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Production Manager

OESL-Automotive
Somersworth, NH Full Time
POSTED ON 8/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/2/2026
Job Description

We're seeking a dynamic Production Manager to lead manufacturing operations in a fast-paced, quality-driven environment. This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact by driving operational excellence, leading continuous improvement initiatives, developing high-performing teams, and delivering world-class results in safety, quality, cost, and delivery. If you're a strategic leader who thrives on improving processes and empowering people, we'd love to have you on our team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage all production operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality manufacturing processes that meet customer requirements and business objectives.
  • Develop and execute production strategies, translating operational goals into actionable plans while supporting capacity, workforce, and investment planning.
  • Drive production planning and resource optimization, ensuring effective scheduling of personnel, equipment, and processes to achieve daily and monthly production targets.
  • Manage production performance and continuous improvement initiatives, utilizing lean methodologies to improve quality, productivity, cost, and overall operational efficiency.
  • Oversee budget and financial performance for production cost centers, ensuring adherence to budgets, accurate forecasting, and achievement of financial goals.
  • Ensure compliance with quality, safety, environmental, and operational standards, including adherence to ESH requirements and corporate production standards.
  • Lead, coach, and develop production teams, including workforce training, performance management, succession planning, and employee skill development in partnership with HR.
  • Monitor and report key operational KPIs, implementing corrective actions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve metrics such as quality, cost, delivery, waste.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required or 10 or more years of professional experience in production/ manufacturing.
  • 5 or more years of professional experience in production/ manufacturing.
  • 5 or more years in a leadership position with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals.
  • Advanced level of quality management (including quality policies, systems and processes).
  • Advanced level of lean production principles, methods and tools.
  • Advanced level of problem solving and decision-making tools and techniques
  • Advanced level of project management skills, tools and techniques.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Relocation benefits would not be offered for this job opening.
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
  • Candidates must possess proficiency in spoken and reading English sufficient to perform the essential functions of this role.

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