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.