Production Manager (Aerospace & Defense)

Celestica•Tucson, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Manager provides direct and indirect supervision to team leaders and professional employees in a manufacturing environment. The role sets goals and priorities, establishes or recommends policies, contributes to department budgets and multi-year plans, and is accountable for department results and cross-functional projects. It supervises and coordinates work through direct reports or subordinate supervisors, makes hiring and firing decisions, reviews performance, coaches and disciplines employees, and approves subordinate managers’ and supervisors’ salary and performance recommendations. The position also builds cross-functional relationships and works with peers, senior managers, customers, and suppliers. The manager oversees resources responsible for assembling, testing, and repairing products at a manufacturing site generally with fewer than 400 employees. Responsibilities include setting the department’s direction, establishing policies and guidelines, evaluating results, setting and tracking production metrics, managing the work-unit budget, and allocating resources, tools, equipment, and support. The role connects production with other product-related functions and promotes quality workmanship and continuous improvement through participation in cross-functional product teams and process improvement groups.

Requirements

Seven to ten years of relevant experience.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
In-depth knowledge of production processes and the tools and equipment used in them.
Understanding of the business unit and how decisions affect customer satisfaction, product quality, on-time delivery, and profitability.
Ability to coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
Ability to lead, manage, train, and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve production levels within tight deadlines in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to perform duties in a manufacturing environment with occasional exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, and temperature extremes.
Ability to periodically sustain visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
Ability to travel overnight occasionally.

Responsibilities

Manage resources responsible for assembling, testing, and repairing products at a manufacturing site.
Establish the department’s overall direction, priorities, policies, and guidelines, and evaluate results.
Establish production metrics, track performance, and set production goals to maximize throughput.
Recommend and manage the work-unit budget.
Allocate resources, tools, equipment, and support to meet production requirements.
Serve as an interface between production and other product-related functions.
Promote quality workmanship and continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.
Participate in cross-functional product teams and process improvement groups.
Supervise and coordinate employees directly or through subordinate supervisors; make hiring and firing decisions.
Review employee performance, coach and discipline as necessary, recommend compensation, and approve subordinate managers’ and supervisors’ salary and performance recommendations.
Build cross-functional relationships and maintain positive relationships with key customers and suppliers.