Production Manager

Huhtamäki

$70K — $95K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and lean manufacturing principles.
  • Strong team problem-solving and facilitation skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Office Suite.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for diverse interaction levels.
  • Detail-oriented, organized, and a self-starter with flexibility.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Willingness to travel up to 10%.
  • Preferred: 4-year degree in operations management, business management, or engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor workplace safety and environmental practices for employee protection.
  • Manage cross-functional relationships to meet customer and project requirements efficiently.
  • Integrate engineering projects into regular production processes.
  • Develop operating budgets in collaboration with the Controller.
  • Track production reports to ensure financial, safety, quality, and delivery targets are met.
  • Coordinate and implement plans to reduce costs and lead times for products.
  • Review production performance to identify and rectify non-conformities.
  • Adjust production schedules as needed due to unforeseen circumstances.
  • Drive technological advancements and site improvements as a change agent.
  • Oversee continuous improvement initiatives and performance metrics.
  • Monitor staffing, skill levels, and training needs of production employees.
  • Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and employee relations standards.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and training.
  • Dynamic work environment with exposure to both office and manufacturing settings.
Full Job Description
  • Monitors the safety/environmental practices of the workplace to provide a safe work environment for all employees.
  • Manages relationships with quality, planning, warehouse, engineering, and maintenance to ensure timely satisfaction of customer requirements, projects (including new equipment installations or upgrades to existing equipment), reduce costs and seamless transition across material/product flow process.
  • Implements production of all products, integrating engineering projects into the regular operating process.
  • Works with the Controller to develop operating budgets.
  • Monitors all production reports to ensure achievement of financial, safety, quality, and on-time delivery goals.
  • Coordinates and monitors plans for reductions in cost and product lead times for existing and new products.
  • Reviews and analyzes reports to determine causes of non-conformity and develops procedures to improve.
  • Revises production schedules and priorities to accommodate unforeseen events relating to raw materials, equipment, sales demand, personnel, weather, etc.
  • Change agent for technological advances; identifies opportunities for site improvements.
  • Implements CI process programs and projects.
  • Monitors Production employees with regards to staffing levels, skill levels and training requirements.
  • Ensures established Company policies and procedures are followed relative to safety, quality, employee relations practices, etc.
  • Responsible for the training and development of department personnel.
  • All other duties, as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Required
  • Understanding of SPC and lean manufacturing principles SKILLS.
  • Team problem solving; facilitation.
  • Computer literate: Excel, MS Office required.
  • Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicate orally and in writing; ability to present information one on one and in group settings, at all levels of the organization, under all circumstances; diplomatic.
  • Detail oriented, organized, self-starter, flexible, and change agent.
  • Must be able to work concurrently on multiple priorities and projects.
  • Up to 10% travel required

Preferred
  • 4-year degree, preferably in operations management, business management or engineering.
  • 7-10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Discrete manufacturing experience: paper, paperboard, or molded-fiber food packaging preferred.
  • MS Project or other project management software a plus.
  • BPCS or AS400 manufacturing software system knowledge desirable.

Environment

Office work area is a climate-controlled environment. Requires time in the manufacturing area (

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