Production Manager

ATS Corporation; Vineland (AL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) including company match

Paid Time Off + Holidays

Tuition Assistance

Career Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

SP Industries Inc. in Vineland, NJ is seeking a Production Manager to lead multiple manufacturing teams in a glassware production environment.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will drive safety, quality, and on-time delivery while optimizing resources and costs. You will coach supervisors, develop talent, translate business goals into actionable plans, and partner with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, and Supply Chain to meet customer needs.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of progressive manufacturing experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Experience in scientific glassware, precision manufacturing, or tight-tolerance environments preferred.
• Hands-on Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven process improvement experience.
• Strong coaching, talent development, and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to Production Supervisors and Leads across all manufacturing operations.
• Drive a high-performance culture focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.
• Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable Production Supervisors and Leads while building organizational capability.
• Translate business objectives into clear operational plans, ensuring production teams execute against safety, quality, delivery, labor, and financial targets.
• Own overall production performance across all manufacturing departments, including OTD, productivity, throughput, yield, scrap reduction, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment.
• Establish, monitor, and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), driving accountability through data-driven decision making and operational reviews.
• Ensure standardized work, manufacturing procedures, quality systems, and best practices are consistently executed across all production areas.
• Identify operational constraints and lead cross-functional teams to improve throughput, reduce waste, eliminate bottlenecks, and optimize manufacturing performance.
• Develop workforce plans that ensure appropriate staffing, cross-training, skills development, and operational flexibility across all production departments.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and Customer Service to align manufacturing capabilities with customer requirements and business priorities.
• Lead structured problem-solving activities utilizing root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies to resolve production, quality, and delivery challenges.
• Champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Oversee compliance with all safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements while reinforcing a zero-incident culture.
• Ensure production schedules are achieved while balancing labor utilization, equipment capacity, and customer priorities.
• Support new product introductions, process improvements, capital projects, automation initiatives, and operational expansion activities.
• Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team by contributing to strategic planning, organizational development, capacity planning, and capital investment decisions.
• Drive communication and alignment across all production shifts and departments to ensure consistency in priorities, execution, and performance expectations.
• Lead customer-facing activities as required, including audits, operational reviews, corrective actions, and issue resolution.

Skills

People leadership

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational planning

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Manufacturing, or related field

Job description

SP Industries Inc. is hiring for our team in Vineland, NJ and has an immediate opening for a Production Manager. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this leadership role oversees manufacturing operations across multiple production areas, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production while meeting customer and business objectives. The Production Manager leads supervisors and production teams, drives continuous improvement initiatives, optimizes resources, and partners with cross-functional teams to enhance operational performance and support business growth within a specialized laboratory glassware manufacturing environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide strategic leadership to Production Supervisors and Leads across all manufacturing operations, including Precision Bore (PB), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), LabGlass (LG), and secondary production lines.
• Drive a high-performance culture focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost through effective leadership of multiple production teams and organizational layers.
• Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable Production Supervisors and Leads while building organizational capability through succession planning, performance management, and employee development.
• Translate business objectives into clear operational plans, ensuring production teams execute against safety, quality, delivery, labor, and financial targets.
• Own overall production performance across all manufacturing departments, including On-Time Delivery (OTD), productivity, throughput, yield, scrap reduction, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment.
• Establish, monitor, and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), driving accountability through data-driven decision making and operational reviews.
• Ensure standardized work, manufacturing procedures, quality systems, and best practices are consistently executed across all production areas.
• Identify operational constraints and lead cross-functional teams to improve throughput, reduce waste, eliminate bottlenecks, and optimize manufacturing performance.
• Develop workforce plans that ensure appropriate staffing, cross-training, skills development, and operational flexibility across all production departments.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Planning, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and Customer Service to align manufacturing capabilities with customer requirements and business priorities.
• Lead structured problem-solving activities utilizing root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies to resolve production, quality, and delivery challenges.
• Champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Oversee compliance with all safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements while reinforcing a zero-incident culture.
• Ensure production schedules are achieved while balancing labor utilization, equipment capacity, and customer priorities.
• Support new product introductions, process improvements, capital projects, automation initiatives, and operational expansion activities.
• Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team by contributing to strategic planning, organizational development, capacity planning, and capital investment decisions.
• Drive communication and alignment across all production shifts and departments to ensure consistency in priorities, execution, and performance expectations.
• Lead customer-facing activities as required, including audits, operational reviews, corrective actions, and issue resolution.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated success leading leaders (Supervisors and Leads) in a manufacturing environment, with strong coaching and talent development capability
• Minimum 7–10+ years of progressive manufacturing experience, with 5+ years in leadership roles managing multiple teams or functions
• Proven ability to drive safety, quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across complex production environments
• Strong organizational, operational planning, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple production lines and priorities
• Experience in scientific glassware, precision manufacturing, or other highly technical, tight-tolerance production environments preferred
• Hands-on experience with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and data-driven process improvement initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to analyze production data and manage KPIs including OTD, yield, scrap, throughput, and labor efficiency
• Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive results in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Manufacturing, or a related technical field required, or an equivalent combination of education and/or relevant experience
• Formal training or certification in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Continuous Improvement methodologies, or demonstrated hands-on application of these principles
• Ongoing professional development in leadership, operations management, or technical manufacturing disciplines strongly encouraged

Salary Range : $115,000 - $130,000

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and is frequently is required to sit; use both hands; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, crawl, bend and sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is normally performed in both the office and the shop.
• The office environment is an interior office with air conditioning.
• The shop contains mobile equipment, machinery, and high voltages.
• The shop noise level is variable and may require hearing protection in some areas.
• The shop is heated when required but many areas are not air conditioned.
• Some shop processes use high voltage arcs or concentrated magnetic fields.
• The shop contains open flames and caustic chemicals.
• Some areas of the shop may be designated as hard hat zones.

HSE

All managers are responsible for creating a positive safety culture and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace. It is the responsibility of each manager to ensure that employees receive regular training regarding health, safety and environmental matters. Each manager is also accountable to ensure that HSE matters are addressed in a timely manner and that compliance with both legislative and corporate requirements are maintained.

Manager responsibilities for Health, Safety and Environment include:

• Demonstrate leadership in Health, Safety and Environment compliance
• Hold team members accountable for health, safety and environmental compliance as part of the annual performance review process
• Ensure that the requirements of the health, safety and environment management system are implemented and maintained
• Carry out hazard assessments, inspections, and audits as required by legislative framework and/or corporate requirements
• Ensure that training is provided to all departmental employees are per established training matrix
• Implement appropriate corrective measures for unsafe conditions and unsafe acts
• Ensure that appropriate equipment, materials and protective devices are provided and maintained in safe condition
• Provide information, instruction and supervision to employees
• Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of employees

Why SP Industries Inc.?

• We provide a wide range of innovative and high-quality scientific products that improve people’s lives
• We offer a robust health and welfare benefits package that includes Life, Health, Dental, Vision
• We offer 401(K) including company match, Paid Time Off annually + Paid Holidays
• You will enjoy career Advancement Opportunities and Tuition Assistance to help you achieve your goals and continue your career growth

ATS is a $3B publicly-traded global enterprise with a proud 40-year history of helping advance the future with automation solutions. SP Industries Inc. sits within the ATS Life Sciences Group and is a leading global provider of state-of-the‑art fill‑finish drug manufacturing solutions, research, pilot and production lyophilizers, laboratory equipment and supplies, and specialty glassware. SP supports research and production across diverse end‑user markets including pharmaceuticals, life science, ophthalmic, environmental testing and monitoring, food and beverage and more. SP has a long and successful track record of quality and science innovation, and is headquartered in Warminster, Pennsylvania, with production facilities in the USA and Europe. SP offers a world‑wide sales and service network including product training and technical assistance. For more information visit www.scientificproducts.com.

EEO and Affiantic Action Statement:

SP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis and takes affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. It is our policy to provide our employees and applicants with equal employment opportunities in accordance with applicable laws and not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, sex, gender identification, sexual orientation, genetic information, political belief, pregnancy, citizenship, handicap or disability, status as a veteran or member of the U.S. military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. SP's Affiantic Action Plan is available through the HR Department and may be accessed during normal business hours.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision:

SP will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they