Process Production Manager (1144510

Location: Yankton, SD
Salary: $85,000.00 USD Annually - $ USD Annually
Description
Large manufacturing company is looking for a strong Lean focused Production Manager for their facility in south-eastern, SD.
Relocation assistance is available from candidates within the Midwest (This company does not sponsor or relocate candidates from outside of the US)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and managing Team Leaders and associates, Process Engineering, Quality, budgets, employment decisions and performance assessments.
• Responsible to include: developing associates, ensure that team consensus is used to thoroughly evaluate decisions, ensure that decisions are rapidly implemented, budget planning, employment decisions related to associates and performance assessment of all direct reports, team leaders and associates.
• Operational leadership including successful Lean implementation resulting in productivity gains.
• Meets with the Leaders regularly, reflecting on problems, solutions, and challenges, thereby creating a culture of continuous improvement and contributing towards becoming a learning organization.
• Leads the team in daily operations and continuous improvements which include but are not limited to: supply chain production control, establishing manufacturing priorities, coordination of activities with off
  -shift management and order shipments. Emphasizes the creation of continuous product flow, utilize pull systems where flow is not currently possible, and works to level the workload.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent;
  Masters preferred.
• 3-5 years of major professional accomplishments, including increasing responsibility and leadership of projects and teams of considerable size, scope and complexity.
• Involved with or lead a team in LEAN process improvements/implementation preferred