Our client is a global early stage medical device company that integrates five separate devices into one unified respiratory system. They offer and excellent career track, benefits and relocation assistance. This position is based in Kokomo, Indiana. We are seeking a Production Manager to lead their team!
If you have a passion to drive lean and continuous improvements in production and can manage manufacturing operations, schedules, budgets and developing a staff, and want to be on a collaborative team, please send your resume to [email protected].
This role requires you to be onsite every day.
Key responsibilities include:
- Responsible for production schedules and applies performance standards for measuring progress towards established goals.
- Monitor work, alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions, control flow of work to ensure maximum use of available capacity and effective use of labor, tools and equipment
- Monitors daily operations to identify and resolve problem areas relating to staffing, scheduling, tooling, quality, and production line arrangement.
- Directly manage the daily production process and make necessary adjustments as needed to realize goals and meet customer needs.
- Train individual employees in the company’s processes.
- Ensure that safety and other company policies and processes are followed.
- Manage Production staff
- Provide prompt problem solving for key issues, driving through from root cause identification, containment, problem resolution, and ensuring repeat issues are avoided.
- Act as a team role model and change agent. Positively lead and influence team members to partner together to achieve individual and business goals.
Key qualifications and experience include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing or related field preferred
- Minimum five years’ experience as a manufacturing production manager in a lean environment working with quality control systems, preferably in aerospace, electronics, or medical device as well as in a GMP/ISO environment
- Previous supervisor or manager experience preferred
- Excellent short- and long-term planning, statistical, and organizational skills, including ability to effectively plan, track, and adjust human, material, and other resource needs
- Highly computer proficient; confident using capacity planning tools, data analysis programs, and Microsoft Office Suite tools
- Knowledge of manufacturing operational systems, best practices, processes, and technology
- Ability to provide positive and constructive feedback, coach/mentor, and develop individuals