Production Manager

At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Production Manager based in our Jacksonville, Florida manufacturing plant.

This role provides day-to-day operational leadership for assigned manufacturing areas, leads production teams, and partners closely with the Plant Director and plant leadership team to translate site priorities into disciplined frontline execution. The Production Manager is accountable for delivering safe, high-quality, efficient production while building a high-performance culture through Integrated Work Systems (IWS), Daily Direction Setting, leader standard work, and continuous improvement.

The Production Manager leads assigned manufacturing operations with ownership for frontline performance, people leadership, capability building, and continuous improvement. This role converts plant priorities into clear shift and area routines across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobilization, and Nature (SQCDMN), while reinforcing leader standard work, employee ownership, and a zero-loss mindset. The Production Manager strengthens IWS maturity within assigned areas, improves process reliability, reduces losses, and delivers measurable business impact through strong partnership with Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, HR, Finance, and EHS.

This role delivers results through assigned production teams, standard systems, and operational discipline. Responsibilities are calibrated to Production Manager scope, including execution ownership for assigned lines, shifts, or departments; strong people leadership; active IWS deployment; and measurable contribution to site performance.

• Translate plant priorities into clear production plans, area KPIs, shift routines, and frontline actions that deliver SQCDMN results within assigned scope.
• Lead with visible, servant-leadership behaviors that build trust, ownership, accountability, and engagement across assigned salaried and hourly teams.
• Partner with the Plant Director, Production Director where applicable, and plant leadership team to optimize capacity, staffing, labor productivity, material flow, and production scheduling for assigned areas.
• Champion a zero-loss, zero-risk culture by identifying chronic losses, removing barriers within scope, and escalating systemic issues with urgency and discipline.
• Strengthen business continuity through cross-training, standard work, staffing readiness, and consistent shift execution in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Model Danone Behaviors and HOPE values by connecting daily production decisions to people, performance, food safety, consumer trust, and One Planet. One Health.

• Own SQCDMN performance within assigned areas through daily, weekly, and monthly management routines that convert metrics into action.
• Apply IWS, TPM, Lean, and continuous improvement methods to improve Process Reliability (PR), reduce planned and unplanned downtime, improve yield, and lower conversion cost drivers.
• Lead Daily Direction Setting (DDS), shift handoffs, loss reviews, and escalation processes that enable fast issue resolution and sustained standards.
• Use structured problem solving, PDCA, root cause analysis, standard work, centerlining, and loss elimination tools to address chronic performance issues.
• Build capability in Line Trios, Shift Leads, Supervisors, and Equipment Owners so teams can identify, prioritize, and eliminate losses at the source.
• Monitor and improve throughput, PR/OEE, yield, waste, labor productivity, schedule adherence, equipment uptime, and changeover performance.
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