Production Manager

Kinetico Incorporated•Suwanee, GA

30d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Manager is responsible for coordinating all required activities to produce quality parts for on-time delivery. All duties occur in coordination and close communication with support areas, such as supply chain, quality, engineering, and maintenance, and others. Follows Kinetico policies and procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required (or experience in lieu of degree)
8 or more years of industry-relevant production experience required, including 5 years of management experience.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Knowledge of human resource principles and practices.
Customer and quality focused
Organizational and critical thinking skills and the ability to solve practical problems.
Experience using Lean manufacturing tools such as value stream mapping, 5S, takt time, Spaghetti diagram, etc.
Manufacturing, engineering, design experience.
New product launch experience

Nice To Haves

Six sigma desired

Responsibilities

Provides leadership, training, mentoring, coaching, and performance management for the supervisors and the entire production team.
Builds and maintains a culture of collaboration by facilitating open dialogue, mutual respect, and strong partnerships across teams and leadership levels.
Delegates production tasks, trains employees on assembly procedures and processes, provides the workforce with appropriate tools and equipment, oversees and approves employee time transactions, evaluates employee performance, and recommends employment actions.
Focus on employee engagement and support our ability to produce a high-performance, quality-driven, and engaged workforce.
Develops and drives connections across all boundaries, working collaboratively to develop solutions for our long-term strategy.
Coordinates and monitors the work of all production team activities, measures critical KPIs, and implements the required actions to ensure goal compliance.
Monitors standard work compliances according to the quality management system (QMS) and implements improvements, ensuring quality of products.
Assists in the development of strategic plans for operational activity.
Implements and manages operational plans.
Improves processes and policies in support of organizational goals.
Formulates and implements formal procedures to enhancing the quality system.
Monitors adherence to rules, regulations, and procedures.
Assures that ERP content is accurate and correct by performing daily data entry, promote data entry in real time.
Anticipates and maintains inventory levels to meet scheduling needs.