What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at Essex Solutions?
Position Summary
The Production Manager leads manufacturing operations through a team of 4 Production Supervisors overseeing approximately 60–80 employees. This role is responsible for driving safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance while ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and manufacturing specifications.
Essential Responsibilities
The Production Manager leads manufacturing operations through a team of 4 Production Supervisors overseeing approximately 60–80 employees. This role is responsible for driving safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance while ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and manufacturing specifications.
Essential Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop Production Supervisors and production teams.
- Manage daily manufacturing operations to achieve production, quality, safety, and cost objectives.
- Oversee hiring, training, performance management, employee development, and corrective actions.
- Plan and direct work activities to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
- Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs), including productivity, safety, manufacturing accuracy, material usage, scrap, and labor efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards, quality requirements, and operating procedures.
- Partner with Scheduling, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, HR, and other departments to resolve issues and improve performance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, quality, and waste reduction.
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred.
- 5 years of manufacturing leadership experience, including managing supervisors and large production teams.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Experience using production metrics and KPIs to drive operational performance.
- Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Office applications.