Production Manager

Multi-Color Corporation Recruiting • Algoma, WI

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About The Position

The Production Manager is responsible for overall site production operations and plant production performance. The role creates a work environment that promotes safety, quality, delivery, and cost-effectiveness; develops teams to achieve corporate improvement objectives; and ensures production objectives are attained cost-effectively. The Production Manager drives best practices and leads process improvement using Lean principles and structured problem-solving methods.

The position oversees production resources, staffing, labor, overtime, expenditures, quality controls, delivery performance, and adherence to safety and human resource policies. It also leads continuous improvement and kaizen activities, evaluates production performance, supports capital improvement recommendations, and coaches and develops team members.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or Business, or equivalent 10 years of staff-level leadership experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in Operations and/or Lean Management.
• Experience as a change agent in complex transformational activities.
• Significant experience implementing Lean principles in manufacturing operations.
• Ability to apply structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes and provide effective countermeasures.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Hands-on leadership, high integrity, positive influence, strong business acumen, adaptability, a continuous-improvement mindset, and a passion for exceeding customer and company expectations.

Nice To Haves

• Printing industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities, directly and through delegation, to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and cost meet specified targets.
• Ensure compliance with behavior-based safety initiatives and continuously improve safety performance.
• Execute quality control plans, ensure compliance with standards, and reduce process variation.
• Assess on-time delivery performance and develop actions to improve and sustain performance.
• Manage costs through effective oversight of labor, overtime, and expenditures.
• Determine weekly staffing requirements and redeploy resources as staffing needs, priorities, or schedules change.
• Review and analyze production reports, identify root causes of budget variances, and develop and execute corrective actions using structured root cause analysis, MDI, and Policy Deployment methodologies.
• Use Lean principles to form teams and involve employees in improving productivity, decreasing lead times, reducing waste, and meeting customer quality requirements.
• Recommend and initiate cost-reduction programs focused on capital improvements when return-on-investment and payback criteria are favorable.
• Promote, prepare for, participate in, and sustain the results of kaizen activities.
• Facilitate daily Gemba walks and ensure proper use of hour-by-hour, SQDC boards, and War Room tools.
• Coordinate appropriate “required to operate” and “required on roles” staffing levels with the Human Resource Manager.
• Direct plant supervisors to ensure consistent application of human resource policies, procedures, and plant rules, and adherence to safety accountability guidelines.
• Coach and mentor team members to support their ongoing development.
• Stay informed about developments in production methods, techniques, equipment, tools, materials, and supplies; research and recommend capital equipment purchases.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and two floating holidays.

What This Job Offers

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