Production Manager

Description

The Production Manager at Treatt, US is responsible for the day-to-day management of production and blending activities, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient delivery of business targets through World Class Manufacturing principles. The role provides leadership to Team Supervisors and operational teams, with clear accountability for production delivery, labor management, quality standards, KPI performance and customer service. In addition, the role is expected to lead operational excellence across the department by driving continuous improvement, structured problem solving, process optimization and data-led decision making.

The Production Manager will work cross-functionally with Engineering, R&D, Quality and Supply Chain to improve productivity, yield, waste reduction, labor efficiency and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), while developing the capability of operators, process engineers and future operational leaders. The role will support succession planning for future Plant Manager and senior operations leadership positions by building a stronger culture of technical ownership, continuous improvement and operational discipline.

• To operate the Company’s Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards.
• To report accurately and effectively on the daily progress of production including any delays and their causes to the Plant Manager, so that adequate decisions can be made to minimize effects on customer deliveries, production efficiency and future production planning. Liaise with Production Planners to advise on manning levels and the scheduling of production tasks and any issues which may impact production timelines.
• Partner with Research and Development to ensure all scale up projects run within the department are supported to ensure effective roll out of the projects.

• Lead a ‘right first time’ policy and help to ensure that all orders are met on time and within specification.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping and 5S are always maintained within the department, with sustainable solutions rolled across the department.
• Coordinate the safe start-up and shutdown of all plants and ancillary equipment.
• Ensure SOP’s and process cleaning procedures are relevant and up to date. Make changes if required and report major deviations. Ensure all the operators are operating safety and all the Safety Critical Tasks are trained and Training records up to date. Manage and update Skills Station.
• Manage budgetary control of labor within their crew to optimize standard
• Manage reduction in non-value-added activities – Identify and deliver cost savings in labor requirements through efficiency improvements and way of working within their team.
• Implement and maintain Key performance Indicators (KPI’s) across the department (Blending, Distillation & Extractions) monitoring plan adherence and operator / equipment utilizations.
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) are relevant and up to date and saved on SharePoint. Report major deviations. Ensure all the operators are operating safety and all the Safety Critical Tasks are trained and Training records up to date.
• Manage and update Skill Station in accordance with the training plan with all operators been trained and cross trained across Department ensuring a flexible and agile workforce.
• Own and lead the department’s continuous improvement and operational excellence programmed, applying Lean, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis and structured problem-solving methodologies to improve safety, quality, productivity, yield, waste reduction, labour efficiency and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Ensure improvements are quantified, documented, sustained and aligned with site performance targets.
• Lead manufacturing engineering and process optimization activities across Blending, Distillation and Extraction operations, using process data, capability analysis and loss identification to remove constraints, improve equipment utilization and embed robust ways of working.
• Develop and maintain digital manufacturing capability, KPI dashboards and data-led performance management…