Production Manager

We are seeking an experienced manufacturing leader who is passionate about developing people, building strong teams, and driving operational excellence. In this leadership role, you will lead our Production Department, develop front-line leaders, strengthen organizational capability, and deliver results across a 24/5 manufacturing operation.

The ideal candidate is a visible, hands‑on leader who excels at developing people, building high-performing teams, and creating a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement. They bring strong operational and business acumen, effectively coach and develop front-line leaders, and are comfortable making decisions in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. Success in this role requires the ability to align people, priorities, and resources to achieve operational goals and drive sustainable performance improvements.

The Production Manager has overall responsibility and accountability for the safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient operation and performance of the Production Department across two manufacturing sites. This role provides leadership to Production Supervisors, Production Engineering Supervisors, and other assigned production support personnel while maintaining accountability for departmental performance across safety, quality, productivity, service, inventory accuracy, cost, compliance, employee engagement, and business results.

Success in this role requires strong leadership, operational discipline, and the ability to develop high‑performing teams. The Production Manager establishes operational priorities, develops departmental goals and operating plans, allocates resources, manages performance, drives accountability, and leads continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives that support both short‑and‑long‑term business objectives. The individual will lead production performance management processes, workforce planning efforts, leadership development initiatives, and operational excellence programs to improve manufacturing performance and organizational capability.

The Production Manager will partner closely with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, HSSE, HR, Finance, and other functions to strengthen process discipline, improve operational performance, support capital investments, enhance manufacturing capabilities, and ensure successful execution of business growth initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of manufacturing experience within chemical, process, or industrial manufacturing environments, including at least 8 years of leadership experience managing production operations through front‑line supervisors.
• Proven experience leading multiple manufacturing teams and developing supervisors while driving performance in safety, quality, productivity, service, cost, inventory management, and employee engagement.
• Demonstrated success establishing operational goals, performance expectations, accountability processes, and systems that improve manufacturing performance and support business objectives.
• Strong business acumen with experience utilizing operational metrics, KPIs, forecasting, capacity planning, labor planning, and financial data to support decision‑making and operational improvement.
• Demonstrated experience leading continuous improvement initiatives, organizational change efforts, process standardization, and operational excellence programs.
• Experience managing departmental budgets, labor planning, staffing strategies, workforce planning, succession planning, and resource allocation in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, process safety, quality systems, inventory controls, SAP transactions, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships and effectively partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, HSSE, HR, Finance, and other cross‑functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal…