Judge Direct Placement is seeking a Production Manager in Chicago, IL! The qualified candidate will ensure efficient production with all company policies and procedures. The Production Manager will be responsible for understanding production priorities and provide support to supervisors.

Responsibilities:

• Interpret and enforce all safety policies and practices to employees
• Interpret data to continuously improve productivity
• Understand and communicate customer needs to employees to make sure expectations are met
• Communicate with Supervisor and Operators to make sure knowledge is communicated from shift to shift
• Identify equipment, ingredients and packaging issues
• Coordinate with other departments to help solve issues
• Maintain area in ordinance with all sanitation regulations
• Provide coaching and counseling, conflict resolution, training programs for employees
• Ensure areas are in compliance with 5S requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5+ years manufacturing experience
• 2-3 years supervisor experience
• Continuous improvement experience strongly preferred
• Lean experience strongly preferred