Production Manager - Third Shift
Primary Purpose: A Production Manager oversees daily manufacturing operations from production to packaging, ensuring high-quality, safe, and efficient production. Key responsibilities include managing staff, optimizing yields, controlling costs (labor/materials), and enforcing sanitation.
Responsibilities:
- Direct day-to-day production operations in your assigned area including manufacturing, scheduling and processing, ensuring that customer orders are met efficiently
- Lead the people and processes for your assigned functional area(s)
- Optimize production efficiency, maximize product yield and reduce waste
- Effectively utilize labor and other resources to maximize efficiency and productivity
- Perform managerial functions including but not limited to: employee training, mentoring, scheduling, performance management, disciplinary action, performance reviews, responding to employee questions and concerns, work direction, ensuring safe work practices.
- Analyze manufacturing data to review and respond to reports on yield, trim, labor costs, and operational trends
- Responsible for employee attendance occurrences, policy violations, performance related conversations, etc.
- Complete department paperwork and data entry
- Foster a safe working environment, ensuring that safety is a top priority for you and your team and that safety rules and procedures are followed
- Ensure all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP's) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) are being followed and adhered to
- Ensure sanitation duties are being completed to satisfaction and paperwork is being completed in an accurate and timely manner
- Orientate and train new employees into the work environment and job duties
- Partner with Quality to implement new regulation and compliance measures
- Perform work tasks on the floor as needed