Production Manager

Department: Packaging Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: LaGrange, GA

Reporting To: Todd Brown

Description

The Production Manager is responsible for coordinating the manufacturing activities to ensure safety, quality and production objectives are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching and development. Makes employment decisions. Resolves employee issues through progressive discipline.
• Improve working conditions/processes (safety, quality, productivity, cost) and increase associate’s skills and capabilities. Improvements should include a thorough analysis using quantitative data (costs and savings) to support the effectiveness of the recommendation.
• Coach, teach, train, motivate and oversee Production Supervisors to accomplish the goals of the company. Follow-up as needed to ensure Production Supervisors understand the goals of the company and are working to achieve those goals. 
• Ensure Production Supervisors understand the production priorities and ensure production lines are staffed to match priorities while also optimizing production efficiencies.
• Anticipate staffing concerns and coordinate training of appropriate personnel to minimize downtime due to attrition. Evaluate employees to determine lines of progression within company.
• Evaluate labor utilization, job responsibilities and duties.
• Track production efficiencies and evaluate improvements in order to achieve optimum operations.
• Evaluate recurring problems to address long-term solutions.
• Maintain communication with other departments including Maintenance, Quality and Scheduling.
• Communicate, administer and enforce company rules, policies and procedures consistently and equitably.
• Build cooperation and team spirit among Production Associates through effective utilization of employee relation skills.
• Responsible for ensuring food packaging safety, food defense and quality standards.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Must be able to work well with all levels of personnel whether individually or in a team environment.
• Must be able to effectively manage time and to delegate responsibilities as needed.
• Must have good written and oral communication skills.
• Must be able to organize and plan work.
• Must display positive attitude.
• Ability to handle stress of deadlines and constantly changing priorities.
• Ability to develop and implement programs designed to enhance plant operation and to promote safety.
• Experience and ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Must understand mechanical equipment.
• Must possess excellent computer skills.
• Ability to evaluate situation and make decisions with little or no guidance.
• Must be proactive and continuously looking for improvements in the production area.

Benefits

• Employee-owned
•  Advancement Opportunities
•  Weekly pay
•  Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance and flexible spending accounts
•  401(k) with employer match
•  Paid holidays and competitive vacation/sick pay plans
•  Tuition assistance program 
•  Employee stock ownership program (ESOP)