Production Manager

Forest River, Inc.

$100K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Management experience is required.
  • Strong focus on quality.
  • Capability to read and interpret technical prints.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Effective leadership and interpersonal abilities.
  • Reliability with a demonstrated good attendance record.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and lead production employees effectively.
  • Develop and oversee production policies and procedures for efficiency.
  • Build and maintain a cohesive production team while managing all production aspects.
  • Create and manage production schedules for various product lines.
  • Direct and coach production staff, including skill development and cross-training.
  • Streamline operations by enforcing policies that enhance efficiency and compliance with standards.
  • Oversee recruitment, training, and termination of production personnel as needed.
  • Manage facility operations and maintenance to ensure optimal performance.
  • Review and assign work procedures based on manufacturing schedules.
  • Maintain labor efficiency and manage cost containment efforts.
  • Develop and monitor equipment schedules to ensure team readiness for tasks.
  • Contribute to budget planning and monitor cost targets and quality metrics.
  • Implement a comprehensive onboarding training program for staff.
  • Utilize LEAN manufacturing principles to optimize production quality and speed.
  • Collaborate with engineering and design teams to ensure proper vehicle production.

Benefits

  • Medical coverage.
  • Dental coverage.
  • Vision insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
Full Job Description

Pay Range:
  • $100,000 to $115,000

Benefits:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
Responsibilities
  • Managing Production Employees
  • Development, management, and oversight of production, policies, and procedures implemented to better document and streamline all company production practices.
  • Build and lead a production team while overseeing all aspects of production.
  • Creation and maintenance of production schedule for all product lines.
  • Lead and direct the work of production staff, including coaching employees, skill development, cross training & communicating strategies and work tasks with a vision.
  • Streamlining corporate operations by creating, managing, and directing operational policies and ensuring that such policies adhere to company standards and help to increase operational efficiency.
  • Recruiting, hiring, training, counseling, and termination of production staff, as required, to support the quality of operations.
  • Manage the facility and facility maintenance.
  • Overseeing manufacturing, including reviewing processing schedules and production orders to determine work procedures and assignments.
  • Maintain and manage labor efficiencies and cost containment.
  • Developing equipment usage schedules and timelines as well as ensuring the production team has all required equipment to complete tasks correctly.
  • Monitoring and developing cost targets, lead times, quality assurance and contributing to budget and planning exercises.
  • Fostering quality improvements and develop quality metrics, including monitoring and validating equipment and services in use.
  • Implement and maintain a production staff on-boarding training program.
  • Utilize and implement LEAN manufacturing principles to ensure that our vehicles are built with absolute quality in the fastest time possible.
  • Work closely with engineering, design staff and outside vendors to ensure vehicles are being built and designed properly.
Qualifications
  • Must have Management Experience
  • Quality minded
  • Ability to read Prints
  • Good Problem Solving Capabilities
  • Strong people skills/Ability to Lead Others
  • Good Attendance

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