Production Manager

Position Objective

The Production Manager provides leadership and direction for day-to-day manufacturing operations, including Production, Finishing, Inspection, Shipping and Receiving, Production Control, and Building Maintenance, as assigned. This position is accountable for building a safe, engaged, and high-performing team that consistently achieves customer requirements and business objectives for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, inventory, and cost.

The Production Manager provides leadership and direction for day-to-day manufacturing operations, including Production, Finishing, Inspection, Shipping and Receiving, Production Control, and Building Maintenance, as assigned. This position is accountable for building a safe, engaged, and high-performing team that consistently achieves customer requirements and business objectives for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, inventory, and cost.

The Production Manager converts business priorities into daily operating plans, removes barriers to performance, develops supervisors and employees, and partners with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and other functions to drive continuous improvement and sustainable results.

• Lead daily manufacturing activities to achieve established safety, quality, delivery, productivity, inventory, and cost targets.
• Translate customer demand and production requirements into clear priorities, staffing plans, schedules, and execution expectations.
• Monitor production performance throughout each shift; address constraints, elevate risks, and coordinate recovery plans when results are off target.
• Ensure products are manufactured, inspected, packaged, and shipped in accordance with customer specifications, quality requirements, and delivery commitments.
• Promote a strong safety culture through visible leadership, employee involvement, hazard identification, timely corrective actions, and consistent compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain accurate and timely inventory balances, production transactions, material movement, and related records; investigate and correct discrepancies.
• Lead continuous-improvement activities that reduce waste, improve flow and labor productivity, strengthen quality, increase equipment effectiveness, and lower conversion cost.
• Use operating data and structured problem-solving methods to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and verify that improvements are sustained.
• Establish and maintain standard work, operating procedures, visual controls, production documentation, and management routines.
• Partner with Production Control, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality to align capacity, materials, equipment, labor, and production priorities.
• Support new-product launches, process changes, equipment installations, customer requirements, and other operational projects.
• Ensure preventive-maintenance needs, facility concerns, and equipment issues are identified, prioritized, and coordinated with the appropriate resources.
• Maintain effective housekeeping, workplace organization, and 5S standards throughout assigned areas.
• Provide leadership with accurate and timely information regarding performance, staffing, risks, customer concerns, and improvement priorities.

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and employees; establish clear responsibilities, decision authority, performance standards, and accountability.
• Build an inclusive, respectful, and team-oriented work environment that encourages employee involvement and open communication.
• Evaluate staffing requirements and work with Human Resources to recruit, select, onboard, transfer, and separate employees in accordance with…