Production Manager I

The Production Manager is responsible for leading and developing a manufacturing team to achieve safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer service objectives. This role drives continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to reduce waste, improve processes, and optimize resources through data analysis and structured problem-solving. The Production Manager establishes priorities and performance goals, supports employee training and development, manages attendance and staffing needs, and ensures effective communication across the organization. This position works closely with internal and external customers and suppliers while supporting capital investment initiatives and maintaining compliance with company standards, policies, and values. Essential Functions: To actively lead the team to ensure that team targets and objectives are met in all aspects of its business, while promoting and monitoring the process of continuous improvement To provide, as practicably as possible, a safe and healthy working environment implementing improvement programs to eliminate any work-related injuries To create and promote a healthy working relationship, improving the operation of the team and its relationship with both internal and external customers To monitor and evaluate costs, quality and service, identifying areas for improvement programs to eliminate waste. This will normally be achieved through: The use of problem-solving techniques The evaluation of team results compared to budget and objectives The on-going monitoring of team’s performance To define priorities, in conjunction with team members, setting objectives and devising improvement plans in order that results meet or exceed expectations; together with the team and planning functions, ensure and guarantee the total satisfaction of all customers, both internal and external To assist team members of other teams (possibly outside the group) To achieve effective and efficient use of resources To assist in defining the training and development needs of all team members To ensure, through a cascade method, that the communications operate effectively both within the team and where there is an impact elsewhere within the organization To determine any necessary investment within the team area, and prepares the justification for capital expenditures To act as a line between suppliers (internal/external) to ensure that the team operates in an efficient and productive manner Manage direct report’s attendance and vacations using ERS M/F/D/V encouraged to apply. Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Applicants have the option to confidentially self-identify or not self-identify when applying. #J-18808-Ljbffr