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Profile Summary:Reporting to the Director-Manufacturing, the Production Manager engages directly and via plant shift managers to drive plant performance in all manufacturing areas including production, quality, food safety and health & safety by managing the daily operations of the plant in a cost-effective way and produce quality, on-time products.I deal candidate for this role, will be someone with 4-5 yrs of production management.However you will NOT be complacent in this role, yet you will posses the drive to grow into the Director Operations This plant runs 3 shifts 5 days a week, Non Union, You will have 4-5 direct reportsLeadership is keySpecific Accountabilities:- Understand, apply and actively participate in maintaining health and safety program practices at all times- Demonstrate leadership by communicating effectively, providing clear expectations to all plant employees to ensure assigned responsibilities are carried out, to optimize plant performance and minimize downtime- Create production schedules and ensure that production processes stay within budget and timelines- Provide guidance to production staff and ensure proper scheduling of staff- Evaluate, recommend and implement production improvements and bring to attention any problems or issues impacting production- Monitor production to resolve issues and improve efficiency- Identify Continuous Improvement opportunities for year over year operations cost reductions, job efficiency and safety improvements- Coordinate plant resources and provide feedback for cross functional projects.- Work closely with Maintenance to maximize the value and efficiency of ongoing operations- Work with Human Resources to ensure good employee relations are maintained at all times- Balance the floor with available operator skills, monitor throughput and efficiencies using production metrics and making necessary adjustment to correct deviations- Analyze complex issues, develop and implement clear action plans to resolve issues- Understand, apply and actively participate in maintaining product quality and food safety program practices including BRC, HACCP, QA / QC, GMP, Sanitation and good hygiene practices.- Perform other duties as assigned.Ideal Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, industrial management, logistics, or a related field.- 5 years’ experience supervising multiple shifts- Proven understanding of and experience in a manufacturing environment- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders and team members.- Ability to influence and collaborate with other departments- Excellent organizational and time management skills.- Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
