What are the responsibilities and job description for the 1st Shift Production Manager position at PCS Technical Services?
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1st Shift Production Manager
Direct opportunity
Rate: up to $140K
Cincinnati, OH
Responsibilities:
- Lead the value stream across all shifts, manage production processes, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions to optimize productivity, process improvement and minimize downtime. Resolve daily production problems with both short and long-term solutions.
- Facilitate effective communication channels within the plant, ensuring information flow between different departments and shifts.
- Lead the development and implementation of SOPs to maintain consistent quality and safety standards.
- Represent a balanced, customer centric, quality focused, service-to-others mindset.
- Provide accountability and ownership for supervisors and production team members.
- Analyze production data to guide headcount needs, estimate work requirements: develop staffing levels; adjust personnel to meet production requirements. Manage staffing needs required for production, includes forecasting and communicating needs.
- Coordinate with multiple shift supervisors and managers to ensure seamless flow of projects on all shifts.
- Collaborate with the leadership team to provide operational status and challenges.
• Maintain appropriate production records: work with buyers and planners, schedulers and others to ensure availability and flow.
- Analyze data and identify production and process improvement opportunities and resolve workflow problems quickly and efficiently.
- Manage and lead production supervisors in motivating a diverse team of production team members including training, performance evaluations, and development plans.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as engineering, quality assurance, project managers, and maintenance, to identify opportunities for enhancing product quality, reducing costs, and improving overall plant efficiency with goal of improving productivity and margin.
- Oversee capacity planning within the value stream for the control of planned outputs.
- Create best practices within all areas of functional responsibility.
- Contribute to regular plant meetings, providing updates on production status, performance targets, and improvement initiatives.
- Ensure reports are prepared on KPIs, production metrics, and operational efficiency.
- Develop a qualified, well-trained and motivated staff.
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent experience, Operations Management or Engineering preferred with 5 years of demonstrated people leadership experience in a manufacturing setting
- Effectively manage operations within the manufacturing industry
- Develop high-performance teams to drive positive business results
- Proficient with Microsoft 365 (Office-Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Proficient with ERP/MRP systems
- Previous experience with P&L responsibility is a plus
If you possess the skills we are looking for and ready to make a positive impact, apply NOW We look forward to connecting soon
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- management
Salary : $140,000