Production Manager

Kinovate Life Sciences, Inc. established in 2004 in Oceanside, California. A wholly owned subsidiary of Nitto Denko Corporation ( ), Kinovate was spun-off from Oceanside, CA based R&D facility Nitto Denko Technical Corp ( ) with a mission to provide the highest quality materials to niche life science markets worldwide.

Since its inception, Kinovate has grown to become the market leader in solid support in the oligonucleotide synthesis field. We are bringing the most creative minds in science and technology to develop medical discoveries and breakthroughs. Our customers are well-known in the biotechnology industry. We are in a growth phase within ISO work environment and leading towards a GMP Certification. KLS is seeking extraordinary people to join the team.

KLS is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

Great place to work. Small subsidiary of large international company headquartered in Japan. Generous discretionary bonuses. Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance effective from date of hire. Additional benefits include 401(k), 3 weeks vacation in your first year, 12 paid yearly holidays, 5 paid sick days, tuition reimbursement and more.

Under general guidance, manage short-and-long-term business plans for production deliverables to customers within a segment of production. Plan production schedule within budgetary constraints, analyzes human and capital resources selecting the best methodology to meet production requirements and ensuring quality standards. Partner with various departments such as technology, engineering, quality, safety and human resources for guidance, collaboration, or attainment of business objectives.

Provide leadership and management skills to supervisors ensuring products are produced safely and with on-time deliverables while achieving or exceeding customer expectations.

• Provides day-to-day leadership to Production Supervisors, Leads and/or employees working within the production department, including resolving any technical or operational issues.
• Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching, mentoring, training, and development. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution.
• Manages any personnel issue such as attendance, efficiency, training, quality, safety, etc. encouraging supervisor to document any pertinent information concerning employees. Collaborates with Human Resources in the administration of discipline as necessary. Implements Human Resources advisement of corrective actions.
• Formulates and recommends manufacturing policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its competitive position and profitability of the operation.
• Directs and facilitates various programs essential to manufacturing procedures, e.g., safety, training, cost reduction, employee engagement, lean manufacturing, security, etc.)
• Creates, prepares, and reviews production reports and data, presents to senior management as necessary.
• Partners with engineering for new product introduction and production improvements to resolve major technical and/or quality issues in manufacturing.
• Applies lean manufacturing concepts in assigned area, e.g., Kaizen, GATE, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field; and seven (7) to ten (10) years’ directly related experience; and two (2) years’ managing/supervising a significate segment of a medium to large manufacturer with automated process equipment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration or related field, a plus.

• Solid leadership, organization, and people skills to motivate, guide, inspire, train, coach, mentor to accomplish departmental objectives. Solid ability to resolve moderate to complex employee relations issues.
• Strong knowledge of automated manufacturing methods and understanding of workflow processes.
• Ability to analyze product specifications and plant capacity data and perform mathematical…