Production Manager

Kankakee, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality integrity and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description

Role: Production Manager (Mod Line)

*This is a Safety Sensitive position. *

Job Summary: The Production Manager is a hands-on leadership-driven role responsible for overseeing plant operations at the Kankakee facility (Mod Line). The role fosters cross-functional collaboration across Quality Maintenance HR and Logistics emphasizing Lean/continuous improvement employee development and operational excellence.

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Insurance (includes teledoc virtual health FSA HCSA & other benefits)

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Spending Account

Employee Support and Mental Wellness

Short term disability

401k Match

Paid vacation

Floating days

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Engagement Events

Awards and Recognition

Tuition Reimbursement

Service Awards

Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

Providing leadership and coaching to production supervisors and employees to meet all safety environmental quality cost and service goals and objectives.
Partnering with the Quality Control Coordinator to ensure that finished product meet all customer requirements through continuous improvement and utilization of the plant quality management system.
Partnering with the Maintenance Supervisor to ensure equipment reliability at optimal efficiency and cost.
Providing leadership and support to the overall reliability strategy including the involvement of production employees in TPM.
A partner with the Shipping and Receiving Supervisor to assure that the manufacturing schedule is optimized and makes adjustments as necessary to provide required levels of service to our customers in the most cost effective manner.
Providing the leadership to maintain a highly engaged workforce. Partners with HR in areas of performance management employee involvement organizational change staffing and employee development.
Providing leadership to drive continuous improvement through the application of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Kaizen events working directly with the production and maintenance teams.
Assuring employee training (quality safety process etc.) is effective and completed.
Mentoring immediate direct reports and establishes an effective team that is accountable and capable to achieve all performance goals.
Assuring plant housekeeping meets company standards and implements and maintains a 5S program to sustain improvements.

Qualifications

Technical four-year degree
Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience within a manufacturing environment
Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification a plus
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement initiatives including Lean
Proficient with MS Excel Word PowerPoint
Proven track record of operational enhancement and improvements through employee engagement
Excellent communication (written verbal and presentation) skills
Demonstrated team building talent and hands-on problem-solving skills
Ability to achieve results individually and as a member of a team

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Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employees sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to and teamwork at IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation health care a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Required Experience:

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IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality integrity and trustworthiness are th...