Production Manager - Nights

Niagara Bottling • Charlestown, IN

9d

About The Position

The Production Manager is responsible for managing the Production Department’s daily operations and ensuring the plant meets established safety, quality, and production goals while complying with applicable legal and food safety requirements. The role manages production activities, schedules, staffing, performance, budgets, equipment improvements, and coordination with planning, maintenance, quality, human resources, and other departments. It also champions a world-class safety culture and ensures adherence to company safety programs, Good Manufacturing Practices, and food safety standards. Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
• At least 6 years of experience in the position.
• At least 4 years of experience managing people or projects.
• Understanding of production processes and controls.
• Experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related vocational studies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a safe working environment, document safety training, and communicate safety incidents.
• Ability to provide strategic input and oversight to departmental projects, make data-driven decisions, and develop sustainable solutions.
• Ability to reduce costs and manage timelines while prioritizing long-term impact and company success.
• Ability to lead discussions toward positive customer outcomes and prioritize customer needs.
• Ability to evaluate processes, develop initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce waste, and use departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Ability to communicate a clear vision, organize resources, and adjust strategy when managing change.
• Analytical thinking and ability to synthesize complex information.
• Ability to delegate technical tasks and work effectively with departments, vendors, and customers.
• Ability to make hiring decisions, plan for talent development, develop direct reports, and address conflict within and between teams.

Nice To Haves

• At least 10 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
• At least 10 years of experience working in the position.
• At least 6 years of experience managing people or projects.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related vocational studies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct production department activities to ensure products meet safety, quality, and throughput standards.
• Collaborate with Planning to create production schedules and adjust work procedures and schedules to meet the production plan.
• Maintain effective relationships with team members through communication, visibility, and involvement to support safety, engagement, productivity, and throughput.
• Direct supervisors in coaching and developing team members, employment decisions, and conflict resolution; hire, train, coach, and review team members, partnering with Human Resources on recruitment, corrective actions, and terminations.
• Collaborate with Maintenance leadership to plan preventative maintenance for production lines.
• Analyze and submit reports on production numbers, downtime, attendance, overtime, and quality checks to the Plant Director.
• Collaborate with the Plant Director and Planning Department to develop the Production Department budget and forecast.
• Develop, recommend, and implement improvements to production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
• Develop capital equipment justifications for machine upgrades and process technology to improve quality, cost, and cycle times.
• Recommend changes to working conditions and equipment use to increase department efficiency.
• Coordinate across departments to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Work with plant leadership to champion a world-class safety culture and comply with company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
• Follow Niagara’s Good Manufacturing Practices and food safety standards.
• Collaborate with raw material planners to maintain inventory appropriate to production schedules and escalate supplier quality issues to prevent customer shortages.
• Partner with the Quality Department to prevent and resolve non-conforming finished goods and raw materials.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Benefits

• Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
• Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health Savings Account with company match.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
• Family Building Benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
• Income protection, including Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and an accident plan.
• Special discount programs, including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, and airport parking.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager