Production Manager

Ammega; City of Beacon (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ammega seeks an experienced operations leader to plan and optimize production, supervise staff, and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. You will coordinate schedules, ensure quality, safety, and cost control while mentoring team leads and supervisors to achieve performance targets.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering, 7+ years of relevant experience, strong communication, and a customer-first mindset. US work authorization is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field is required.
• Minimum of seven years of engineering or operations management experience preferred.
• Minimum of five years of supervisory experience.
• Customer focus and ability to meet customer needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership: mentoring and developing others.
• Adaptability to changing situations and information.
• Strong financial analytical skills including cost control.
• Lean, Six Sigma and 5S experience preferred.
• ERP Power user and Supply Chain experience preferred.
• Excel/Outlook/Project/Word/PowerPoint proficiency.
• Strong team leadership and facilitation skills.
• Must be able to work in the US; Spanish bilingual a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plans production operations and prioritizes for top customers.
• Prepares schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to meet specs.
• Reviews operations data and resolves problems to minimize costs and delays.
• Injects quality and continuous improvement into processes with documented procedures.
• Reinforces safety practices and investigates incidents, identifying root causes.
• Develops and revises standard operating practices and ensures compliance.
• Manages daily production data and leads Daily Management meetings.
• Prepares and maintains written correspondence.
• Troubleshoots problems with HR, GM, Safety, Quality and other departments.
• Coordinates schedules for production staff and addresses shortages.
• Sets manufacturing goals, coaches staff, and enforces policies.
• Keeps staff trained and develops them for growth.
• Leads cross-training to increase flexibility and coverage.
• Monitors workflow, controls variables, and reduces costs through process improvements.
• Coordinates with Maintenance for equipment repairs and evaluates new tech.
• Coaches Team Leads and Production Supervisors to improve performance.
• Enforces company policies including timekeeping, safety and performance management.
• Ensures materials availability and quality across departments.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Adaptability

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

ERP Power user

Supply Chain experience

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

ERP Power user

Job description

Job Description

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field
• Minimum of seven years of previous, relevant engineering, operations management experience preferred
• Minimum of five years of previous supervisory experience
• Customer Focus - Maintaining awareness of and seeking to meet of the needs and wants of the customer
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Leadership Orientation - Actively seeks ways in which to act as a role model, guide, develop and mentor others
• Adaptability - Responds effectively to changes in situation or information
• Strong financial analytical skills including cost control
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 5S experience preferred
• ERP Power user and Supply Chain experience prefered
• Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word and Power Point skills
• Strong team leadership, team building and facilitation skills
• Must be able to work in the US
• Spanish bi-lingual a plus

Accountabilities

• Plans production operations, establishing priorities to overserve top customers and sequences for manufacturing products.
• Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
• Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Injects quality into the manufacturing process with focus on continuous improvement and well documented processes and procedures.
• Reinforces good safety practices, investigates near misses and incidents and works to identify root cause with recommended solutions.
• Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
• Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data and manages Daily Management meetings.
• Prepares and maintains written correspondence.
• Resolves problems and triages issues with guidance from HR, General Manager, Safety, Quality and other Ammega Departments
• Coordinates schedules for production staff and expedites any shortages.
• Establishes manufacturing goals by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Develops staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees to facilitate personal growth opportunities.
• Initiates and leads cross-training methodology to increase opportunities and add flexibility.
• Constantly assesses work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
• Ensures operation of equipment and coordinating with Maintenance for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Manages and coaches Team Leads and Production Supervisors and works to positively influence team performance.
• Administers and enforces Company policies and procedures including timekeeping, safety and performance management, holding employees accountable.
• Liason with inter-company departments to ensure appropriate schedule attainment, availability of raw materials and quality standards are being met.