Production Manager – Manufacturing

Location: Miami FL
Salary: $120000$130000 Bonus
Relocation Assistance: Up to $8000 in eligible expenses
Job Type: Full-Time Direct Hire
Work Location: On-Site

We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to help lead day-to-day manufacturing operations at a production facility in Miami Florida.

Reporting directly to the General Manager this position will provide hands-on leadership across production operations with a strong focus on labor efficiency production output cycle efficiency setup and changeover reduction material utilization quality safety and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has significant manufacturing leadership experience in a press-based or plastics-related production environment and understands how to improve productivity while controlling labor material waste regrind changeovers and other operating costs.

• Assist the General Manager in directing and supervising daily plant production operations.
• Develop and execute action plans to achieve production targets and operating objectives.
• Lead coach and develop production managers supervisors leads and hourly employees.
• Participate directly in hiring training performance management and workforce development.
• Allocate labor and other resources to maximize plant productivity and efficiency.
• Establish and monitor measurable goals for labor reduction and product efficiency.
• Evaluate manufacturing processes to identify inefficiencies constraints waste and opportunities for improvement.
• Drive improvements involving setup reduction cycle efficiency color changes/purging regrind utilization reclaim and material waste.
• Monitor production activities to ensure compliance with safety quality and operating procedures.
• Partner with Quality Control to ensure finished products consistently meet specifications.
• Work with production teams to improve output while controlling manufacturing costs.
• Oversee implementation and adherence to written procedures production layouts and Product Information Centers (PICs) at presses and processes.
• Conduct employee performance evaluations and provide coaching and corrective guidance when necessary.
• Ensure production leadership responds effectively to employee concerns and maintains a productive work environment.
• Monitor production output product quality plant organization and on-time shipping performance.
• Establish and regularly review departmental and plant KPIs.
• Prepare and present plant performance scorecards to upper management.
• Track key measures including labor reduction setup reduction cycle efficiency color purge/changeovers regrind/reclaim utilization safety cleanliness and organization.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across safety quality productivity supply management people management and plant operations.

• Significant production leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing production operations labor productivity quality safety and manufacturing KPIs.
• Strong background in continuous improvement and process optimization.
• Experience identifying and reducing manufacturing waste downtime inefficient setups and production constraints.
• Demonstrated ability to lead managers supervisors team leads and production employees.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling labor utilization quality requirements and plant performance metrics.
• Experience working in a plastics press-based molding or similar high-volume manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience with regrind/reclaim color changes setup reduction cycle-time improvement or similar plastics manufacturing processes is highly desirable.
• Strong leadership communication analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Base Salary: $120000$130000
• Bonus: Eligible
• Relocation Assistance: Up to $8000 in eligible relocation expenses
• Full Benefits
• Direct-hire opportunity

$120000$130000 base salary bonus full benefits and up to $8000 in relocation expense reimbursement.