Production Manager: Scheduling, Quality & Team Leadership

#twiceasnice Recruiting; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401k w/ Match

Holidays

PTO

Job summary

Arlington Heights Manufacturer is seeking a Production Manager to lead ~15 production staff, owning scheduling, workflow, and process improvements. This role focuses on improving production flow and establishing reliable scheduling based on capacity and build times.

You will strengthen quality processes within a formal quality management system and coordinate cross-functional efforts with engineering, purchasing, sales, and others.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of production supervisory or management experience.
• Fabrication, assembly, or similar manufacturing environment experience.
• Production scheduling and process improvement experience.
• Experience with a quality management system.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead approximately 15 production employees across multiple manufacturing functions
• Build production schedules around demand, capacity, and required completion dates
• Assign work and ensure the right resources are aligned with production priorities
• Analyze production flow, build times, and bottlenecks to improve productivity
• Improve workflows, quality inspections, and production documentation
• Coordinate development and implementation of the quality management system
• Manage employee training, performance, hiring, and disciplinary processes
• Coordinate with engineering, purchasing, sales, and other internal departments
• Monitor ERP workflows and ensure production information remains accurate

Skills

Production leadership

Production scheduling

Process improvement

Quality management system

Microsoft Excel

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Arlington Heights Manufacturer is seeking a Production Manager to lead ~15 production staff, owning scheduling, workflow, and process improvements. This role focuses on improving production flow and establishing reliable scheduling based on capacity and build times.

You will strengthen quality processes within a formal quality management system and coordinate cross-functional efforts with engineering, purchasing, sales, and others.