Production Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in warehouse operations and performing statistical analysis on operations comparable in size and complexity to the contemplated effort.
• At least two years of experience using automated warehouse management systems within the past five years.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze production performance, forecast workload, identify operational problems, and adjust resources.
• Experience coordinating multiple warehouse or distribution functions and resolving cross-functional issues.
• Strong analytical, systems, planning, communication, and leadership skills.
• Must be eligible for access to a DoD installation and successfully complete the Government-required Moderate Risk Personnel Security Investigation and suitability process for a public trust or sensitive position.
• Must be able obtain and maintain a DoD Common Access Card (CAC), installation identification badge, PKI token, and controlled-area access, as applicable to assigned duties.
• Because the position is expected to use DLA WMS and other Government systems, must be eligible for minimum IT II access, including submission of required access forms and a favorably adjudicated T3 investigation, unless the Government approves an exception.
• Must safeguard classified information, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), proprietary information, Government systems, facilities, property, and mission data in accordance with DoD, DLA, CMMC, and local installation requirements.
• Must complete initial and recurring security training, including CUI, Antiterrorism/Force Protection, OPSEC, Counterintelligence, INFOSEC, and Combating Trafficking in Persons training.
• Must comply with visitor-control, key-and-lock-control, incident-reporting, suspicious-contact-reporting, and local force-protection procedures.
• As designated Key Personnel, the employee must be available, upon notification, to meet Government personnel on-site within one hour during normal duty hours and within two hours outside normal duty hours, unless in an approved excused-absence status.
• The position may also require extended hours, alternate shifts, emergency response, continuity operations, holiday on-call support, and work during heightened force-protection conditions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with DLA WMS and/or DSS, QLIK or comparable analytics, DoD distribution, audit readiness, performance metrics, or multi-shift operations.
• Experience developing workload models, staffing analyses, production-control dashboards, or corrective-action plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide technical guidance for coordination of Distribution Center production divisions and functional workflows.
• Integrate performance planning, systems management, stock positioning, storage operations, traffic management, workload, staffing, and site-specific mission requirements.
• Analyze operational performance through direct observation, reports, dashboards, transaction data, and collaboration with functional leaders.
• Apply statistical analysis and operational data to identify trends, constraints, bottlenecks, capacity issues, and emerging workload changes.
• Forecast workload and recommend or direct resource adjustments to maintain timely, accurate, and complete performance.
• Respond to complex operational problems and formulate, coordinate, and track corrective-action plans.
• Support root-cause analysis, performance recovery, audit readiness, internal controls, and continuous process improvement.
• Coordinate with the Site Manager, Alternate Site Manager, Supply Systems Analyst, Inventory Manager, Transportation Manager, Storage Specialist, and Government counterparts.
• Prepare operational analyses, staffing-impact assessments, production reports, schedules, and leadership briefings.