PRODUCTION MANAGER
Summary:
Oversees the daily production floor to ensure all areas are optimized to meet business and customer requirements by performing the following duties personally or through effective leadership.
Supporting Plant Mgr. to closely Manage the production departments ensuring production schedules are managed, meeting and beating safety, production, and quality targets.
Duties:
- Ensure all Production employees and production areas are in compliance with OSHA regulations and employees are instructed thoroughly with respect to work safety, environmental hazards and relevant conditions, regulations and procedures as necessary.
- Manages line quality inspection, minor repair, and paint touch-up functions.
- Review and develop standard operations and working practices and observes workers & supervision to ensure compliance with standards – Safety, Quality, Delivery & Productivity. Conduct walk backs on gaps and opportunities and correct in real-time. Acts as key driver and leader for plant safety and security.
- Ensure production line documentation is kept up to date and signed-off - ensuring procedures and work instructions reflect actual behavior in the areas and are practically adhered to.
- Manages production scheduling and planning to meet short and long-term goals to include labor, tooling and equipment utilizing all available resources.
- Ensure overtime planning is effectively managed and coordinated where necessary with a plan to reduce.
- Manages employee retention through effective people and process development – Recruitment support, Onboarding, Training, recognitions. labor planning with HR – Responsible for Manpower Planning
- Drive production quality levels above DPR targets, maintain Zero recordable safety incidents.
- Confirm daily reports on production and quality are relevant, accurate and up to date maintaining all daily production logs and required forms.
- Monthly reporting on Key goals and activity to beat targets.
- Ensure that all tooling condition is maintained, and life is extended where possible.
- Manage Training coordinator to ensure Operator training is planned, recorded, and carried out effectively as required and when observations for improvement are noted. Improve the overall skills and awareness of all direct & indirect operatives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, promoting a clean, safe, and efficient work environment - 5S / TPM housekeeping methodology are to be applied throughout the plant. Audit each area and apply appropriate action where necessary.
- Identify lean waste and inefficiency impacting assembly / quality performance and solutions to eliminate. Coordinate with operations and line personnel for problem resolution.
- Manages and maintains headcount, retention and develops a positive, continuous improvement culture.
- Performs management responsibilities to include: effective training, interviewing, approving vacations, completing performance appraisals, conducting discipline sessions and personnel development.
- Motivates employees to participate in continuous improvement and increased productivity through Lean daily meetings & quality and Safety team involvement to build a strong factory culture.
- Ensure material handling activities are performed safely and effectively – collaborate closely with Warehouse mgmt..
- Understand and comply with all company policies and procedures, incident management and reporting.
- Ensures new product development is supported to ensure effective transitions from development through to SOP.
- Assists with implementation of new product introduction in line with agreed timelines.
- Ensures Consumable tooling, maintenance spend, and stores management meets or is under budget and is managed effectively. managing and reducing the operating expenses.
- All other duties as assigned.
Competency:
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced manufacturing, production and distribution environment.
- Proven leadership, coaching / mentoring, and team-oriented mindset
- Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner
- Technical Skills - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses.
- Interpersonal - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
- Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
- Quality supervision - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
- Manages competing demands; Change’s approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to supervision & management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
- Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education / Experience:
University program certificate, High School Diploma or GED; or four to eight years related experience working in a manufacturing environment.
Language Ability:
Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific, financial, and technical documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers (internal/external), or members of the business community. Ability to negotiate contracts.
Math Ability:
Basic math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra. Basic understanding and application of statistics.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software and Spreadsheet software and Manufacturing software (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook). MES & ERP system knowledge beneficial.
Certificates and Licenses:
n/a
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and outdoor weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Significant Interfaces:
- Executive Management – Customer strategy & relationships, new business, Quotations, company resource allocation.
- Plant Manager: For general direction and management support.
- Management – Develop key relationships at multiple levels in all disciplines to meet the company agenda and business strategy to ensure production plans are achieved.
- Operators: To ensure all manufacturing/production methods and process are being followed to the required production rates and standards.
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