Production Manager

This role is located onsite at our Grayling manufacturing site . This position leads the Safety, Environmental Compliance, Quality, Production and Cost as it is related to the lamination process to achieve maximum profitability in a safe environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Operations or similar field strongly preferred
• Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience, including direct leadership of people, 5 years preferred
• Strong Safety and Quality Leadership Skills. An individual who can effectively clarify expectations and hold personnel accountable with a positive / constructive influencing approach.
• Proven track record of driving continuous improvement;
  Acts on data and facts to create ideal outcomes.
• Demonstrated people management skills, including team building, empowering employees and effective mill-wide communications
• Budgeting and key metric management experience
• Experience utilizing a variety of systems (electronic) used to manage and track business results.
• Demonstrates strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills
• Strong ability to adapt and change with the market and business needs, as well as strong time management skills
• Strong knowledge of SAP or equivalent preferred
• Willing and able to obtain a forklift license
• Ability and willingness to travel to support the business as required

• An attractive compensation package with either bonus or profit/gain sharing eligibility for every role
• Health plans with options that meet your needs, including a wellness program, gym reimbursement, and additional benefits such as pet insurance, legal insurance, employer-paid and voluntary life insurance, and more
• Paid maternity and paternity leave, a competitive vacation package, and company and floating holidays designed to support your work-life balance
• Retirement planning options, including generous employer contributions
• Opportunities to learn and develop, including a tuition reimbursement program

• Monitors performance and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays
• Owns the development of lamination product recipes and customer trials, as well as lamination paper storage
• Exchange information and data with other mills in the corporation and enforce best practices to reduce and manage lamination process downtime
• Reviews TFL orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to plan department operations
• Manage assigned staff including hiring, development, performance evaluations, etc. to ensure proper execution of all production related activities in a safe and effective manner
• Coordinates with area owners to develop Quality Improvement Process reports (QIP’s) to ensure quality issues are not repeated
• Manage and continuously develop departmental training programs to maximize plant performance while complying with all site, corporate, local, state and federal regulations
• Provide and communicate a safe and clean work environment by conforming to required safety and housekeeping standards
• Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards
• Responsible for developing the ideal operating posture given product mix, staffing knowledge, and equipment capabilities
• Owner of essential KPIs such as Uptime, A-Grade, Speed, Paper Loss, COGM, and Capacity.
• Liaison between mill TFL operations and sales; can communicate and solve problems effectively to move the TFL business…