Job Summary

The Manufacturing Manager will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Production Department. This includes training, quality control, and ensuring the team meets production metrics. You will be responsible for providing leadership guidance on establishing a productive, high performing, and safety conscious working team environment. The role will manage and coordinates all production activities, operations, and staffing to ensure conformance to established procedures; implements practices that maximize production efforts to improve the overall effectiveness and financial performance of the production department

Job Requirements/Expectations:
• Reviews, analyzes, modifies, and implements efficient and effective department processes, policies, and procedures.
• Interfaces with Managers and Team Leads to ensure highest degree of final quality and actively develop new and better-quality methods.
• Assigns duties and monitors quality of work; assures staff conforms to organizational policies and procedures.
• Provides day-to-day guidance and oversight of subordinates; actively works to promote and recognize performance.
• Keeps up to date on overall activities of the team, identifying problem areas and taking corrective actions.
• Identifies, documents, and implements opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensures approved manufacturing methodology is being followed.
• Hires, trains, supervises, motivates, and develops production staff; oversees schedules and workflow.
• Develops and communicates goals and key initiatives to improve department performance and success.
• Develops, monitors, and provides access to daily production requirements.
• Maintains knowledge of the labor force to manage fluctuations in product demand.
• Maintains knowledge of capacity and develops solutions for efficient utilization.
• Ensures all safety rules and regulations are followed; investigates accidents in a timely, accurate, and complete manner.
• Implements, and monitors department budget; manages expenses within approved budget constraints.
• Work with CFO to control operating costs.

Competencies:
• Leadership - Inspire team to meet challenges and achieve ambitious goals while providing a sense of direction and purpose.
• Accountability for excellence - The ability to comfortably hold oneself and others to clear standard of excellence.
• Drive for results - The focus on process-focused and decisive courses of action that ensure high standards of excellence, urgency, and predictability
• Collaboration - The ability to partner effectively and cooperatively within ones team and across the organization to best serve the needs of the business

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in operation management or equivalent experience
• 5-10 years of leadership experience in a production environment
• Ability to work as part of and lead an effective team
• Highly detail orientation
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of SAP or other similar ERP
• Effectively communicate with multiple levels within the organization
• Effectively manage vendor relations.

Benefits

We offer an attractive benefits package including:

• Health care with HSA option
• Dental
• Vision
• Short Term Disability paid by employer
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays