Production Manager: Lean Ops & TPM Leader

IKO Industries; Sumas (WA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k Match

Paid vacation

Floating days

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

IKO Industries Ltd. is seeking a hands-on Production Manager to oversee the Sumas facility in Washington.

You will lead production supervisors and collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, HR and Logistics to drive Lean and continuous improvement while developing people and achieving operational excellence. The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and cost-effective service, with a focus on TPM and 5S housekeeping.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement initiatives including Lean.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proficient with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Proven track record of operational enhancement and improvements through employee engagement.
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and coaching to production supervisors and employees to meet all safety, environmental, quality, cost and service goals and objectives.
• Partnering with the Quality Control Coordinator to ensure that finished product meet all customer requirements through continuous improvement and utilization of the plant quality management system.
• Partnering with the Maintenance Supervisor to ensure equipment reliability at optimal efficiency and cost.
• Providing leadership and support to the overall reliability strategy including the involvement of production employees in TPM.
• With Shipping and Receiving Supervisor to assure that the manufacturing schedule is optimized and makes adjustments as necessary to provide required levels of service to our customers in the most cost effective manner.
• Providing the leadership to maintain a highly engaged workforce.
• Partners with HR in areas of performance management, employee involvement, organizational change, staffing and employee development.
• Providing leadership to drive continuous improvement through the application of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Kaizen events working directly with the production and maintenance teams.
• Assuring employee training (quality, safety, process, etc.) is effective and completed.
• Mentoring immediate direct reports and establishes an effective team that is accountable and capable to achieve all performance goals.
• Assuring plant housekeeping meets company standards and implements and maintains a 5S program to sustain improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Team Building

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Technical four year degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Kaizen

Job description

IKO Industries Ltd. is seeking a hands-on Production Manager to oversee the Sumas facility in Washington.

You will lead production supervisors and collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, HR and Logistics to drive Lean and continuous improvement while developing people and achieving operational excellence. The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and cost-effective service, with a focus on TPM and 5S housekeeping.