Our client, a leading food packaging manufacturer, is seeking a Production Manager to join their team in Ada, OK. 
 

Manages production for multiple shifts spanning multiple technologies and processes, with a focus on meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service.

  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Direct production, working with supervisors to schedule product priorities, equipment, workstations and staff to efficiently meet production goals Manage and promote practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards, and serve the needs of our customers Recommend, develop and lead continuous improvement initiatives Take ownership and demonstrate leadership necessary to achieve goals specific to Safety, Quality, Service, Efficiency and Employee Development Monitor KPIs anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets Facilitate regular improvement planning sessions to identify key strategic opportunities to achieve manufacturing strategic goals and develop related action plans with measurable outcomes Support and reinforce the effective application of the Daily Management System to validate that actions lead to desired performance improvements Lead by example to promote and encourage employees to strongly commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) Understand, support and follow management expectations in alignment with company values

 

COMPETENCIES

Meet and aim to exceed the company’s management expectations which include, but are not limited to: Manage self – exhibit personal accountability and use good judgment, etc. Develop the team – create a motivational environment and provide constructive feedback, etc. Advance the business – continuously improve and provide a strategic focus, etc.  

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Requires one of the following: Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of manufacturing operations management or leadership assignments demonstrating a progression of increased scope and responsibility and five (5) years of supervisory experience a manufacturing environment Knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, cost analysis and budgeting, people management, and leadership guidance Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to be accessible and approachable Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams Ability to utilize business sense and creativity to develop new ideas, approaches and solutions Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint Experience managing multi-shift or continuous operations, preferred Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience, preferred Lean manufacturing experience, preferred

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