Assistant Plant/Manufacturing Manager

Unitex•New Brunswick, NJ

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Unitex is experiencing unprecedented growth and is seeking a highly skilled Production/Manufacturing Manager for its facility in New Brunswick, NJ. This role is crucial for maintaining operational standards, supervising a large team, and ensuring overall plant efficiency and customer satisfaction. The company, a family-run business with over 100 years of experience, is a leader in the medical uniform and linen rental industry and is the largest family-owned healthcare service provider in the country. Unitex offers a stable work environment with opportunities for training, development, and promotion.

Requirements

5 years of supervisory/managerial experience running a plant in a production/service environment.
2+ years of proven customer service and handling customer demands.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic work setting.
High degree of customer responsiveness.
Understands production work flow.
Proven ability to manage to standards.

Nice To Haves

Bi-lingual English/Spanish highly preferred.
Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain individual and department performance at established standards.
Supervise and direct a diverse task assortment across 4 Production Supervisors and an extensive team of plant employees, allocating relevant personnel for maximum efficiency.
Ensure all processes meet internal Unitex policies and procedures by conducting consistent compliance checks.
Implement successful learning and development initiatives to enhance performance across the entire team.
Oversee health and safety operations across the plant, including carrying out notable investigations when necessary.
Develop strong and productive relationships with customers across all levels of business.
Analyze operational processes and performance; implementing solutions for improvement as necessary.
Supply daily status reports, issue reports, highlight reports, and progress reports to maintain senior expectation.
Provide consultation to the team concerning the introduction of new concepts within company processes.
Deal with all arising issues in a prompt manner; ensuring all production and productivity goals are achieved.
Administer various HR duties, including payroll, weekly scheduling, employee relations, absence, and performance management issues.
Check quality and quantity of products to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.