Directs overall production operations ensuring the achievement of production objectives at the lowest cost consistent with the company quality standards and customer delivery requirements. Organize and control release of production order documents to support the production schedule. Provide administrative and hands on support to the production and planning staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Implement and actively support the corporate safety policies and initiatives.
• Maintain team member related records for performance appraisals, training, safety, attendance, production, and corrective action
• Review production schedules to confirm quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates meet customer and established stocking requirements.
• Assists Production Planner in providing capacity and inventory information for production scheduling.
• Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Inspects machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
• Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
• Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data to provide metrics and utilization data to management team.
• Resolve problems and triage production and quality issues with production teams.
• Coordinate schedules for production staff and expedite any shortages.
• Work closely with all areas of production and assist on various assignments as necessary.
• Acts as mentor and back up to Production leads
Perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Requires a bachelor's degree in business or production and operations management from a four-year college or university plus a minimum of five years progressively responsible related experience; or ten years progressively responsible related experience; or a combination of education and experience. Requires computer skills, mechanical and electrical skills aptitude with the ability to use small hand tools and measuring devices. Industrial and Stationary Battery Industry experience is a plus. Requires a general working knowledge of ERP, accounting methods and cost control procedures.

Communication Skills

Must be able to communicate effectively with Operations Managers, Sales leaders, Applications Engineer, Product Development, Purchasing and most importantly, Production Leads and Planner.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of information furnished in written and oral form.