection and requisition of Human Resources required to support workload.
• Facilitates R&D activity between Engineering and Manufacturing.
• Ensures systems and tools are in place so products are produced on time, meeting required quality standards.
• Manages the adherence to prescribed procedures and processes to ensure quality meets or exceeds planned goals.
• Ensures that effective performance appraisals are carried out for direct reports and that any downstream appraisals are timely, effectively prepared and presented.
• Promotes a culture of continuous improvement within the production organization.
• Acts a champion for Kaizen and Lean initiatives.
• Partners with EHS leadership to ensure compliance with health and safety policies, systems, and processes.
• Manages the manufacturing/modification operations consistent with the company operating guidelines.
• Establishes individual accountability using coaching and support and measured performance management.
• Assesses manufacturing operations staffing and skill requirements and develops recruitment or training plans to address needs.
• Ensures that a secure, safe, and clean work environment exists throughout the facility.
• Maintains regular attendance including being at work, being on time to work and working full shifts.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

 

Greenpoint Core Competencies

• Adaptability – Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, and accepts constructive criticism/feedback and changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Communications – Expresses ideas and thoughts effectively in verbal and written form, exhibits good listening and comprehension, keeps others informed, and uses appropriate communication methods.
• Dependability – Responds to requests for service and assistance, follows instruction and responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions and doing the best job possible, keeps commitments, and maintains reliable attendance.
• Initiative – Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence, and overcomes obstacles, measures self against standard of excellence, recognizes and acts on opportunities, and takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
• Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to buildin