Production Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and productivity goals are achieved.
• Manage and develop Production Supervisors and Team Leads across multiple shifts.
• Oversee a manufacturing team of approximately 50-70 employees through a leadership structure of supervisors and team leads.
• Monitor production schedules and coordinate resources to meet customer requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, scrap reduction, and process optimization.
• Ensure compliance with all company safety policies and procedures.
• Analyze production metrics and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Support staffing, training, employee development, and performance management activities.
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain teams to resolve production issues.
• Lead efforts to improve workflow, productivity, and overall plant performance.
• Foster a positive, accountable, and team-oriented culture on the production floor.

Qualifications

• 5 years of production leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience managing supervisors, team leads, and hourly production employees.
• Experience within plastics manufacturing preferred.
• Thermoforming experience strongly preferred.
• Injection molding experience will also be considered.
• Experience in environments with frequent product changeovers, short production runs, or job shop manufacturing.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to analyze production data and drive operational improvements.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and manufacturing reporting systems.