Job Description
The Production Manager is responsible for leading the production team to achieving daily, weekly, and monthly production objectives while driving all safety, quality, and delivery standards. The Production Manager will lead a culture of positive leadership, development, and accountability across all production staff while driving to plant and company goals.
Pay Range – $90,000 - $110,000 + 10% @ target Annual Bonus Plan
Hours – M-F, work times vary and flex based on needs to cover 3 shifts, occasional Saturdays.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Drive a safe and healthy work environment by establishing and enforcing California Closets standards and adhering to safety regulations, and lead by example.
- Responsible for safety, quality, and production departments that include making decisions based on California Closets standards and following guidance from leadership with regards to the following:
- Manage daily/weekly production requirements.
- Assigning and monitoring work to maintain balanced output and flow.
- Requesting resources as necessary to assist with performance.
- Escalated responder to all process interruptions and initial decision making for recovery or production stop until issues are cleared pertaining to any of the following: Safety, Quality, Downtime, Staffing, Materials, Logistics and Human Resource requirements.
- Provide feedback to team on how to improve existing standards – adherence or process change.
- Meet production goals by identifying and acting on proactive & reactive actions regarding flow, labor, and priorities.
- Lead Production Supervisors to success with effective coaching, developing, and communication.
- Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
- Lead with a focus on quality, working closely with the quality team to meet standards. Consistently check products per company policy to ensure quality and customer satisfaction; resolves any identified problems and collaborate with the quality team.
- Lead continuous improvement projects & implement systems of continuous improvement to maintain an organized system, optimize processes and methods to ensure maximum and steady output, increase efficiency, and reduce waste.
- Build and maintain effective visual communication systems to display metrics, cross training, feedback, quality issues, and other key messages.
- Provide leadership to ensure fair and consistent application of processes and procedures are administered across all shifts.
- Collaborate with maintenance on any immediate issues, scheduled down time, and equipment improvements.
- Communicate effectively across multiple shifts and functions.
- Serves as a champion & coach of quality, lean, and process improvements to promote a continuous learning environment.
- Responsible for daily and annual performance management across hourly team members and Production Supervisors.
- Supervise the production leadership teams, working daily with production leads.