Production Manager

Serta Simmons Bedding•Monroe, LA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Be Part of the Future of Sleep! At Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB), we're more than a mattress company, we're a leading global sleep company with a mission to help people sleep better so they can live healthier lives. With a 150-year heritage in delivering industry-leading sleep solutions, we own iconic brands including Serta®, Beautyrest®, Simmons® and Tuft & Needle®.

Requirements

Possess heavy manufacturing/supervisory experience (non-degreed professional candidates) and 6+ years or more of leadership experience.
Work is active in nature, with frequent walking of manufacturing plants, warehouses, and distribution.
Demonstrates independent problem-solving by applying Lean tools (5 Whys, Kaizen, standard work, and visual management) to identify root causes, eliminate waste, and drive continuous improvement.
High degree of risk management in terms of safety around large and complex machinery, as well as heavy (up to 200lb) product while in production.

Nice To Haves

Strong Leadership Skills (Inspire, Impact, Innovate).
Adapting to change and motivating personnel while driving accountability
Strong analytical technical and the ability to solve problems.
Quality and continuous improvement mindset while promoting and maintaining high standards of quality across the business.
Being able to work cross-functional utilizing all team resources to accomplish goals and objectives.
Advises, assists, mentors and provides feedback to others to encourage and inspire the development of work-related competencies and long-term career growth.
Excellent communications skills and ability to work within a culturally diverse team.
Living the SSB Mission & Core Values.

Responsibilities

Lead production team to ensure product is produced safely, with quality, on time, and within budgeted costs.
Drives and supports LEAN methodologies and problem solving to ensure continuous improvement of performance.
Proven ability to identify and develop talent and next level leaders.
Delivers outstanding KPI Results.
Ensures proper staffing levels, training and skills matrix development.
Leads root cause analysis and standard work audits to drive metric gap closures
Addresses defects, rework, scrap and systemic quality processes
Directly manage and develop a group of Supervisors to deliver outstanding results.
Coordinate with office staff to provide information on delivery schedule and product status.
Maintain information for daily management reports and prepare various other reports as requested.
Ensure the cost effectiveness of the production process.
Controls use of raw materials, preventing all unnecessary waste and schedules and controls utilization of labor, preventing excess hours, downtime and overtime.