Production Manager

Appleton Finn; Fairfield (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Appleton Finn is seeking an experienced supervisor to oversee manufacturing staff in a high-demand environment, ensuring efficient workflow and adherence to quality standards.

You will lead planning, monitor progress, and coordinate resources while maintaining a safe and compliant production floor, with a focus on continuous improvement and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising manufacturing staff in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to plan, monitor, and appraise performance and enforce policies.
• Strong coaching, counseling, and discipline skills with union awareness.

Responsibilities

• Supervises staff and organizes workflow to meet production goals.
• Communicates expectations and evaluates results; coaches and disciplines staff as needed.
• Recruits, selects, orients, and trains employees; develops growth opportunities.

Skills

Supervisory leadership

Production planning

Quality control

Team coaching

Communication

Job description

• Manufactures products by supervising staff, organizing and monitoring work flow.
• Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities.
• Maintains 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.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs; evaluating new equipment.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements; implementing change.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.