Production Manager

Taylor Corporation is a dynamic, diversified company with big plans for the future ― and your career. We power our employees’ potential and strive to create opportunity and security for every member of the team. If you’re ready for something bigger ― more challenge, more variety, more pathways for professional growth ― we should talk. We’re passionate about our work, we believe there is always a better way, and we’re looking for people like you.

Ready to reach your potential? It’s time to look at Taylor.

Your Opportunity: CFS is looking for a hands on, growth minded Production Manager to lead our manufacturing operations and help strengthen the way we operate. This role is responsible for daily production performance, people leadership, staffing, quality, efficiency, and customer commitments. Just as importantly, we are looking for someone who sees beyond today's production schedule and wants to understand how the entire business works.

The right person will be comfortable leading from the production floor, developing supervisors and employees, using data to make decisions, and working across departments to solve problems. This position provides exposure to the broader CFS operation and the opportunity to take on expanded leadership responsibilities as the individual demonstrates capability and the needs of the business evolve.

To be considered for the Taylor opportunities, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

• Own daily execution of the production schedule and customer commitments
• Establish clear priorities and expectations across production areas and shifts
• Monitor production performance and respond quickly when results fall behind plan
• Ensure strong communication and effective handoffs between shifts
• Proactively communicate and elevate risks that could affect customer commitments
• Maintain a safe, organized, and productive manufacturing environment

• Lead, coach, and develop production supervisors and employees
• Establish clear expectations and consistently follow through on commitments
• Build cross training and backup coverage throughout the operation
• Identify employee development opportunities and build future leaders
• Create an environment where problems are identified and addressed early
• Promote teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Align staffing with production requirements and forecasted workload
• Make thoughtful decisions regarding overtime, temporary labor, hiring, and shift coverage
• Understand equipment and labor capacity and identify constraints before they affect service
• Build operational flexibility through cross training and effective resource planning
• Balance productivity, cost, capacity, and customer requirements when making staffing decisions

• Review production performance and identify gaps between planned and actual results
• Monitor productivity, labor utilization, quality, rework, downtime, and service performance
• Use data and root cause analysis to understand problems and develop sustainable corrective actions
• Identify production bottlenecks and opportunities to improve workflow and throughput
• Hold the organization accountable for maintaining improvements after problems are resolved

• Challenge processes that create unnecessary labor, complexity, delays, or rework
• Build standard work and repeatable processes
• Promote Lean, 5S, and continuous improvement principles
• Partner with office, quality, engineering, maintenance, customer service, and other teams to improve overall business performance
• Look for opportunities to use technology,…