Production Manager

Position Summary:

The Operations Manager will support Converting and Extrusion Production teams assisting with planning directing and coordinating production activities.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities:

The Operations Manager is accountable for inspiring and executing strategies which achieve optimum safety quality service productivity and profitability.

• Advance initiatives that promote and sustain the safety health security and welfare of all employees.
• Maintain safe clean orderly and environmentally compliant production operations.
• Inclusive oversight of all production and production support activities of the facility ensuring all are conducted in accordance with Company policies principles procedures values and standards.
• Perpetually assess current strategies systems procedures performance capabilities equipment facilities and employees for opportunities to optimize safety flow service quality and profitability.
• Willingly undertake and perform other duties and tasks as assigned.
• Develop implement and maintain quality assurance protocols.
• Ensure that production activities remain on time and within budget.
• Track staffing needs hiring new hires as needed.

Job Specific Requirements:

• Daily GEMBA
• Perform daily audits for Standard Work Housekeeping and Roll Scanning
• Maintain and post shift score cards twice monthly
• Assist with attendance and performance write ups
• Assist with shift completion of SABA safety training
• Assist with OT schedules
• Support shift supervisor on the floor to improve uptime.
• Lead motivate and support production team including career development and problem resolution.
• Manage data collection for the updating of metrics to achieve productivity targets reduce cost per unit eliminate errors and deliver excellent customer service.
• Oversee materials and inventory.
• Conduct budget reviews and report cost plans to corporate leadership team.

Candidate Requirements:

• High school degree required secondary education and/or leadership training preferred
• Requires individual with thorough knowledge of production processes in order to oversee bag making process
• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a production environment
• Demonstrated competence to work with minimum supervision effectively with all levels in the organization.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with the willingness and ability to learn new systems.
• Willing and able to work overtime

You should be proficient in:

• Leadership / People Management