The Manufacturing Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing all manufacturing operations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective production that meets company quality, delivery, and performance objectives. This role drives the facility's safety culture, coordinates production planning and execution, and provides leadership to production supervisors and teams. The Production Manager partners closely with Planning, Maintenance, and Engineering to optimize throughput, minimize downtime, control costs, and support continuous improvement initiatives while fostering a positive, engaged, and accountable workforce.
Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities:- Drive our Safety Culture throughout the facility to ensure the safety of employees, visitors, and contractors
- Interface with production planner to establish priorities and sequences for manufacturing products
- Coordinate production activities through planning with managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Coordinate with Maintenance and Engineering to resolve manufacturing problems to ensure minimum costs and delays
- Promote safe work practices and demonstrates a zero tolerance for non-compliance with safe work practices, policies and regulations
- Provide leadership to accomplish the company goals and objectives
- Provides direction, development and leadership to production supervisors
- Build and engage employees that support our goals and objectives
- Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and ensures positive work environment
- Leads, encourages and supports continuous improvement projects
- Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, people management, wages and salaries.
- Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
- Control and minimize labor overtime and supply disruptions
- Assist in maintaining existing plant facilities and equipment; replace, or adjust plant facilities and equipment when necessary
- Works with maintenance to maximize uptime and maintain preventative maintenance programs
- Incorporates shop floor organization and plant cleanliness among plant personnel
Knowledge/Skills/Requirements:- Bachelor's degree in business or related engineering field along with 5+ years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of proven manufacturing leadership experience required
- Knowledge of wire and cable products and processes preferred
- Ability to apply technical knowledge or experience to define problems, generate alternatives, and execute solutions
- Demonstrated ability to perform customary management and supervisory responsibilities, including goal setting, planning, direction, training and evaluation
- Proven ability to lead a team
- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills along with exceptional interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively communicate our goals and objectives to a team and convey the part they play in achieving those goals
Reports To:The perks of joining our Team- Comprehensive Insurance Options - Competitive medical coverage with a variety of plan choices
- Progressive PTO & Paid Holidays - Tenure-based paid time off pluseight paid holidaysannually
- Predictable, set schedules that support work-life balance - no rotating shifts
- 401(k) with Company Match + Profit Sharing - Matching 5% on 6% of employee contributions and annual profit-sharing contributions
- Career Growth & Learning Support - Tuition reimbursement and employee assistance programs
- Tuition reimbursement up to $15,000 - annually to support your continued education and career growth
- Annual bonus potential up to $3,000 - through performance incentive programs
- Referral Bonus Program - Employee referral bonuses paid out over the new hire's first year
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