Production/Plant Manager

• Ideate and implement strategic improvements for production, quality, and labour utilization throughout the facility
• Provide leadership to ensure effective utilization of plant personnel and equipment
• Collaborate with functional departments in the implementation of improvements
• Investigate and implement innovative manufacturing processes to reduce costs and improve product quality
• Apply lean manufacturing principles in designing, specifying, and validating world-class manufacturing processes that achieve organizational goals
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in operations management, business, engineering, or related field
• Min 10 years manufacturing/production experience
• Coordinate manufacturing operations for production
• Drive continuous improvement programs
• Ensure that production line schedules are in accordance with production plan
• Manage materials replenishment, quality standards, and performance metrics in support of organizational goals and objectives
• Manage cost structures for manufacturing by keeping operational expenses within budget allowance, and investigate cost-reduction measures
• Create documentation protocols and ensure that all records of operations are properly maintained and reviewed
• Planning, organizing, directing, and running optimum day-to-day operations
• Managing production, assets capacity, and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining quality standards
• Ensuring production output, product quality, and on-time shipping
• Allocating resources effectively and creating and managing budgets
• Collecting and analyzing data to find areas of waste and overtime
• Developing systems and processes that track and optimize productivity
• Staying apprised of whether standards, metrics, and performance targets are being met in order to ensure effective return on assets
• Keeping up to date with latest production management best practices
• Maintaining lean manufacturing processes
• Implementing strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives
• Monitoring operations, initiating and driving corrective actions when needed
• Overseeing work schedules to ensure coverage
• Providing a clear sense of direction and focus to team members
• Building a trusting relationship with workers and addressing employees’ issues or grievances as well as recruiting, managing, and developing plant staff
• Ensure OEE targets are met, and waste/scrap are kept within limits
• Ensure proper asset maintenance and utilizing assets to produce optimal results
• Manage, review and update process flow
• Committing to plant safety procedures and legal compliance and in house policy adherence

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