Production Planning Manager

Position Summary

A Production Manager is responsible for overseeing the production operations in a job shop environment where a wide variety of customized products are made, requiring flexible scheduling and resource allocation to meet individual customer orders with diverse specifications and deadlines.

Essential Duties

• Create and coordinate a detailed production schedule to manage multiple, often simultaneous customer orders with varying priorities and due dates considering material needs and labor capacity.
• Optimize personnel to efficiently complete diverse jobs often requiring quick adjustments based on changing
• Ensuring that each product meets specific quality standards and customer specifications throughout the production
• Monitoring production costs, identifying potential bottlenecks, and taking corrective actions to maintain
• Tracking progress of individual jobs through the production process ensuring timely completion and accurate
• Supervising and motivating a team of skilled workers across multiple production locations, providing necessary training and
• Facilitate production meetings to review progress, discuss challenges, and brainstorm solutions, ensuring active participation from all team members and stakeholders.
• Optimize manufacturing processes and techniques for efficiency improvements, cost reduction, increased product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Cross functional collaboration between Sales and Operations
• Develop and maintain training and preventative maintenance schedules
• Develop, recommend, and implement departmental policies and procedures, processes, and
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• 5 years' work-related hands-on and tactical leadership experience preferably in the manufacturing sector
• Problem Solving skills to troubleshoot production and develop solutions to overcome challenges
• Proven experience in quality control techniques
• Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary
• Proven success working with all levels of
• Ability to manage, inspire and motivate a diverse team to achieve production goals
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Critical thinking skills to evaluate alternative ideas and be able to bring the best idea
• Proficient PC skills including Word and Excel
• Overnight travel up to 25% may be required.
  
  

Benefits

Along with competitive compensation and career advancement opportunities, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package. Qualifying employees receive:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Company paid life and AD&D coverage.
• Company paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Voluntary benefit products.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a generous company match.
• Generous PTO allowances and paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Parental Leave