Production Manager

Job Description:

We are currently seeking a Production Manager for our growing team!

Responsibilities of Position:

Coordinate production activities to ensure quality, capacity, customer satisfaction and financial goals are met.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Coach and monitor natural work teams by planning, scheduling and assigning work schedules and workflow.
• Identify, analyze, prioritize and solve complex issues and problems.
• Work with operators to ensure production metrics are understood and delivered.
• Ensure supplies, consumables and materials are available and on-hand to meet internal and external demands.
• Drive the operator certification and re-certification process by writing SOP’s, maintaining training records; conducting on-the-job training; and assuring all operators are certified within the allotted timeframe.
• Establish and maintain Production Visual Workplace supporting Amorphous Metals business plan.
• Maintain a clean, safe work environment that ensures compliance to HS&E requirements.
• Write employee performance reviews and review with employee.
• Manage payroll of employees.
• Present departmental information/data in business meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Success Factors:

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Customer focus, teamwork ability, strong analytical and assessment skills.
• Excellent customer responsiveness.

Attributes/Skills Required/Sought:

• Desire for continuous improvement through change and challenge.
• Interface effectively with internal and external customers.
• Self-confident, flexible, decisive and able to work with little supervision.
• Skilled at leading change efforts, bias for action and ability to get results.

Experience/Education Required/Sought:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field (i.e. business, engineering, etc.)
• 3 years work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Trained in use of six sigma tools preferred.
• 5 years strong leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5 years directly managing 20 or more employees.
• 2 years forklift experience.
• Mid to advanced level in Microsoft Office applications: Word, PPT, Excel, Outlook; Access a plus.