Production Manager

Responsible for overall management of a manufacturing cell, focused factory, or work center. Overall responsibility for leading manufacturing team in achieving production schedule, product quality, product cost, and employee safety goals. Coordinates with all functional groups to meet customer requirements. Drives performance to achieve or exceed financial plans and strategic goals. Leverages resources and motivates personnel to create high performance culture.

This is a flat structure position reporting to Plant Manager directly and managing the production employee directly without any second layer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive continuous improvement and application through the use of systematic approach of production management system and Lean Six Sigma.
• Champion implementation of Lean activities to eliminate waste opportunities of key processes.
• Achieve key KPI metrics including TRCR, Productive Utilization, On-Time Delivery, First Pass Yield and DPPM.
• Effective management of plant assets through leadership of maintenance and facilities resources.
• Champion implementation of Management of Environment Health and Safety to achieve improvement in year over year safety performance measures.
• Train and develop team members as well as providing oversight and coaching to other team members.
• Provide the vision and strategy for the production employees
• Lead by example – be a positive role model
• Actively engage and recognize employees
• Enable success of employees (providing resources and removing barriers)
• Empower employees – drive decision making down through organization

Specialized Skills/Knowledge :

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (Six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management
• Thorough Understanding of manufacturing technologies and processes
• Knowledge of financial concepts and techniques utilized to establish value propositions of operational changes
• Knowledge of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic, Lean manufacturing / Operational Excellence skills in 6S, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, process focused
• Understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, inventory control, logistics, stockroom operations, and shipping/receiving
• Ability to direct and lead cross-functional process improvement teams

Basic Qualifications :

• At least Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of related professional and Managerial experience
• Proficient in reading & Writing English