Production Director

The Production Director leads all signage manufacturing operations, including fabrication, wide-format printing, finishing, assembly, production quality and installation.

This leader is accountable for meeting customer commitments, maximizing production capacity, controlling costs, and achieving departmental financial objectives.

This is a high-accountability leadership role requiring operational expertise, financial discipline, and a growth mindset.

The Director will build a high-performing team, establish clear expectations, improve productivity, eliminate bottlenecks, and ensure the department can scale efficiently as Strategic Factory grows.

The objective is to deliver exceptional quality, flawless execution, and profitable growth through strong leadership, disciplined processes, and measurable results.

Essential Responsibilities 1.

Financial Performance and Profitability Own departmental performance against revenue, gross margin, labor, material, and profitability targets.

Monitor job costing, estimated versus actual labor, material usage, overtime, waste, and rework to protect margins.

Establish cost controls and identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce expenses, and increase throughput.

Align staffing, equipment, purchasing, and production capacity with work orders, forecasts, and company growth objectives.

Partner with the VP of Signage, Finance, Sales, and Project Management to ensure production decisions support company-wide financial goals.

2.

Production Leadership and Execution Lead all daily signage production operations, including fabricated signs, channel letters, dimensional signage, wide-format printing, finishing, and assembly.

Own production scheduling, workflow, capacity planning, and on-time completion.

Establish clear priorities, deadlines, and ownership across production teams.

Coordinate with Engineering, Project Management, Purchasing, and Installation to ensure projects move efficiently from order to completion.

Identify constraints early, resolve production issues quickly, and maintain visibility into work in progress, material availability, and equipment utilization.

Ensure production commitments are realistic, communicated, and consistently achieved.

3.

Leadership and Accountability Build and develop a high-performing team focused on urgency, quality, teamwork, and results.

Establish clear roles, measurable expectations, and accountability for supervisors and production employees.

Hold team leaders accountable for schedules, staffing, productivity, quality, safety, and financial performance.

Coach and develop supervisors to solve problems, make decisions, and own their results rather than relying on constant intervention.

Address performance issues promptly, recognize strong performance, and ensure appropriate training and staffing.

Foster a positive, high-energy culture that values continuous improvement, direct communication, and follow-through.

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