Manufacturing Leader — Team Coach & Operations Optimizer

TalentBridge; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentBridge is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to guide a production team toward safety, quality, and on-time delivery in our Grand Rapids facility. You will lead a skilled workforce, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to lean and CI practices.

The role requires at least 4 years in manufacturing, a degree preferred, and strong leadership, coaching, and relationship-building skills to drive improvements and align with company goals.

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Technical knowledge or expert-level experience with specific processes.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in manufacturing.
• Exposure to a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive safety - Participate in safety programs and sub-teams, ensure audits are completed on time, implement departmental safety suggestions, identify unsafe conditions, enforce safety compliance, and investigate safety incidents.
• Manage quality - Learn and understand quality procedures and inspections, assure compliance, and work directly with Quality personnel to resolve issues and answer questions.
• Lead continuous improvement - Actively implement a continuous improvement environment while encouraging innovation and continuous learning.
• Lead and develop team members - Manage team performance using data and performance measures. Provide formal and informal feedback, leadership, support, and guidance.
• Own the production schedule - Anticipate and respond to workflow changes, deploy overtime as necessary, and manage time-off requests to ensure appropriate staffing.
• Manage the departmental budget - Manage labor and overhead costs.
• Own operational performance - Be accountable for meeting and exceeding safety, quality, delivery, productivity, morale, and inventory goals.
• Manage capital needs - Identify capital needs and projects and execute the capital budget.

Skills

Coaching & Mentoring

Customer Focus

Ethics and Integrity

Leadership

Listening

Relationship Building

Safety Focus

Teamwork

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Job description

TalentBridge is seeking a Manufacturing Manager to guide a production team toward safety, quality, and on-time delivery in our Grand Rapids facility. You will lead a skilled workforce, manage schedules, and ensure adherence to lean and CI practices.

The role requires at least 4 years in manufacturing, a degree preferred, and strong leadership, coaching, and relationship-building skills to drive improvements and align with company goals.