Production Manager

About the Role:

The Production Manager is responsible for leading manufacturing operations to ensure products are completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and in accordance with quality and cost requirements.

This position requires a self-directed leader with strong electro-mechanical manufacturing, operations management, and Lean experience, including the Toyota Production System (TPS), Schneider Performance System (SPS), or a comparable operating system.

The Production Manager owns execution of the production schedule and works cross-functionally with Planning, Supply Chain, Inventory Control, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Maintenance, and Human Resources to resolve constraints and meet production start dates, completion dates, and customer delivery commitments.

Key Responsibilities


* Lead, coach, and hold accountable production supervisors, team leaders, and employees while promoting a culture of safety, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement.


* Own daily and weekly production schedule execution, including labor allocation, material readiness, production priorities, output targets, and on-time completion.


* Proactively identify and resolve labor, material, engineering, quality, equipment, and capacity constraints that could affect production.


* Lead daily production and tiered accountability meetings focused on safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and staffing.


* Oversee electro-mechanical manufacturing activities, including mechanical assembly, electrical panel wiring, system integration, inspection, testing, packaging, and shipment readiness.


* Ensure products are manufactured in accordance with drawings, electrical schematics, bills of material, work instructions, quality requirements, and customer specifications.


* Manage production performance through metrics such as schedule attainment, productivity, labor efficiency, first-pass yield, rework, scrap, overtime, and on-time delivery.


* Lead Lean and Kaizen events using tools such as 5S, standard work, visual management, line balancing, value-stream mapping, root-cause analysis, and waste elimination.


* Optimize production cells, staffing, equipment, material flow, floor space, and work processes to improve safety, quality, capacity, and efficiency.


* Partner with Inventory Control and Supply Chain to ensure material availability, inventory accuracy, proper staging, and timely shortage resolution.


* Ensure accurate and timely ERP transactions for work orders, material movements, labor reporting, production completions, and inventory adjustments.


* Partner with Human Resources on hiring, training, performance evaluations, employee development, discipline, and termination processes.


* Ensure compliance with company safety requirements, quality requirements and applicable regulatory requirements.


* Coordinate equipment, facility, and building-maintenance needs with internal departments and external ...