Production Manager

The Production Manager will lead all manufacturing activities in the plant to achieve financial and customer service goals. The Production Manager will lead safety, quality, TPM, cost savings, continuous improvement, employee relations, employee engagement, performance management and development of talent. This position is a critical member of the plant leadership team reporting to the plant manager. As a team member, the candidate will execute special projects, initiatives as assigned, accept safety as a condition, and support plant operations.

Responsibilities

• Work to improve annual operational plans to deliver targets on customer service, manufacturing costs, plant OEE, quality, innovation and Safety, Health & Environmental while recommending long term site strategic plans.
• Work in conjunction with Maintenance and Continuous Improvement leaders to develop strategies to engage and facilitate the implementation of innovations for the site for not only products, but ways of working, schedule attainment and the supply chain structure. This will include working with the teams to deliver new product launches, implement capital investment to meet planned production, quality, safety, environmental & cost targets.
• Ensure that the technical standards of all manufacturing and non-manufacturing fixed assets are maintained. Enable the plant operation to achieve high level of Customer Service at optimal cost.
• Ensure the company’s working capital systems are effectively used and deliver conventional plant inventory targets at planned On Time in Full.
• Coordinate labor to achieve the agreed production plans at the specified product quality with optimum labor, energy and materials utilization.
• Act as a servant leader
• Work with direct reports to develop, train and guide them to achieve KPI’s.
• Ensure HR policy deployment, corporate initiative and implementation in plant management of employee relations.
• Good communication skills to effectively present information to large groups or one-on-one.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; the ability to build collaborative relationships and networks and the ability to understand and influence teams to adapt to new ways of working.
• Ability to drive change and innovation by gathering knowledge and resources to ensure tasks are completed within timelines to a high degree of accuracy and professionalism.

Education and Experience Requirement:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a Manufacturing manager leadership role (Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply chain)
• Experience in Food CPG/ FMCG highly preferred
• Proficient computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with ERP system(s), Oracle (Peoplesoft) preferred
• Experience with digital production systems (Redzone) preferred

Skills Requirement:

• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work and thrive under time constraints and juggle/prioritize responsibilities.
• Strong people management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across a variety of stakeholders
• Highly organized
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team-oriented, collaborative, and flexible
• Strong problem-solving skills