Production Manager

About the position

Production managers are responsible for the technical management, supervision, and control of industrial production processes. These include providing the highest quality product, on time, and at a fair value. This will be done using production tools and expertise when completing the job duties as detailed below.

Responsibilities

• Assure the proper resources are in place to administer the production schedule to deliver quality products on the customer request date while constantly striving for improved utilization of available resources.
• Help in determining new equipment and facility requirements; Ensure effective and efficient operation.
• Work with the manufacturing engineers to produce production layouts and capacity requirements to meet the production objectives.
• Ensure the hiring and retention of production team members to facilitate the accomplishments of SMC's goals; This includes the negotiation of compensation with the new hire candidates.
• Communicate with internal and external customers to keep them informed of the production department's activities and capability for service; Generate monthly reports showing the performance related to the department goals and objectives.
• Communicate all corporate information to the production employees.
• Assure compliance to all work methods and procedures that are contained in the SMC quality plan; Identify areas of quality improvement activities to improve overall business performance.
• Support and keep current all ISO9001 and ISO14001 requirements and MC's QMS. Identify quality measurements showing continuous improvement both internal and external.
• Develop and implement programs to reduce scrap and improve productivity/product quality so that all key factors of performance are achieved or exceeded; Conduct audits of work team to monitor progress to expectations.
• Daily analysis of team performance with the utilization of industry-standard problem-solving tools, including on-time delivery analysis, delinquent analysis, productivity analysis, and claims analysis.
• Responsible for maintenance, accuracy, and condition of parts used in production.
• Ensure proper policies and procedures are in place and followed to meet the corporate objectives.
• Develop / implementation of programs to illicit and apply team member suggestions where applicable.
• Conduct employee evaluations on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Create initiatives and lead all machinists/ assemblers on cost reduction efforts at SMC through machine tooling automation, in machining and assembly by applying process elimination methods (i.e. Kaizen).
• Help in the creation of annual budgets for the department and monitor/control spending to exceed or achieve the plan.
• Manage participation with QA and Manufacturing engineers to reduce production errors both internal and external.
• Assessment of individual/organizational capabilities with action plans for improvement.
• Administration and facilitation of team member training by Job proficiencies and other organizational requirements.
• Identify training needs, develop training programs and assist in the training of team members.
• Create a world-class environment that reflects pride in our products, processes, and people.
• Perform a regular 5S review of all managed production processes.
• Be responsible for the safe operation of equipment and work practices.

Requirements

• A four-year degree in a related field (i.e. Engineering or Technology field, Operations Management).
• A minimum of three years in Production, Distribution or Manufacturing supervision or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Strong time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Strong problem-solving / troubleshooting skills.
• Strong systems abilities and knowledge of personal computer applications (i.e. spreadsheet, database, word processing, E-mail, ERP(Syteline)).
• Experience in a team-based environment.
• Ability to work and direct in a team environment.

Benefits

• Salary