Production Manager - TRIM Plant

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The Production Manager manages the daily operation of multiple production lines in a high speed, high volume manufacturing environment. Additionally, the Production Manager develops and implements activities in production area(s) to meet safety, quality and production design goals in addition to cost objectives, and promoting a strong team atmosphere. As a member of the Production Department the Production Manager reports to the Plant Manager.

The Production Manager makes decisions regarding safety, quality, cost, people and production under the direction of the Plant Manager. The incumbent revises production schedules and priorities as a result of equipment failure or operating problems. The Production Manager manages up to 5 Production Supervisors and leads a department of up to 50 employees in a continuous manufacturing environment by planning and assigning work, implementing policies and procedures, and recommending improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures, and working conditions.

Actively leads and supports the plant safety programs by:

• Promoting a safety conscious culture through actions and accountability;
• Providing daily updates on safety issues and training topics to the crew;
• Performing incident investigations as needed for personal injuries and property damage;
• Identifying and correcting hazards in the plant, both safety and environmental;
• Holding individuals accountable for work area and general plant housekeeping; and
• Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to safety.

Routinely verifies conformance of material being produced to meet or exceed the 98% first pass quality standard by:

• Monitoring quality parameters of material produced and making adjustments as needed (Green Sheet, LECO, MOR, ILB);
• Ensuring that all employees are properly trained on quality specifications and are accurately using testing equipment;
• Actively pursuing and correcting issues that negatively affect the quality of the board;
• Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to quality; and
• Promoting a quality-conscious culture through actions and accountability.

Understands the waste, speed, and delay design for each product on each machine, then meets or exceeds design by:

• Recommending improvements and/or upgrades to optimize through puts;
• Becoming engaged in the production run plan and making suggestions to improve;
• Coordinating daily activities, which include the run plan, clean up, and changeovers to best utilize resources and maximize efficiency;
• Planning and managing all downtime events on the crew to target 95% plus "time to efficiency" (TTE), this would include but is not limited to: wash ups, product changeovers, size changeovers and unscheduled downtime;
• Developing strategies to close design throughput gaps and improve TTE; and
• Recognizing employees for exceptional production performance.

Actively pursues ways to meet site yield expectation of 95% or higher by:

• Reducing rejects to below 2%;
• Achieving greater than 95% site yield;
• Recognizing employees for exceptional performance and the ability to control cost;
• Reducing interleaver usage by managing an effective plan to eliminate transit damage; and
• Effectively managing overtime (OT) at or below 18%.

Creates an environment that promotes positive teamwork and accomplishments by:

• Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to retention;
• Recruiting high quality employees;
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