Production Manager

Role:
The Production Manager owns and leads the day-to-day operating through the Daily Directional Setting (DDS) process. They coach Team Leads and Team Members in the use of standard work operator care checks and problem-solving tools to stabilize performance eliminate losses and improve results. The Production Manager ensures HOPs systems are used effectively and consistently to maintain safe food-safe and reliable operations.

Responsibilities: The Production Manager is responsible for -

• Delivering line results by owning and driving performance against PDQCDSM targets. Ensuring scorecards are updated and accurate.
• Leading Daily Directional Setting (DDS) for the depart and ensuring clear priorities actions and follow-up (PDCA).
• Owning Honeyville Operating Philosophy (HOPs) execution for the line (DDS RLS Operator Care checks CIL CL Defect Handling Safety Changeover & Sanitization).
• Coaching standard work to eliminate non-value-added work and improve flow consistency and efficiency.
• Building team capability by helping LPLs coach and develop Team Leads and Team Members (training signoffs/qualification and skill growth aligned to HPWS).
• Identifying and eliminating losses by using data floor presence and structured problem solving (root cause preventative measures and reapplication of best practices).
• Supporting Line Plans by partnering with LPLs to eliminate waste and increase efficiencies. & Maintenance/TSG to restore and maintain equipment at base condition improve PM effectiveness and reduce repeat issues.
• Driving food safety and safety standards by ensuring compliance to required procedures responding to deviations and reinforcing expectations through coaching and follow-up.
• Ensuring communication and shift-to-shift continuity by maintaining clear visual management and escalating issues appropriately to protect performance and compliance.
• Supporting Staffing By looking forward in the schedule to ensure we have correct staffing compliance. Coordinate vacation leave of absence and flow to the work with shifting priorities (assisting LPLs). Maximizing capacity utilization and achieving financial goals.
• Improving performance through continuous improvement by surfacing opportunities prioritizing improvements and ensuring actions are implemented and sustained.
• Perform assignments and directives provided by the leadership team

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years combined related work experience in food production or manufacturing environment including a minimum of 3 year(s) of successful leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change in an organization.
• Sound financial understanding with the ability to formulate strategies based on financial data.
• Experienced in the use of statistical tools/methodologies such as Theory of Constraints (TOC) Toyota Production Systems Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Lean Six Sigma and other throughput methodologies.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing principles and how they affect the overall success of the business.
• Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analyses.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing principles and how they affect the overall success of the business.
• Proven ability to collaborate with a wide variety of audiences with differing perspectives and frames of reference.
• Computer literate including knowledge of and competence in manufacturing-related systems and Microsoft Office.
• Must be able to travel as required (up to 10%)

Education Requirements:

• Associates degree in Supply Chain/Logistics Business Management Engineering Communications or other related fieldor relevant experience is preferred.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish) a plus.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

Frequently required to stand; walk; use of hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; and to talk; or hear. Ability to lift and/ or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color and depth vision. Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts fumes or airborne particles risk of electrical shock or vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to occasionally loud. Exposure to allergens such as Soy Wheat Tree Nuts Milk/Dairy eggs etc.

Instructions:

To be considered for the above position please submit your resume to

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