Assistant Production Manager Job Glendale area,Arizona USA,Manufacturing / Production

Own the development of frontline leadership, team capability, and workforce performance across assigned production areas
Build a culture of accountability, engagement, teamwork, and continuous improvement by developing Shift Leads, Senior Machine Operators, and frontline employees to lead with confidence and consistency
Maintain the competency matrix through the POKA system, leverage Shift Leads to execute competency evaluations, and ensure employees possess the knowledge and skills required to perform safely and effectively
Drive 30-60-90 day onboarding reviews, identify capability gaps, and create development plans that strengthen technical competence, leadership effectiveness, operational flexibility, and succession readiness across the organization
Own production performance across assigned areas by translating operational targets into daily execution
Analyze productivity losses, conduct Pareto analysis, and develop SMART action plans that improve efficiency, throughput, and performance
Lead the autonomous maintenance program in partnership with Maintenance to improve equipment reliability and reduce avoidable downtime
Lead daily operating reviews, performance discussions, and shift execution activities
Ensure staffing plans support production requirements and customer commitments
Coordinate with Safety, Quality, Planning, Warehouse, Maintenance, and other operational partners to resolve production challenges and remove barriers to performance
Escalate significant risks and opportunities through established leadership channels while maintaining ownership of day-to-day execution
Ensure production activities comply with safety requirements, quality standards, customer specifications, and company procedures
Support accurate payroll processing, staffing administration, daily crewing plans, and production documentation
Ensure customer requirements are fulfilled while maintaining compliance with operational and quality expectations, including management of approved material deviations when required
Partner with Production Leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and sustain business processes that improve quality, compliance, reliability, and operating efficiency
Participate in Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen initiatives and lead improvement efforts within assigned areas
Develop and maintain standard work documentation, centerlines, equipment settings, and process controls that improve repeatability and sustain operational gains
Building wide collaboration to drive safety initiatives, which will be measured by number of incidents, injury rate, and training compliance
Quality systems process execution to drive first-time quality initiatives and improve quality scorecard compliance
Production performance meets established targets for DIN efficiency, OEE, throughput, service, and output while minimizing avoidable losses
Material losses are measured, root causes identified, and improvement plans implemented to reduce waste and improve conversion efficiency
Competency matrices, qualification plans, employee development activities, and evaluation processes are maintained and actively used to improve workforce capability
Frontline leaders are developed through structured coaching, competency assessments, and performance feedback, resulting in improved workforce capability, leadership bench strength, employee engagement, and succession readiness
Staffing plans support production requirements without avoidable disruptions to service, quality, or safety performance
Autonomous maintenance activities improve equipment reliability and reduce recurring operational losses
Continuous improvement initiatives deliver measurable gains in productivity, efficiency, reliability, and workforce capability
Cross-functional partnerships enable rapid resolution of production challenges and support achievement of plant objectives

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR TO JOIN OUR FAMILY?

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or a related field preferred; or an equivalent combination of education and progressive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in beverage manufacturing, food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, or other high-volume manufacturing environments
Experience developing the teams through coaching, performance management, and structured development programs
Demonstrated experience utilizing operational performance metrics,…