Production Manager

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field
- Minimum of seven years of previous, relevant engineering, operations management experience preferred
- Minimum of five years of previous supervisory experience
- Customer Focus - Maintaining awareness of and seeking to meet of the needs and wants of the customer
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Leadership Orientation - Actively seeks ways in which to act as a role model, guide, develop and mentor others
- Adaptability - Responds effectively to changes in situation or information
- Strong financial analytical skills including cost control
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 5S experience preferred
- ERP Power user and Supply Chain experience prefered
- Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word and Power Point skills
- Strong team leadership, team building and facilitation skills
- Must be able to work in the US
- Spanish bi-lingual a plus
Accountabilities:
- Plans production operations, establishing priorities to overserve top customers and sequences for manufacturing products.
- Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
- Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
- Injects quality into the manufacturing process with focus on continuous improvement and well documented processes and procedures.
- Reinforces good safety practices, investigates near misses and incidents and works to identify root cause with recommended solutions.
- Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
- Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data and manages Daily Management meetings.
- Prepares and maintains written correspondence.
- Resolves problems and triages issues with guidance from HR, General Manager, Safety, Quality and other Ammega Departments
- Coordinates schedules for production staff and expedites any shortages.
- Establishes manufacturing goals by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
- Develops staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees to facilitate personal growth opportunities.
- Initiates and leads cross-training methodology to increase opportunities and add flexibility.
- Constantly assesses work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
- Ensures operation of equipment and coordinating with Maintenance for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Manages and coaches Team Leads and Production Supervisors and works to positively influence team performance.
- Administers and enforces Company policies and procedures including timekeeping, safety and performance management, holding employees accountable.
- Liason with inter-company departments to ensure appropriate schedule attainment, availability of raw materials and quality standards are being met.