Production Manager

Entertainment Partners Inc; Visalia (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Big Lots in Visalia, CA invites a contract Production Manager with 7+ years of experience to balance strategic thinking with execution. The role delivers $95,000 - $144,000 annually and offers meaningful growth, coaching, and benefits as you drive key operational improvements.

The position emphasizes analytic rigor, bottleneck resolution, and mentorship of junior analysts while aligning TPM and machining owners with the business strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in production management or equivalent.
• Contract-based environment experience.
• Ability to mentor analysts and drive metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own the math behind every promise to customers.
• Identify and clear bottlenecks in standups.
• Mentor junior analysts to raise analytical rigor.
• Build consensus across TPM and machining owners who rarely agree.
• Participate in manager hiring to align org chart with strategy.
• Drive business improvements from whiteboard to pilot in Visalia, CA.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Contract experience

Delivery under pressure

Tools

Total Productive Maintenance

Job description

The right Production Manager will balance long-term strategic thinking with the discipline to execute on near-term priorities. For an agile professional with 7+ years behind them, this contract Production Manager job delivers $95,000 - $144,000 and meaningful growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the math behind every Production Manager promise made to a customer
• Spot the bottleneck nobody mentions in the standup and unclog it
• Mentor junior analysts and elevate the team's analytical rigor
• Build consensus across Root Cause Analysis and Machining owners who rarely agree
• Sit in on manager hiring to keep the org chart matching the strategy
• Carry a make-it-better business problem from whiteboard to working pilot in Visalia, CA

What You'll Bring

• Comfort with the contract cadence of a Visalia-based operation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Comfort with a Big Lots pace that rarely sits still
• Demonstrated Total Productive Maintenance expertise in a fast-moving business environment
• A track record of quietly-ambitious delivery in a contract structure

At Big Lots, a slow-to-anger team in Visalia, CA has spent years proving that Machining and Strategic Planning belong in the same conversation. We hand new Production Manager hires real ownership early because trust given freely tends to be returned.

Our Big Lots offer is built to keep you: $95,000 - $144,000, coaching, benefits, and hours that flex around the CA life you want.

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