Production Manager, Lab Glassware & Lean Ops

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. 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.