Production Manager

Job Title: Production Manager Reports To: Director of Manufacturing FLSA Status: Exempt Status: Full-Time Department: Ohserase Manufacturing, LLC Location: Akwesasne, NY Company Overview Tarbell Management Group (TMG) is a proud Mohawk family-owned enterprise dedicated to its mission of empowering economic sovereignty for Tribal Nations and trusted partners.

TMG has grown from a small local business into a diversified organization serving Indian Country and beyond, with operations spanning petroleum wholesale and transportation, convenience and restaurant services, tobacco manufacturing, brand management and national distribution and shared services.

Our Core Values: TMG offers a competitive total rewards package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, telemedicine access, optional Aflac coverage, and other employee benefits that support work-life balance and well-being.

Job Summary The Production Manager is a key operational leader responsible for driving safe, efficient, and disciplined daily production.

Working closely with the Director of Manufacturing, this role leads production teams, ensures schedules are met, upholds quality, regulatory, sanitation, and cost standards, and supports strong performance in productivity, yield, waste reduction, equipment utilization, documentation accuracy, and employee development.

This position upholds TMGs Mission and Core Values by demonstrating integrity, accountability, respect, continuous learning, and follow-through in daily work.

At TMG, how we work matters as much as what we achieve, and team members are expected to model these values through their actions and relationships.

This includes following the Good Path, Aiming High, Honoring the Circle, Nurturing a Good Mind, and Holding the Fire.

Primary Responsibilities Production Leadership: Lead daily manufacturing activities with ownership and urgency to meet production targets, customer requirements, shipment schedules, and operational goals.

Workforce Management: Supervise, coach, and develop production personnel while ensuring staffing, training, attendance, engagement, retention, and accountability expectations are met.

Safety and Compliance: Enforce company safety policies, environmental procedures, sanitation requirements, and applicable regulatory standards; model and promote a strong safety culture focused on incident reduction and timely completion of corrective actions.

Quality Assurance: Ensure tobacco products are manufactured according to established specifications, quality standards, and documented procedures; partner with Quality personnel to address nonconformances, deviations, corrective actions, first-pass yield, scrap, rework, and customer complaint performance.

Production Scheduling: Coordinate labor, materials, equipment, and packaging requirements to support production plans while minimizing downtime, changeover delays, material shortages, and overtime.

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