Production Manager

Lansdale, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Production Manager leads end-to-end operations for custom cabinet and architectural millwork manufacturing ensuring safe efficient and high-quality production across all departments. This role drives operational excellence by directing supervisors optimizing workflows strengthening resource utilization and applying Lean methodologies to eliminate waste and improve performance. The Production Manager oversees production schedules equipment maintenance and daily execution while fostering a culture of safety accountability continuous improvement and high performance.

Essential Duties

Leadership & Culture

Establishes and maintains a positive high-performance culture grounded in accountability respect teamwork and continuous improvement.

Provides clear leadership to 3-5 production supervisors ensuring alignment with company goals and production standards.

Communicates expectations performance goals and operational priorities effectively across teams.

Models strong decision-making problem-solving integrity and professionalism to support a healthy culture.

Partners closely with HR and Operations leadership to support employee relations conflict resolution and workforce planning.

Production & Operations Management

Directs daily production operations including material processing product finalization material handling and shipping at the most economical cost while maintaining required quality and performance standards.

Manages production schedules ensuring alignment with customer delivery timelines and design specifications.

Reviews production orders schedules and specifications to plan operations and allocate resources appropriately.

Oversees KPI management MES systems ERP dashboards and schedule adherence to ensure operational excellence.

Identifies production risks bottlenecks and constraints implementing corrective actions to minimize downtime and delays.

Oversees preventive and reactive machine maintenance programs to ensure optimal equipment utilization and reduce unplanned failures.

Ensures availability of raw materials components and finished parts to meet production demand and sequencing needs.

Collaborates with Design Engineering Purchasing Quality and other support teams to ensure materials are ordered and available as needed.

Work closely with the team to establish and maintain standards for costing and tracking raw materials.

Employee Management & Development

Provides overall direction for production staff including hiring training coaching performance evaluations and disciplinary actions.

Conducts formal reviews with supervisors and ensures training programs are implemented for production personnel.

Builds leadership capability within supervisors through coaching delegation and skill development.

Develops staffing plans and ensures coverage across departments and shifts as needed.

Fosters cross-training to support skill diversification and workforce flexibility.

Safety Compliance & Quality Assurance

Enforces company policies related to safety human relations and production goals consistent with OSHA and local regulations

Maintains a safe working environment through audits corrective actions incident investigation and ongoing training.

Ensures compliance with manufacturing standards EH&S policies and quality requirements.

Partners with Quality function to maintain consistent adherence to specifications and customer expectations.

Technical Systems & Data Management

Utilizes MES ERP and dashboard systems to compile store analyze and report production data

Demonstrates high proficiency in spreadsheets for KPI tracking capacity planning forecasting and problem-solving.

Oversees digital production scheduling resource allocation inventory controls and real-time performance tracking.

Ensures accurate and timely reporting of production metrics downtime labor utilization and operational performance.

Qualifications

Skills & Experiences Required:

10-15 years of progressive manufacturing experience including at least 5 years in a production management role.
Strong background in manufacturing / shop operations to include; custom cabinet manufacturing woodworking metal or related manufacturing.
High technical proficiency with spreadsheets (advanced formulas dashboards data modeling).
Experience managing KPIs MES/ERP systems and production scheduling tools.
Experience managing multiple production shifts.
Demonstrated success overseeing multiple supervisors and large production teams.
Proven ability to identify production bottlenecks mitigate risks and optimize flow.
Experience with preventive maintenance programs and machine utilization strategies.
Deep knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement tools.
Excellent communication skills and ability to thrive in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have:

Experience managing architectural millwork or architectural woodwork operations.
Engineering degree or technical manufacturing education.
Six Sigma certification.

Physical Requirements

At all times employees are required to be fit for duty.
Employees are required to be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Employees stand for long periods of time.
Employees may work in loud work areas.
Employee is expected to be able to problem solve make well thought out decisions be organized.

Required Experience:

Manager

The Production Manager leads end-to-end operations for custom cabinet and architectural millwork manufacturing ensuring safe efficient and high-quality production across all departments. This role drives operational excellence by directing supervisors optimizing workflows strengthening resource util...