Production Manager

Taylor Corporation•North Mankato, MN

15d•$60,000 - $75,000

About The Position

CFS is seeking a hands-on, growth-minded Production Manager to lead manufacturing operations. The role is responsible for daily production performance, people leadership, staffing, quality, efficiency, and customer commitments. The manager is expected to lead from the production floor, develop supervisors and employees, use data to guide decisions, and collaborate across departments to solve problems. The position also offers exposure to broader CFS operations and the opportunity to take on expanded leadership responsibilities as capability and business needs evolve.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading people in a manufacturing environment.
Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to make decisions and establish priorities in a fast-changing production environment.
Ability to use operational data and reporting to make sound decisions.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Ability to work effectively across departments and with employees at all levels of the organization.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and other business systems.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Five or more years of manufacturing or operations experience.
Experience leading supervisors or multiple production areas.
Experience with Lean, 5S, continuous improvement, or similar operating methods.
Experience with capacity planning, labor planning, or production scheduling.
Bachelor's degree in operations, business, manufacturing, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent manufacturing leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Own daily execution of the production schedule and customer commitments.
Set clear priorities and expectations across production areas and shifts, monitor performance, and respond when results fall behind plan.
Ensure effective communication and handoffs between shifts, and communicate or escalate risks to customer commitments.
Maintain a safe, organized, and productive manufacturing environment.
Lead, coach, and develop production supervisors and employees; establish expectations and follow through on commitments.
Build cross-training and backup coverage, identify development opportunities, and help develop future leaders.
Promote teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and early identification of problems.
Align staffing with production requirements and forecasted workload; make decisions about overtime, temporary labor, hiring, and shift coverage.
Understand equipment and labor capacity, identify constraints, and plan resources to balance productivity, cost, capacity, and customer requirements.
Review production performance and gaps between planned and actual results, including productivity, labor utilization, quality, rework, downtime, and service.
Use data and root-cause analysis to develop sustainable corrective actions, address bottlenecks, and improve workflow and throughput.
Ensure improvements are maintained after problems are resolved.
Challenge inefficient processes, build standard work, and promote Lean, 5S, and continuous improvement principles.
Partner with office, quality, engineering, maintenance, customer service, and other teams to improve business performance.
Identify opportunities to use technology, reporting, and automation to simplify work.
Develop an understanding of CFS customers, products, workflows, and business requirements, and how production decisions affect service, capacity, labor costs, and overall performance.
Participate in cross-functional problem solving and business improvement initiatives; interpret operational and financial information and translate it into action.
Build working relationships throughout CFS and Taylor, and take ownership of business challenges beyond traditional production responsibilities.