Production Manager

Taylor Communications•North Mankato, MN

13d

About The Position

Taylor Corporation’s 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 will lead from the production floor, develop supervisors and employees, use data to make decisions, and collaborate across departments to solve problems. The position also offers exposure to the broader CFS operation and the opportunity to take on expanded leadership responsibilities as capability and business needs evolve. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

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

Lead daily execution of the production schedule and customer commitments; set priorities across production areas and shifts, monitor performance, respond to shortfalls, ensure effective shift handoffs, and communicate risks to customer commitments.
Maintain a safe, organized, and productive manufacturing environment.
Lead, coach, and develop production supervisors and employees; set expectations, build cross-training and backup coverage, identify development opportunities, and promote teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Align staffing with production requirements and forecasted workload; make decisions about overtime, temporary labor, hiring, and shift coverage; assess equipment and labor capacity and plan resources to balance productivity, cost, capacity, and customer needs.
Review production results and gaps between planned and actual performance; monitor productivity, labor utilization, quality, rework, downtime, and service performance; use data and root cause analysis to implement sustainable corrective actions.
Identify bottlenecks and opportunities to improve workflow and throughput, and ensure improvements are maintained.
Build standard work and repeatable processes; promote Lean, 5S, and continuous improvement; challenge processes that create unnecessary labor, complexity, delays, or rework.
Partner with office, quality, engineering, maintenance, customer service, and other teams to improve overall business performance; seek 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 customer 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 relationships across CFS and Taylor; take ownership of challenges beyond traditional production responsibilities.