Manager, Production

About the position

The position involves managing and overseeing the entire production process while ensuring compliance with employee safety requirements, SQF standards, HACCP principles, allergen controls, and GMP practices. The role focuses on continuously improving efficiencies and increasing productivity to meet customer service goals. The individual will support the Operations Manager in all aspects of managing production activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop daily/weekly production schedules consistent with PRISM/MRP requirements and supervise efforts of production supervisors across 3 shifts
• Ensure compliance with all FDA, OSHA, Hain regulatory and SQF audit requirements
• Apply discretion and progressive discipline to accomplish objectives and enforce company policy, establishing and maintaining all necessary lines of communication
• Maintain and update all procedural manuals as required
• Develop employee awareness through ongoing training programs, including periodic presentations on productivity, housekeeping, food safety, allergen issues, process controls, employee safety, etc., promoting employee involvement and feedback
• Determine manning requirements and productivity rates to assist plant controller in development of department budget
• Assign and re-assign labor in production as needed based on goals and direction from the operations manager and other department leaders
• Monitor and reinforce department rules and company standards for safety, quality, and productivity
• Act as a backup for supervisors for approvals and other processes in ADP for all department employees
• Execute performance reviews in ADP for supervisors periodically
• Provide coaching and feedback as needed
• Serve as process SME and help resolve issues related to process, equipment, and tools related to production
• Execute various audits, checklists, and other forms of verification of production/warehouse processes
• Gather and monitor production process metrics via MES and other methodologies to provide effective and timely course correction as needed
• As part of the leadership team, lead root cause analysis of errors, and assist supervisors in completing corrective action, preventive action (CAPA's) as necessary
• Audit performance and provide retraining for supervisors as needed
• Support and implement 5/S and other continuous improvement initiatives
• Complete other production related tasks as assigned by the operations manager
• Support leadership in other departments as assigned