Production Manager

Sims-Lohman is rapidly growing, mid-sized company serving the building products industry, and we are expanding our presence in Central Ohio. We are searching for a Production Manager with a strong drive to meet safety, people, production, and financial goals by building a team with an excellent passion for the customer.

The Production Manager provides overall leadership and management to the distribution, fabrication or installation function, ensuring a location’s objectives are met for safety, service, quality, and cost.

Essential Functions:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable team members with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Drive the safe operation of the fabricating operation within a location.
• Provide day-to-day overall leadership and management to the team members.
• Create the daily job schedule.
• Assign team members daily work schedules and assign jobs.
• Monitor the completion of the daily schedule and support creation of reports to track completed jobs.
• Provides technical expertise to direct reports on safe installation methods and techniques, as well as craftsman advice.
• Communicate with customers and their clientele as needed to resolve problems. May travel to job-sites.
• Hires, trains, develops and evaluates staff. Takes corrective action as necessary on a timely basis and in accordance with Company policy. Ensures compliance with current federal, state and local regulations. Consults with Human Resources as appropriate.
• Identifies, recommends and implements changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap, monitor scrap and rework data. Manages activities to attain production standards.
• Directs and coordinates various programs essential to operations procedures (e.g. training, safety, housekeeping, cost reduction, worker involvement, security, etc.)
• Partner with the Sales team to ensure outstanding customer service, meeting installation goals.
• Partner cross-functional team (sales and administration) to ensure success.
• Perform miscellaneous duties and projects as assigned and required.
• Support attainment of department and company-wide goals

Required Competencies:

• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
• Proven ability to drive and attain results
• Strong people management and accountability skills
• Excellent performance management skills
• Excellent problem solving/analysis skills
• Excellent conflict management skills
• Ability to gain personal credibility with team members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to give clear directions and instructions
• Excellent sense of customer service and ability to maintain/improve customer relationships
• Good stress management/composure skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel in particular, and manufacturing systems

Required Education and Experience:

• Secondary education in business or construction management preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing management, preferably in a process-oriented operation and/or related industry.
• Building material industry and/or manufacturing experience. Experience with granite and quartz countertop manufacturing a plus.
• Knowledge of modern production scheduling, lean manufacturing, and safe workplace requirements strongly preferred

We offer a competitive salary with a full benefits package that includes health, vision, and dental insurance, retirement plan, and bonus program