Production Manager

Job Posting Start Date 07-25-2024 Job Posting End Date 09-23-2024

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production Manager  located in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Reporting to the Engineering and Operations Manager the Production Manager guides and coordinates activities of employees engaged in the following areas of a manufacturing department; multi-level assembly, electronic card/system testing and quality assurance to attain production goals consistent with cost, quality, and delivery requirements.

What a typical day looks like:

• Organize, plan and direct program schedules and budgets.
• Guides department activities to hold up design of new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and helps on test procedures.
• Explores technology trends and market demand to plan projects.
• Contributes with management, production, and marketing staff to resolve manufacturing feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Partners with team and management in the development of the strategic plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the function.
• Reviews and establishes material, equipment, and manpower resource requirements.
• Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply in order to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinates production activities with other functional groups such as planning and distribution.
• Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function.
• Accountable for controlling manufacturing operation and ensuring that production quality and cost targets are met.
• Working in extremely complex problems where the research of situations or data from an evaluation of intangible factors.
• Reviews budgets and schedules required by management.
• Regulate relations with the executives and/or major customers to maintain relationships with them.
• Resolve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading management levels for the achievements of the plant.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in managing personnel in a manufacturing operation, plastics manufacturing, and/or thermoplastic injection molding environment.
• Direct experience managing supervisors, technicians, and production personnel.
• Experience leading and monitoring projects involving 5S, inventory control and plastic injection molding principles and tooling.
• Experience leading a variety of meetings: scheduling, production activity and metrics and team alignment meetings.
• Experience monitoring Safety incidents, metrics and EHS Activities.
• Experience leading on the job, standard operating procedures, work instruction and other types of training for supervisors and manufacturing personnel.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance
• Matching 401K
• PTO
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee discounts at local retailers

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