Production Manager

Join our team as a Production Manager at Medline's Respiratory Care manufacturing facility in Arlington Heights, IL. Every hour of every day, patients and healthcare professionals rely on the our respiratory products to support critical patient care. As a Production Manager, you'll lead a manufacturing operation, partnering with cross‑functional teams to drive safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement. We’re looking for a hands‑on leader who enjoys developing teams, solving complex operational challenges, and creating an environment where employees can succeed.

If you’re eager to make an impact, grow your career, and help deliver products that healthcare providers depend on every day, you’ll find your place ether, we make healthcare run better.

• Manage day‑to‑day manufacturing operations. Ensure efficient operations with minimum equipment downtime and quality production.
• Ensure a safe, clean and secure working environment by establishing and enforcing procedures, rules and regulations. Initiate fixed capital requests, monitor all production related safety and security systems and procedures on a regular basis. Conduct regular safety meetings and review the effectivness of 5S program.
• Manage plant operations according to established company policy. Direct and coordinate all activities within the plant: coordinate requirements with leadership, sales, engineering, procurement, production, shipping/receiving, maintenance, quality functions and technology centers.
• Develop and mentor staff through on‑boarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; build and maintain employee morale and motivation; ensure the team is appropriately staffed with required competencies. Conduct semi‑annually performance management for reports.
• Establish continuous improvement through lean initiatives in production. Report production improvements and failures and recommend solutions. Establish Key Performance Indicators related to strategy that track progress.
• Minimize and resolve external business related complaints by maintaining liaison with local and Divisional Quality staff, and facility staff to investigate and resolve customer issues.
• Ensure compliance of all products and procedures to the Quality system, execute and implement all the training procedures and documentation, and perform trouble shooting and root cause analysis.

• High School Diploma or GED

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• At least 5 years experience in manufacturing and Supply Chain (inventory management, warehouse, etc.) environment.

• Intermediate skill level with AS400.
• Intermediate skill level in SAP.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).

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• Proficiency in Spanish.
• At least 5 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work.

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Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

$ - $ Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Our benefit package…