Manufacturing Manager

Company: Besser
Department: Plant Management 210
Location: Alpena, Michigan
Posted: 2/17/2025

The Manufacturing Manager is responsible for managing plant floor workflow, shop floor employees, on-time delivery and compliance with all company safety, quality, and quantity policies.

• Achieves cost reductions.
• Supervises shop floor employees.
• Responsible for implementing company safety policies and training employees.
• Responsible for manufacturing processes and equipment. Organizes work for smooth operations and shift changes.
• Maintains a work flow that corresponds with business system scheduling tools.
• Recommends and initiates sourcing of parts when workload exceeds manpower or work center resources.
• Evaluates steps in manufacturing to eliminate waste, reduce cycle time and implementation of lean enterprise.
• Coordinates improvements in inventory systems, inventory availability, and inventory turns.
• Reports any programming, processing and equipment problems to the corresponding departments and the Operations Manager.
• Responsible for meeting production, quality and quantity standards.
• Responsible for implementing company safety policies and training employees.
• Ensures accurate data entry into the business system via direct training and supervision of labor pool.
• Conducts regular departmental information and safety meetings communicating to the labor pool as directed by the Plant Manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education: Associates degree in business, industrial management or equivalent.
Experience: Five years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a job shop.
Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate well and present to all levels of employees. Better than average math skills required. Must be able to analyze all information and see cause and affect possibilities. Requires problem solving, creative and innovative ideas. Must understand manufacturing methods, machine capabilities, and workflow through the production facility. Knowledge of all activities that occur before a job hits the production floor. Good product knowledge required with an understanding in lean enterprise application and analysis. Experience working with CAD software and business system software. Must be familiar with Microsoft Office software products.
Requirements: Understands lean manufacturing concepts and initiates process improvements to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Hands-on approach. Shift work and travel required.

An office environment in a controlled atmospheric building as well as a plant floor environment.